My
husband Frank and I live in Western New York. In 2006, after a career of over
thirty years, I retired from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. We
enjoy taking frequent trips to New Mexico to visit our son and
daughter-in-law, Sean and Shelly, our two handsome grandsons, Jacob and
Joshua and beautiful granddaughter, Arianna.
I didn’t start writing poetry until the age of 50. My poetry started
out as free verse, but then in 2006, I was introduced to haiga on the Bag
End Poetry and Message Board. With haiga, I can combine my love for
photography with poetry. I continued my interest in haiga and became active
on the haikuhut poetry forum.
I was a moderator for the "haiga" forum and also the "haiga
showcase" forum on Jane Reichhold's online AHApoetry forums.
More recently, I was an active member on the inkstone poetry forum.
My haiga have been published online at simplyhaiku, haigaonline, sketchbook,
modernhaiga, Lynx, DailyHaiga, Notes From the Gean and World Haiku
Association. I also have been published in print in the Moonset Literary
Newspaper and also in the print edition of Modern Haiga 2008 and 2009. My
haiku have been published online at The Heron's Nest and Notes from the Gean
and also in print in Notes from the Gean and the Moonset Literary Newspaper.
In
2020, I published a book of my poetry and photography, Morning Star:
Reflecting the Light, which has earned a 5 star rating. Here is a direct
link to my book amazon.com
Frank
and I enjoyed being members of a Creative Expression writers group. One of my
poems was published, along with Frank’s, in "Community And
Difference: Teaching, Pluralism, And Social Justice," by Roberto A.
Pena.
In addition to poetry and haiga, I enjoy, along with Frank, making rosaries
as part of our parish "rosary makers" ministry. I also enjoy
photography, gardening, taking online classes and editing and enhancing my
photos in paint shop pro and photoshop. After taking an online class
"Creating Web Pages", I built this website using HTML.
My faith is an integral part of my life and has helped me get through an
extensive array of medical problems. God has always been there for me and the
lives of the saints have been a source of inspiration. One Saint in
particular, St. Therese the Little Flower, who wrote beautiful poetry, has
touched my life. She suffered immensely at the end of her life and accepted
all of her sufferings with love. I have dedicated this website to her.
I have chosen the word "petals" for St. Therese and "light"
for the Holy Spirit.
Mary
|
