My poems can make a difference!

Poet Bio: Joanne M. Clarkson's fourth poetry collection, Believing the Body, was published in 2014 by Gribble Press. She was awarded a GAP grant from Artist Trust to complete her next full-length volume. Poems have appeared recently in Rhino, The Baltimore Review, Emrys Journal, The Healing Muse and Fjords Review. Joanne has Master's Degrees in English and Library Science. She has taught and worked as a professional librarian. After caring for her mother through a long illness, she re-careered as a Registered Nurse specializing in Home Health and Hospice care. This spring she published her first non-fiction book, There's Always a Miracle: True Stories of Death Before and After Life, 24 pieces about her experiences as a Hospice RN. See more at http://JoanneClarkson.com. Joanne serves on the Board of the Olympia Poetry Network and lives in Olympia, WA with her husband, James.

Your support gives me vital inspiration as I write for thirty days this month.

Tupelo Press provides the canvas, I bring my words, accompanied by other fine poets, writing thirty poems in thirty days, all ours to edit and submit as we wish. 30/30 poems have been taken by over 90 journals and featured in over 40 published chapbooks, all so Tupelo Press can keep publishing exquisite and diverse voices that might never be heard otherwise.

Every dollar gives me confidence to write more, and helps the press place more poems in gorgeous books. Help me to help this distinguished press. Give today!