Linda Banks, past-president of the Poetry Society of Texas, has recently appeared in PST’s A Book of the Year, TX Poetry Calendar, & Lifting the Sky. Barbara Blanks is editor of A Galaxy of Verse, & author of I’ve Heard Verse, Out of the Wreckage, & co-authored Giant Steps. Her poems are in variety of anthologies & magazines. www.barbara-blanks.com Mary Cimarolli, a former teacher, enjoys creative writing. She has a memoir, a biography, two readers theater plays, book reviews, & published poetry. Catherine L’Herisson’s is in PST’s A Book of the Year, NFSPS Encore, A Galaxy of Verse, Lucidity, Peace Words, TX Poetry Calendar, The Enigmatist, Voices Along the River, & Windhover. Pat Randolph, a former journalist, writes both relevant poetry and light verse. Professor Emeritus Marilyn Stacy, Dallas psychotherapist & writer, is published in journals & anthologies, & authored, Along the Path, Dreams, & Sometimes You Have to Laugh-a poet’s look at cancer. www.marilynstacy.co