Emily Shearer teaches Yoga for Writers and practices persistence outside Houston, TX. Her poems have been nominated for a Pushcart, shortlisted for the Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize, awarded the University of Houston Robertson Prize (runner-up) and published in Ruminate, the bookends review, Crow Hollow Books, The Tishman Review, stirring, and All We Can Hold: poems about motherhood, among others, including the inaugural issue of Minerva Rising, where she now serves as Poetry Editor and Associate Book Developer. She has been known to swear like a trucker, bake like an angel, dance on tables, and blog about it at https://www.bohemilywrites.net.