Shaine is an avid gardener living with chronic illness. Her poetry is about nature, family and being gender diverse. Shaine is a much-loved rising star in the SA poetry scene…her collection of poems The Natural World Turns Somersaults was published in October 2024. Here is what Felicity Plunkett wrote about Shaine’s book: These sharp, tender, smart and smarting poems move from childhood memories to depict the charge and dangers of adolescence and the cultivation of a gentler way of being. Attentive to the more-than-human, these are poems attuned to the dark and light, celebrating resilience and renewal. Truthful and musical, this is a vital and striking debut collection.

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