Born in England, Clinton Van Inman now lives in Sun City Center, FL with his wife. He is 65 years old and teaches high school in Tampa Bay. He is a graduate of San Diego State University. Clinton is writing a book of poetry called The Last Beat because, in his words, “I believe that I am […]

Charlotte Rauner’s poem Maybe It’s Back appeared here in March 2011. Isn’t this poem just perfect in a week that has given us work by 4 teen talents? Untitled By Charlotte Rauner When I’m done crawling upward  towards the roof I will be very off the ground stained maybe with some sweat closer to tops of trees  […]

Molly Frederick has been writing (and revising) lyric poems about the natural world for more than 50 years. After a career in medical publishing she appreciates having more time to write. She has 2 grown children and has lived in northern New Jersey with her husband for the last 34 years. Approximately 300 of her […]

Caitlin Riggsbee is usually the one behind the camera making the movie, but she also likes to write the words. She is 16 and this is her first published poem. Her good friend Gianluca D’Elia has a poem up at the words to linger on page today too. They both follow 15-year-old Julia Pistole in […]

Julia Pistole doesn’t want to bore you by telling you she’s 15 and lives with her parents and three brothers in Clinton AR. So she’ll tell you instead that she’s going on 16, enjoys doing things that most teens find boring or nerdy, will grow up to be the first female president of the USA, […]