About Me

Alonna (アラナ) Shaw is a place-based poet who works across poetry, visual art, and film. Her work explores how memory and the body shape what we carry when language falls short. She participates in the strange ethics of being human. ❤️robots. Community Teaching Assistant, ModPo (Modern & Contemporary American Poetry) hosted at the Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia. Collaborative Support Fellow (連携支援フェロー ) with ACUT, The University of Tokyo.
3 poems, forthcoming Tokyo Poetry Journal Volume 18: Gather 'Round Children—a special issue celebrating oral-tradition poetry and the t...
My ModPo, a Well-Lighted Place
My ModPo , a Well-Lighted Place by Alonna Shaw Humans need interaction, whether sitting around a campfire sharing stories or at a coffee sho...
NOON: journal of the short poem, Issues 16 and 28
"Use a towel only once."  NOON: journal of the short poem, Issue 28 , page 101, March 2026. Two poems, “compose microbeads” and “m...
The Los Angeles Press, two poems.
Poems from Tidal Language  (forthcoming). 2026. “POV” and “Boneyard, how many warnings wake?”  The Los Angeles Press V4 dis + placement , J...
A Shift
A Shift, a personal essay Note: This is a follow-up to my April 28, 2025, essay about letting go of my paintings . Alonna in the living room...
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