About our Contributors

“. . . paths themselves meditative . . .” - from “Near the Spillway” by Helen Marie Casey

• Louise Berliner is a writer and fiber sculptor, currently seesawing between the poetry and novel worlds, happy always to wrestle words in any form.
• Zachary Bos operates Pen & Anvil Press, publisher of New England Review of Books, Hawk & Whippoorwill, and other books and magazines. He and his family live in Fitchburg.
• Polly Brown's most recent book, Pebble Leaf Feather Knife , from Cherry Grove, wonders how the natural world fits together, and how we fit into it.
• Heather Corbally Bryant teaches in the Writing Program at Wellesley College. She is the author of ten poetry books; Orchard Days, her forthcoming collection, will be published in 2021.
• Helen Marie Casey, winner of the Black River Chapbook Competition, is working on her fourth poetry chapbook, You Kept Your Secrets, to be published by Finishing Line Press in late 2020.
• Didi Chadran is a doting father and Harvard resident who spends the better part of his waking hours seeking ways to pay back the universe.
• Wendy Drexler's third poetry collection, Before There Was Before, was published by Iris Press in 2017. She's poet-in-residence at New Mission High School, Hyde Park, MA, and programming co-chair for the New England Poetry Club.
• Linda Hoffman's artwork includes bronze sculpture, outdoor installations, watercolors, and digital prints. She is the fruit grower at Old Frog Pond Farm and blogs weekly at Apples, Art, and Spirit.
• Lynn Horsky writes poetry and memoir, studies drawing and painting, and assembles collages. She works as a graphic designer and production manager.
• Terry House's poems have appeared in Arkana, Birdsong, and The Berkshire Review. She edits Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio's "Poem of the Month" blog.
• Joan Alice Wood Kimball runs Wayland and Concord poetry workshops, and is the author of two illustrated chapbooks, a poetry collection, Early Light, and a limerick engraved on granite in Edmands Park, Newton.
• William Lenderking is a musician, yoga teacher, blessed father, and consultant/psychologist, who uses his love of words and poems to bring soul into his life as often as possible.
• Moira Linehan's fourth collection of poetry, & Company , is forthcoming from Dos Madres Press. Slant Books published her third, Toward, in June 2020.
• Greg Lowenberg is a botanist and a carpenter, with one foot in the ecology of trees and the other in their practical uses. His heart is in their singular poetry.
• Brent Mathison is a photographer living in Maynard who draws his inspiration from the natural world. His work is on display at 6 Bridges Gallery.
• Franny Osman of Acton welcomes this Plein Air Poetry event each year. It brings her to the farm, encourages her to experiment with rhythm and rhyme, and inspires her in a mélange of words, nature, and sculpture.
• Dawn Paul teaches writing and literature at Montserrat College of Art. Her chapbook, What We Still Don't Know (Finishing Line Press), examines the life and work of scientist Carl Linnaeus.
• Cheryl Perreault hosts programs of poetry, storytelling, and song. Since March 2020, she has taken to sitting outside for long durations to applaud the poetry of birds, squirrels, and trees.
• Mary Pinard lives in Roslindale and teaches at Babson College. Her poems have appeared in a range of journals, including most recently Southern Poetry Review and Salamander.
• Joanne DeSimone Reynolds is the author of a chapbook, Comes A Blossom, published by Main Street Rag Publishing Company in 2014. She lives in Scituate.
• Susan Edwards Richmond is the author of five collections of poetry, and the children's picture book, Bird Count.
• Hilary Sallick is the author of Asking the Form (Cervená Barva Press, 2020).
• Georgia Sassen is a psychologist in private practice in Harvard and the creator of Drums and Poems, an interactive event for children that helps them learn relational skills (described in the Journal of Creativity in Mental Health).
• Carla Schwartz has been widely published. Her second collection is Intimacy with the Wind. Her YouTube channel has 2,000,000+ views. Find her blog at wakewiththesun.blogspot.com, or connect with her on YouTube, Twitter, or Instagram @cb99videos.
• bg Thurston lives on a farm in Warwick, Massachusetts. She teaches poetry workshops and has recently finished the manuscript for her third book about the history of her 1770s farmhouse.
• Lynne Viti is the author of the forthcoming Dancing at Lake Montebello (Apprentice House Press). Her short story collection, Going Too Fast (Finishing Line), was published in 2020.
• Catherine Weber is a poet, artist, community organizer and marketing professional with a passion for the arts, education, and the environment. She lives in Southborough, Massachusetts.

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