A ROSE DENUDED

About the Book

I would like to dedicate this book to those who have touched my heart: To my lovely daughter, Marisol My brother Walter, Isa, Marcelo, Julian, Aiyana, Frederick and Evelyn Colleagues and friends, especially Alison, Meredith, Sharon, Ana Ramos And for Iliana, who was there… In memory of my parents, Ana Maria and Marcelino Rivera, Dr. and Mrs. Harold Conrad, Jr., Eddie Antonetty, and Sandro

About the Author

Ana Rosa Rivera is currently an educator in Bronx, New York, who studied at Hunter College and completed doctoral coursework in Bilingual Education at New York University. Ms. Rivera is indebted to Dr. Antonio Simoes for inducting her into Phi Delta Kappa. She has one daughter, Marisol, a Vassar graduate. A Rose Denuded, her first published book, is a compilation of poems ranging from the mundane to the esoteric. Ms. Rivera feels that a poem encapsulates the pulse of the universe.