Signed poetry & bookish goods by Stephanie Suh
Where poetry is not studied, but felt
It starts with evening dew
shyly sitting on a sunflower leaf.
A moon greets her under the water.
Stars begin to twinkle
in the cloak of the night sky.
The Reader’s Drawer, my literary shop,
is like Euterpe’s Chamber,
where poetry finds readers’ hearts
and sings songs of stars and moons.
The Glass and the Flame
is made of fire, spirit, and evening dew.
Inside the book is my name,
written in dewdrops.
Each poem leans toward
the alphabet of my name.
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The Glass and the Flame is a child of mine I didn’t plan to bring into the world. Whether through an impulse of ego or because my fate was steering events this way, I wove a strand of my poetry into a tapestry of images and their reflection in my heart. The language is strange and mystic. It is skin-felt, like a ghost lover.
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Stephanie Suh is a Los Angeles–based poetess whose work has appeared in journals in the U.S., U.K., and Romania. Her poem “The Last Light of October” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. The Glass and the Flame (dancing girl press, 2026), published under the name Stephanie Joori Suh, is her debut chapbook.
Signed copies, each with a handmade bookmark and sticker sheet, are waiting in the drawer.
→ Visit The Reader’s Drawer: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheReadersDrawer
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