{"id":2222,"date":"2024-05-22T07:53:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T12:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/?page_id=2222"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:09:33","slug":"writing-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/?page_id=2222","title":{"rendered":"Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Published Books<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bitly.com\/cs_animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"881\" data-id=\"2230\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-2.png?resize=584%2C881&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-2.png?resize=679%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 679w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-2.png?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-2.png?w=707&amp;ssl=1 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/storybeastorg.files.wordpress.com\/2024\/03\/spring-2024-the-story-beast.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" data-id=\"2235\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Untitled-design-5.png?resize=584%2C584&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Untitled-design-5.png?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Untitled-design-5.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Untitled-design-5.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Untitled-design-5.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Untitled-design-5.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bitly.com\/cs_animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Animals: Personal Tales of Encounters with Spirit Animals<\/a><\/em><\/strong><br>Features Adair&#8217;s award-winning story, &#8220;Overcoming Fear With Help From the Whales,&#8221; on page 133.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>The Story Beast: Stepping Stones<\/em><\/strong><br>Read Adair&#8217;s true story, <a href=\"http:\/\/storybeastorg.files.wordpress.com\/2024\/03\/spring-2024-the-story-beast.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cNighttime Dreams Become Stepping Stones for Healing,\u201d<\/a> on page<a href=\"http:\/\/storybeastorg.files.wordpress.com\/2024\/03\/spring-2024-the-story-beast.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a>63&nbsp;of this online storytelling journal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-2.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"860\" data-id=\"2231\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-2.png?resize=584%2C860&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-2.png?resize=695%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 695w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-2.png?resize=204%2C300&amp;ssl=1 204w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-2.png?w=732&amp;ssl=1 732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-2.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"856\" data-id=\"2232\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-2.png?resize=584%2C856&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-2.png?resize=699%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 699w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-2.png?resize=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-2.png?w=737&amp;ssl=1 737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0CYXS8QZ5?asc_source=01HDRG07ZP5FJRJVES5GYSHWKK&amp;tag=snx1-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Clarity: Stories About the Moment That Changed it All<\/em><\/a><\/strong><br>by The Pathfinders Collective<br>Features Adair&#8217;s story, &#8220;A Devoted Chamber of My Heart Opens&#8221; on page 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/We-Are-Here-drop-shadow-png-edited.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/We-Are-Here-drop-shadow-png-edited-1024x1010.png?resize=584%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/We-Are-Here-drop-shadow-png-edited.png?resize=1024%2C1010&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/We-Are-Here-drop-shadow-png-edited.png?resize=300%2C296&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/We-Are-Here-drop-shadow-png-edited.png?resize=768%2C757&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/We-Are-Here-drop-shadow-png-edited.png?resize=304%2C300&amp;ssl=1 304w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/We-Are-Here-drop-shadow-png-edited.png?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/sandy-lee-carlson\/we-are-here\/paperback\/product-v896ggp.html?q=We+Are+Here&amp;page=1&amp;pageSize=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We Are Here<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br>by Orenaug Mountain Publishing<br>Features Adair&#8217;s poem, &#8220;Land of My Home&#8221; on page 65<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-Review-2025-Book-Cover-2-2-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"909\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-Review-2025-Book-Cover-2-2.jpg?resize=584%2C909&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-Review-2025-Book-Cover-2-2-scaled.jpg?resize=658%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 658w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-Review-2025-Book-Cover-2-2-scaled.jpg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-Review-2025-Book-Cover-2-2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1195&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-Review-2025-Book-Cover-2-2-scaled.jpg?resize=987%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 987w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-Review-2025-Book-Cover-2-2-scaled.jpg?resize=1316%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1316w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-Review-2025-Book-Cover-2-2-scaled.jpg?w=1645&amp;ssl=1 1645w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-Review-2025-Book-Cover-2-2-scaled.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.localgemspoetrypress.com\/connecticut-bards-preorders.html\">Connecticut Bards Poetry Review 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br>Features Adair&#8217;s Poem, &#8220;Creation Pilgrimage&#8221; on page 74<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Writing for Our Lives<\/em> <\/strong>anthology<br>Features Adair&#8217;s essay, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/13ks2wUg9CZRhgr9ZM2PpnbElexen_A4F\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Pruning the Body and Soul&#8221;<\/a> on page 37.