Shana l. Phelps

Shana l. Phelps is a great poet I saw in LeMoyne College's Salamander journal, issue 5 here. Her piece "Strawberry" was excellent, with great skill. I can't wait to see her later work. There was a great sense of Imagism with great moments of eerieness a la the film Last Year at Marienbad. 

Here's an excerpt:

[...] 
Lift, let your lips 
Dance across sweet 
Morning dew, 
The waking wetness drink.

Tender berry straining 

To feel caress of teeth 

Holding juice succulent 

To wash past lips

Over taste buds flowing 

Into being. 

Indulge, swallow 

Lavish this fruit

From tip to hilt 

Your hunger-ache fulfilled 

A sunset fire — 

Red