Shanti Weiland

“Your Family Dream” and “Relief”

Click here to read “Your Family Dream” and “Relief,” both published in Eunoia Review.

Cinderella

Do you like a little blood with your fairytales? If so, please enjoy my poem, “Cinderella,” recently published by Thresh Press. Happy horror, everyone!

The Moon is Your Mother

Listen to my latest poem, “The Moon is Your Mother.”Read more The Moon is Your Mother

Final Girls

Do you like horror? I do! Click here to read my poem, “Final Girls,” about my longstanding love of the genre (published by the wonderful Hobo Camp Review).

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You were smart,
to slip out first.
I remember when boys
laughed at your red
face, the trouble
your kidney’s failure
caused when you didn’t make it
to Typing class, and I had no idea
that you died.
You were 12, and I lost it
in History.

Today, a blogger
called “homos”
victims of a birth…Read more Defect

About

Shanti Weiland recently wrote a book of poems about Star Trek: The Next Generation. Her first book, Sister Nun, was the winner of the Negative Capability Press Book Competition, judged by Amy King. She also hosts the web corner, Online Enlightenment. Weiland received a BA in English from the University of California, Davis; MA from … Read more About

Sister Nun

Sister Nun Negative Capability Press, April 2016 Follow Sister Nun as she escapes over the wall of her convent (even though she has, in no way, been held captive) and read as she explores her identity, sexuality, and the path to enlightenment by wrestling alligators, vacationing in hell, and traveling through time and space during … Read more Sister Nun

Online Enlightenment

Welcome to Online Enlightenment! This web corner publishes original poetry, art, and music that explores the notion of enlightenment. Poetry “Coffeehouse Meditation” by Bradley Bates “color one” by “yours truly, the happy recluse” “I Listen” by Milla Coryell Music Circa ’16 by Ven “A Place For Us” by Willa Grey Art “Sunset” by Heather Akers Submission Guidelines If you … Read more Online Enlightenment

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