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lost-Love-book-cover-2-1-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lost-Love-book-cover-2-1.jpg?resize=584%2C581&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lost-Love-book-cover-2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1018&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lost-Love-book-cover-2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lost-Love-book-cover-2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lost-Love-book-cover-2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C764&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lost-Love-book-cover-2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1527&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lost-Love-book-cover-2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C2036&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lost-Love-book-cover-2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=302%2C300&amp;ssl=1 302w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lost-Love-book-cover-2-1-scaled.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lost-Love-book-cover-2-1-scaled.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/norman-zimmerman-and-jeannette-zallar-and-jacek-wilkos-and-steve-walter\/lost-love\/paperback\/product-dygq5qg.html?q=orenaug+mountain+publishing&amp;page=1&amp;pageSize=4\"><em>Lost Love<\/em><\/a><\/strong><br>by Orenaug Mountain Publishing<br>Features Adair&#8217;s poem, &#8221; Eight Years After Susan&#8217;s Death&#8221; on page 108<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pleasant-Pastimes-Poetry-Book-Cover-scaled.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pleasant-Pastimes-Poetry-Book-Cover.jpeg?resize=584%2C587&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pleasant-Pastimes-Poetry-Book-Cover-scaled.jpeg?resize=1018%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1018w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pleasant-Pastimes-Poetry-Book-Cover-scaled.jpeg?resize=298%2C300&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pleasant-Pastimes-Poetry-Book-Cover-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pleasant-Pastimes-Poetry-Book-Cover-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C773&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pleasant-Pastimes-Poetry-Book-Cover-scaled.jpeg?resize=1526%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1526w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pleasant-Pastimes-Poetry-Book-Cover-scaled.jpeg?resize=2035%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2035w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pleasant-Pastimes-Poetry-Book-Cover-scaled.jpeg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pleasant-Pastimes-Poetry-Book-Cover-scaled.jpeg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orenaugmountainpublishing.com\/poetry-collections\/pleasant-pastimes\">Pleasant Pastimes<\/a><\/em><\/strong><br>by Orenaug Mountain Publishing<br>Features two of Adair&#8217;s poems, &#8220;The Sporting Stories That Last&#8221; on page 43 and &#8220;Soaked in Love&#8221; on page 54<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contributing Author<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/creativityandwellness.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creativity and Wellness Blog<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Voices: a Journal of Women\u2019s Wisdom<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/fairfieldwriter.wordpress.com\/\">Fairfield Writer\u2019s Blog<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Write Connexion: Five Key Ingredients for a Successful Social Media Presence<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Published Anthologies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Co<em>nnecticut Bards 2025 Poetry Anthology<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>We Are Here<\/em>, Orenaug Mountain Publishing Poetry Anthology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>National Library of Poetry<\/em>, semi-finalist for \u201cPoem for Peace\u201d which is in the permanent collection of the United Nations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Fourth Volume of Connecticut Poets<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>In a Different Light<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poetry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Adair Heitmann, BFA is an award-winning interdisciplinary poet, storyteller, educator, and artist. Her poems are published in <em>We Are Here <\/em>by Orenaug Mountain Publishing and the <em>Fourth Volume of Connecticut Poets<\/em> (her \u201cPoem for Peace\u201d is in the permanent collection of the United Nations.) She is Poet-in-Residence in Connecticut\u2019s under-resourced schools and is a Guest Lecturer at the University of Bridgeport and Baylor University, Waco, TX. Her poems receive awards from the Connecticut Press Club and are featured in Ekphrasis Vll and Vlll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connecticut Press Club Honorable Mention for Creative Verse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Haiku Your Way to Happiness<\/em><\/strong><br>When it\u2019s tough to move<br>Haikuing to happiness<br>Is the way to go<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>April 17, 2023<\/em><\/strong><br>Now I breathe in Spring<br>For National Haiku Day<br>Poetry is here<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>The Vessel<\/em><\/strong><br>The vessel expands<br>To hold what is poured within<br>Elasticity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Friendships<\/em><\/strong><br>The yin and yang of<br>Old friends and new, a balance<br>Over a lifetime<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NaNoWriMo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2012 Participant: Read all about it in the&nbsp;Fairfield Writer\u2019s Blog (December 2012&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/fairfieldwriter.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/17\/i-was-a-wrimo-again-2\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fairfieldwriter.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/17\/i-was-a-wrimo-again-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I Was a Wrimo Again<\/a><\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2011 Participant: Read all about it in the&nbsp;Fairfield Writer\u2019s Blog (December 2011&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/fairfieldwriter.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/22\/a-nanowrimo-virgin-no-more\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fairfieldwriter.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/22\/a-nanowrimo-virgin-no-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A NaNoWriMo Virgin No More<\/a><\/em>; 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