Lesléa Newman’s poetry books include Still Life With Buddy; October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard (novel-in-verse); I Carry My Mother, and I Wish My Father (forthcoming, January 2021). A Read More
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An Entreaty to Myself in the Time of the Virus by Patricia Lee Lewis
An award-winning poet, Patricia Lee Lewis has led creative writing and yoga retreats for 30 years at Patchwork Farm Retreat in Westhampton MA and the US, and 70 retreats internationally. Read More
The New Little Black Dress by Mary Ann Scognamiglio
Mary Ann Scognamiglio is a founding member of Straw Dog Writers and is retired. She enjoys sewing, reading, writing. The Pandemic Project has provided an interesting and unique viewpoint for Read More
“After ‘Story’ by Richard Blanco” by Stephanie Shafran
Stephanie Shafran, a Northampton Straw Dog member, has published poetry and prose in journals and anthologies. Her chapbook, Awakening, was published in April, just as the coronavirus asserted itself and Read More
Insides Out by Becky Jones
Long-time member and enthusiastic volunteer for Straw Dog Writers, Becky Jones sometimes leads bereavement writing groups, sometimes gardens, and sometimes tries her hand at poetry. She is poised to transition Read More
“Perspective” by Michael Allen Roche
Michael Allen Roche is an author from Hampden county. He is an active member of Write-Up Springfield. He shares his life and home with his husband, Earskin Sloan. His short Read More
Report from under the leaves by Deborah Dill
Deborah Dill writes poetry, memoir, non-fiction, and is a public health nurse, urban habitat gardener, and Straw Dog member living in Middlesex County. Her poems have been published in Compass Read More
Beneath by Jennifer Delozier
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
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