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H.P. Shaw | LexPoMo 2026

Bio (he/him)

H.P. returns for Lexpomo still trying to achieve his mission to become the world’s best Bukowski knock-off. He’s quickly learning this endeavor is harder than it looks.

Poems Submitted This Year:

June 01, 2026 A written response to some early morning pillow talk
June 02, 2026 This battlefield of ours
June 03, 2026 When your mouth guard gets knocked out, then baby keep swinging
June 04, 2026 Chip off the old block
June 05, 2026 Willie Mays Jr. of the CYBL
June 06, 2026 Single strawberry from my parent’s strawberry plant
June 07, 2026 Letter to my future daughter
June 08, 2026 An evening at the Nelsonville Fun Barn
June 09, 2026 A peak at my thoughts while writing
June 10, 2026 My brother
June 11, 2026 A series of haiku for three baby raccoons
June 12, 2026 Gray Tabby
June 13, 2026 If you don’t know your next move, then neither will they
June 14, 2026 A revised serenity prayer
June 15, 2026 And Buffer says “And new”
June 16, 2026 Corner Store

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