I’m Sorry I’ve Shut You Out &

by Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick

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This piece is part of our Winter 2022 print issue, available for purchase here.

Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick

Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick’s work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in MAGMA Poetry, Missouri Review, Salamander, Poetry London, Salt Hill, Plume, Poetry London, Four Way Review, and Passages North, among others. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College’s MFA program, Hardwick is Editor-in-Chief of The Boiler.

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