Shelley Isabel is a Dominican poet from The Bronx, New York. She writes to process as she becomes more human, more woman, and more daughter. Her writing resists conventional form and instead, she bends perception by layering metaphor and nonlinear movement. Her poems have been featured in literary magazines, poetry anthologies, multimedia art installations, and in her Substack poetry publication, The Oyster Opens.
Selected work
Being Button
Soon
Brandeis Connections Literary Magazine
Poetry
January
The Weekly Literary Magazine, 2026
Poetry
Tiffany Street
Brandeis Connections Literary Magazine, 2025
Poetry
Ezra
Live Poets Society of NJ: American High School Poets, 2020
Poetry
La Mañana
Beacon Ink Magazine, 2018
Poetry
