Shari Caplan
Shari Caplan

Shari Caplan is the siren behind 'Advice from a Siren,' published by Dancing Girl Press in 2016. Her poems have swum into Gulf Coast, Blue Lyra Review, Deluge, Drunk Monkeys, Non-binary Review, and elsewhere. Shari’s work has earned her a scholarship to The Home School in Hudson, a fellowship to The Vermont Studio Center, and nominations for a Rhylsing Award, a Bettering American Poetry Award, and a Pushcart Prize. A wearer of many tophats, she has produced and performed in “The Poetry Circus,” “The Fairy Tale Poetry Walking Tour,” and other cross-pollinations for the Massachusetts Poetry Festival. You may encounter Shari as “Betty BOOM, America’s Sweet-tart” giving intimate readings across the nation as part of The Poetry Society of New York’s “The Poetry Brothel.” She also acts passionately and works on the Development Team at AIDS Action Committee. Keep up with her at ShariCaplan.com http://sharicaplan.com/

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Lesson in Zoology at The Children’s Museum

A poem by Shari Caplan

A private collector requested endangered skin be stitched to a chair by the best hands in France. My nieces and I agree it’s not nice or pretty. The hartebeest, with humble tastes and a name too carnal and Germanic for its Savannah stripes. The chair has been intercepted by the museum, but no one confiscates […]

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