Tori Sharpe

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Tori Sharpe received her master’s degree in creative writing from The University of Texas and her PhD in creative writing from The University of North Texas. Her poetry appears in Poetry Daily, The Hopkins Review, Blackbird, Southwest Review, Southern Humanities Review, Pleiades, and other journals. She currently lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, and was recently awarded a 2026 Individual Artist Fellowship from the Arkansas Arts Council.

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Tori Sharpe  | 
Issue 75.2 Spring 2026

I recognize this /
kind of boy, who will become a man who will /
be heard