Carolyn Martin is blissfully retired in Clackamas, OR, where she gardens, writes and plays with creative friends. Her second poetry collection, The Way a Woman Knows, was released in 2015 by The Poetry Box (www.thewayawomanknows.com). Since her only poem written in high school was red-penciled as “extremely maudlin,” she is still amazed she continues to write.

From the Country Called “Abroad,” Volume 1, Issue 2