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Joan Huffman
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I began writing poetry as a teenager & young adult. Life intervened; I returned to writing in my 40's. Now writing is as necessary as breathing.
Today I am a practicing Trauma Surgeon, following my muse, Erato, writing my soul.
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Favorite quote: " I am still learning" Michelangelo
Birth Place: Pittsburgh, PA USA
Accomplishments: "Dogs Walks":2006 PPS Contest Winner, Category #18: Selina Cox Esheleman Light Verse [rhyhmed & metered]; 2nd Certificate of Merit, Judge: Nancy Breen, Loveland, OH
"Elegy for Eden":WINNER: Category #37 Save Our Earth, NFSPS 47th Annual Conference 3rd Honorable Mention; Contest Chair: Theda Bassett
"Jamaican Cradle Song": 2006 Philadelphia Writers' Conference, Poetry I Contest: Honorable Mention, Judge: Barbara Daniels
"Gender Play":Honorable Mention Non-rhyming Poetry Category. 75th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition. November 2006.
"First Term": Honorable Mention 2009 African American Poetry Contest.Shands Jacksonville Hospital. February 2009.
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