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Beauty sleeping in the wood

Beauty sleeping in the wood

Issue five: poem by Liz Robbins

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May 22, 2025
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Here at The Orange & Bee, we delight in sharing fairy-tale poetry with our readers. Liz Robbins is an award-winning poet whose poetry, according to reviewer Denise Duhamel, are ‘smart, savvy, dangerous, and bold’. Today, we are thrilled to share Liz Robbins’ bold and dangerous poem with you: ‘Beauty sleeping in the wood’.

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Liz Robbins
Liz Robbins' most recent chapbook, Backlit, won the 2025 Rattle Chapbook Prize. Her most recent books are Night Swimming, Freaked, and Play Button.
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