Pat's poem “Peace” received the Miriam Strauss Memorial National Award, 3rd HM, from Grandmother Earth and Life Press Christian Writers. “Peace” will be published in Grandmother Earth XIX which will be available in early 2013 at www.authorsden.com/oplinger; http://circleoflifetrilogy.yolasite.com
This collection of poetry addresses the nature of time, reflections on the natural world, the difficulty of loss,
contemporary social issues and gratitude for life.
Questions, unquestioned discoveries, and answers in parable and rhyme . This collection records a journey starting with a 1960s retrospective and the first man on the moon, moving to a new millennium welcomed in with a terrorist spin, family crises,
