The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
"Your journey will start,
When you begin to follow your heart,
When you believe in what you can do,
When you find that dream inside of you." -- Elizabeth Wrobel
Background
Information
I was born and raised in New Buffalo, a small town in southern Michigan. Now, I live in the Northwoods of Michigan, a writer's paradise. I started following words as a reader, then at 12, as writer. I've written some short stories for kids, but mostly I write poems for both kids and adults.
My favorite poem:
Keep a Poem in Your Pocket - Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Some of my favorite poets:
Aileen Fisher
Amy Ludwig Vanderwater
Jack Prelutsky
Douglas Florian
Robert Frost
My favorite book:
The Boxcar Children - Gertrude Chandler Warner
(both the originals and the ones being written now)
and
The Mr. Lemoncello Library Series - Chris Grabenstein
Some of my favorite authors:
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Chris Grabenstein
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Sheri McGregor
Gail Gaymer Martin
Birth Place
New Buffalo, MI USA
Accomplishments
My short stories have been published in books, and magazines, including Bread for God's Children and Boys' Quest. I've even been published in Denmark. My poems have been published in ezines, on websites, read on the radio, featured in public displays, and sold in a local retail store. My latest poems have been published in Pure in Heart Stories and The Dirigible Balloon.