CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

I’ve been asked many times what it was in my life that inspired me to write poems.  The answer is: my 4th grade teacher.  Miss Blaze was a remarkably creative person who deeply believed that we should learn that our own creativity could be discovered and appreciated throughout our lifetime.  She explained that poetry was […]

A Pacific Northwest native, I have been writing poetry over 40 years.  My poems reflect a woman’s journey through the later years, with recurring themes of loss and renewal.  The poem “Canada Geese” came to me when I read that the government had closed the Canada border due to COVID and I thought – what