Colleen Ranney Website Colleen Ranney    Canada's loved Author/Poet -previously under the name Colleen C Smith. and once known as a young girl Colleen Kuepfer Published Works Entangled Within The Nature of Things Ancient Mirrored Dreams One Prayer as well as an active writer at  Triond.com Helium.com   Colleen Ranney was born in Canada and began writing poetry at age 22. Being raised by her Grandparents in a Mennonite home offered her the passion to learn and cultivate an independent view on life. This authentic perspective is reflected in her poetry. Colleen is a very expressive writer with an unihibited spirit and wise soul. Her poetry will capture a smile as well as lead you on a journey to those places within... Where shadows linger.   Her dedication to care and love for mankind is widespread. Greater than all these, Colleen is a devoted mother of 3.