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Maja Lukic

A Caucasian woman with a slight smile on her face stands in sunlight on the balcony of a tall apartment building. She has shoulder-length light blonde hair and wears a black v-neck top with short ruffled sleeves.

Maja Lukic – Your Mother Knew Many Words for Beauty and Used All of Them to Call You [Sita Martin Prize Winner]

Feb 27, 2025 · Shō Poetry Journal

Winner of the Sita Martin Prize for Shō No. 6 (Winter 2024/25).

In shop windows, you are strange / to yourself, your face a drifting moon, / eyes and mouth dark shafts.

A Caucasian woman with a slight smile on her face stands in sunlight on the balcony of a tall apartment building. She has shoulder-length light blonde hair and wears a black v-neck top with short ruffled sleeves.

Audio Feature: Maja Lukic (Shō No. 6)

Jan 15, 2025 · Shō Poetry Journal

Listen to Maja Lukic, inaugural winner of the Sita Martin Prize, read “Your Mother Knew Many Words for Beauty and Used All of Them to Call You” from Shō No. 6 (Winter 2024/25). You can also read Maja’s poem here. Audio recorded by Reed Turchi at Second Take Sound. Maja Lukic is a Brooklyn-based poet. …

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Since our revival issue was published in Summer 2023:

444

Poems Published

310

Total Poets Published

180

Audio Features Published

61

Prize Nominations

6

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