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Beneath by Jennifer Delozier

Posted on October 5, 2020June 8, 2021

Jennifer Delozier lives in Hampshire County with her husband, Greg, and their organic garden. She is a poet who counts on her fingers to get the right amount of syllables Read More

A Child’s Garden of Virus by Chris O’Carroll

Posted on October 4, 2020June 8, 2021

Chris O’Carroll is a Straw Dog member living in Pelham. His grandchildren like some of his poems, but they really love A Child’s Garden of Verses. So he took “My Read More

Face Mask by Martha Cohen

Posted on October 3, 2020June 8, 2021

Martha Cohen is a collage artist and recently retired librarian, living in Florence, who just started to write poetry again, after a long hiatus, to cope with a changing world. Read More

“Sunrise During the Pandemic” by Sarah Ritter

Posted on October 2, 2020June 8, 2021

Sarah Ritter is a Straw Dog Writers Guild member from Connecticut. In 2019, she published her first poetry collection: “Inspirations, Transformations and Revelations: A Poetic Expression of My Personal Journey.” Read More

Journal: March 21, 2020 by Carla Manene Cooke

Posted on October 1, 2020June 8, 2021

Straw Dog Writers Guild member Carla Cooke lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, and enjoys the local writing community.  Following a weekend writing retreat in 2012, she began facilitating small writing groups Read More

“Garden Intervention” by Kate Collins

Posted on September 30, 2020June 8, 2021

Kate Collins: I am a retired school district administrator who lives in Hampshire County. I live in a cottage in Laurel Park with a small dog who is the love Read More

Pandemic Contact by Janine Roberts

Posted on September 29, 2020June 8, 2021

Janine Roberts, Professor emerita, UMass, Amherst, lives on Leverett Pond in Franklin County. She has published a book of poems, The Body Alters (Slate Roof Press); Tales and Transformations: Stories Read More

The Year of Solitude by Opal N. Gayle

Posted on September 28, 2020June 8, 2021

Opal Gayle: I am the recipient of the 2019 St Botolph’s Club Foundation Emerging Artist Grant. I am a member of Valley Society, Gallery of Readers, Straw Dog Writers and Boston Read More

Survivor of Covid19 by Mary Ellen Shaughan

Posted on September 27, 2020June 8, 2021

Mary Ellen Shaughan lives in Amherst, Massachusetts with her beagle, Zeke. Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals. Her first collection, Home Grown, is available on Amazon. Survivor of Covid19 Read More

Pandemic Times by Lynn Bechtel

Posted on September 26, 2020June 8, 2021

Lynn Bechtel is a writer, editor, gardener, reader, and novice meditator. She grew up in Ohio but has lived in New England for most of her adult life. She writes Read More

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