Keep/Discard is Jacalyn Shelley’s first poetry collection. Her poems have been widely published in journals such as The Comstock Review and The Schuylkill Journal. She’s also been published in several anthologies like Welcome to the Resistance: Poetry as Protest and was nominated for four Pushcart Poetry prizes.
Her teachers and mentors include Stephen Dunn, Kathleen Graber, Peter Murphy, Emari DiGiorgio, and Barbara Daniels. As a member of the South Jersey Poets Collective, Jackie participates in poetry readings in Atlantic City and hosts the Leap Street Poets Workshop. She lives in the Pinelands of New Jersey with her husband Alan and Boris their pet cockatoo.
Connect with Jackie and follow her work at:
jacalynshelley.com
Paperback: 54 pages
Publisher: Kelsay Books (May 12, 2025)
Also available on Kindle