Poet
Mary Shanley
Mary Shanley began publishing her poetry in 1984, at the behest of Allen Ginsberg and Lucien Carr. Mary’s first poems were published in Long Shot Literary and Arts Magazine, co-founded by Danny Shot, Eliot Katz and Allen Ginsberg. She has a long history with this publication and edited, with Danny Shot, Long Shot Volume 10, AIDS in America.
Mary Shanley wrote and performed, “The Renegade Priestess of Soul,” at the Poetry Project in 1992.
By Mary Shanley
Fast Talk and Glowing Air
Book Of Poetry
Side Street Press
By Mary Shanley
Poems For Faces
Book Of Poetry
Side Street Press
By Mary Shanley
Hobo Code Poems
Book Of Poetry
Hobo Code Poems – Vox Pop Publications
By Mary Shanley
Things They Left Behind
Book Of Poetry
Side Street Press
By Mary Shanley
Mott St. Stories and Las Vegas Stories
Book Of Poetry
Side Street Press
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November 14, 2022
Poetry Reading, Book Signing • NYC
Reading at Shades of Green, 125 East 15th Street, NYC
Performance time: 6:30 at Shades of Green
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Bullet in His Head
Bullet in His Head by Mary Shanley He walked around for thirty five years with a bullet in his head. When he was informed about the projectile, after a CAT scan, he laughed it off. Said it must have happened when he was crazy on drugs. Said it must have...
Rilke
Rilke by Mary Shanley Rainer continuously rearranged himself. As he shed layers of historical definition he eventually received glimpses of the beauty of his inner world and his larger connection to life. Though he was surely blessed, his evolution and inevitable...
Forget About It
Forget about It by Mary Shanley I feel this burning under my left armpit and begin to worry that the chemicals in my deodorant are causing cancer. I wonder how much longer I have until I begin to waste away? But then I forget about it and head...
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