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
Posts by Straw Dog Writers Guild
A Child’s Garden of Virus by Chris O’Carroll
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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