A poem that I composed specifically for the Quiet Mountain Essays Summer Open Issue is now available online. Gender Conflict speaks to peace and justice issues and the deep conflict of Western Culture set along gender lines. Quiet Mountain Essays is a "A Monthly Journal of Women's Writing" that speaks with a voice very close to the heart--from the heart of women. It deserves to be heard. I consider it a privilege to have a chance to have one of my poems in this issue.

I have been away on a mission to discover the spirit of rural Minnesota these past 2 months and have experienced another chapter in the story of a land and community trying to clarify its identity and redefine itself for the changing times. I am sure that it will become a source of inspiration for my work although it is barely noticeable thus far. I have done the riding, listening and the observing so I have confidence meaningful things will come of it.


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