Aged in Rhyme Nine Decades of Wit and Wisdom

About the Book

I first realized that my poems had universal appeal when I did a reading at a 1984 conference of the Michigan Women's Studies Association at Michigan State University. "To My Mother" brought convulsive sobbing from one woman, and "Liberated Woman" elicited thanks from serveral coeds who harbored similar views. Later, I broadened my feminist perspective and wrote "Night Song" for a distraught husband whose wife had deserted him. The poems are about experiences and emotions that are common to us all. I hope that reading them will encourage you to take a closer look at your own life and its purpose.

About the Author

I was a physics major for four years and a student assistant at Wayne State University, before hormone shots turned my migraine headaches into a nightmare of daily pain. As an antidote, I began sitting upright in bed with an ice bag on my head writing poetry, becoming quite skilled at the craft. I held an occasional job and earned a psychology degree at Oakland University in 1979, but the ice bag has dominated my life, and I continue to write. My husband and I live in Novi, Michigan. We have one daughter, a son-in-law, and four grandchildren.