Shawn Aveningo-Sanders is a globally published, award-winning poet who can’t stand the taste of coconut, eats pistachios daily and loves shoes—especially red ones!  She’s notorious for lacing up her corset to perform erotic poetry as one of the founding members of Poetica Erotica, and she was a featured poet at the Seattle Erotic Festival in 2012.  Shawn’s poetry has appeared in over 155 literary journals & anthologies. She’s a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, co-founder of The Poetry Box press, and managing editor for The Poeming Pigeon. Shawn is a proud mother of three and shares the creative life with her husband in Portland, Oregon. <redshoepoet.com>

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