Published Poetry • Leslie Berg • October 2026
Peony Magazine
If We Must Fall, Let It Be Into Each Other
Original Poetry • Published October 2026
Shedding Armor at the Threshold
Leslie Berg's poem Shedding Armor at the Threshold was selected for publication in Peony Magazine's October 2026 special issue, If We Must Fall, Let It Be Into Each Other.
Read the Published PoemThe complete poem is published on Peony Magazine's website.
Shedding Armor at the Threshold was selected for publication in Peony Magazine's October 2026 special issue, If We Must Fall, Let It Be Into Each Other.
The publication marks Leslie's first published work with Peony Magazine.
About the Poem
Shedding Armor at the Threshold explores vulnerability, the instinct to protect ourselves, and what it means to set that protection down long enough to be truly seen.
The poem reflects on the emotional distance we sometimes create between ourselves and others, and the courage it can take to step across that distance without certainty about what waits on the other side.
Leslie is grateful to Peony Magazine for giving this piece a home as part of an issue centered on connection, tenderness, and the ways people reach toward one another.
Publication Details
Publication Emails
Peony Magazine first notified Leslie that Shedding Armor at the Threshold had been selected for publication, then sent a second note congratulating her on her first publication with the magazine.
The email confirming that Shedding Armor at the Threshold was selected for publication.
A personal congratulations from Peony Magazine marking Leslie's first publication with them.
Shedding Armor at the Threshold listed in the October 2026 special issue. Click the image to view it full size.
Featured in the Special Issue
Shedding Armor at the Threshold appears in Peony Magazine's October 2026 special issue, If We Must Fall, Let It Be Into Each Other, alongside work from other contributing writers.
The poem is published in full on Peony Magazine's website.
Read Shedding Armor at the Threshold