Shara McCallum is the author of seven books, published in the US and UK. Her poems have appeared in literary magazines, anthologies, and textbooks throughout the US, Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and Asia and she delivers readings, workshops, and talks internationally. A sample of her poems & recorded readings appear here, with gratitude to the editors and curators.
from Behold
“Shara McCallum Reading Poems from Behold” (Alaska Quarterly Review Reading Series, April 8, 2025)
“Self-Portrait,” “Domestic Interior,” “Mango Head” (Poetry, April 2025)
“Parable,” “When Night Comes In Its Dark Clothes,” “The Storm” (The Southern Review, Winter 2025)
“The Nude” (SWIMM, January 20, 2025)
“from Passage” (Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, October 8, 2021)
from No Ruined Stone
“No Ruined Stone” (You saturate the sight) (Scottish Poetry Library, November 2025)
Two Poems from No Ruined Stone (Miami Book Fair International, November 2021)
“No Ruined Stone” (When the dead return) (Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, August 31, 2018)
from Madwoman
“Why Madwoman Shouldn’t Read the News” (Copper Canyon Press, December 2018)
“She”(La Maja Desnuda, April 2018)
“Memory” (New York Times Magazine, July 2, 2017)
from This Strange Land
“Psalm for Kingston” (Dodge Poetry Festival, October 23, 2014)
Poems from This Strange Land (Alice James Books, April 2011)
from Song of Thieves
“The Art Room” (Poetry Foundation and Poetry Out Loud)
from The Water Between Us
“What the Oracle Said” (Poetry Foundation and Poetry Out Loud)