Joanne Cucinello is a poet and writer, mother of five, who to date has published four books of poetry and an illustrated Children's Fairytale. Her works include lyric essays and free form poetry, often visionary and insightful. She has been published in Shadows Ink Selected Poems 2008 and “A Splash of Verse” with an award of excellence 2008. Her poems have also been published in Mused-the Online Literary Review's Spring, Summer and Fall 2010, Spring 2011, in which she was also the featured poet, and Fall 2012 Issues. A member of the American Poet's Society and the Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators, Joanne's poetry blog "I See the Bridge" was listed in the "Best 100 Poetry Blogs" 2010.