The Way of Things

Shannon Vesely

Shannon Vesely is a retired English teacher who’s written thousands of words in the margins of student compositions. Now, she’s writing the poems she carried in her head for decades. Her debut collection, The Way of Things, won the Nebraska Book Award for Poetry in 2022, and her second collection, Keeping Watch on Soap Creek, will be published in March 2025. She has designed and led creative writing workshops throughout the Midwest. Her blog (www.shannonsvesely.com) celebrates the uncommon value of common things. Shannon lives north of Bloomfield where she shares an acreage with her husband, an army of farm cats, and a pond of well-fed catfish.