My poem ‘For Your Own Safety’ Nominated for a Pushcart Prize

So here’s a screenshot of something that I just saw today on the SF Poetry website:

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Thank you, Star*Line magazine for the recognition!

I won’t know until much later this year if my poem gets picked.

The poem isn’t available online, but you can buy the edition it is in from http://www.sfpoetry.com/sl/issues/starline39.1.html. And it was inspired by the figure below, a work of art called Refugee Astronaut by the artist Yinka Shonibare, MBE.

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Yinka Shonibare, MBE’s “Refugee Astronaut,” 2015, photograph by Michael Janairo

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Yinka Shonibare, MBE’s “Refugee Astronaut,” 2015

Yinka Shonibare, MBE’s “Refugee Astronaut,” 2015

Yinka Shonibare, MBE’s “Refugee Astronaut,” 2015

Yinka Shonibare, MBE’s “Refugee Astronaut,” 2015

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