Burned out after fifteen years as a freelance writer/reporter and a lovely year of homeschooling her then second grader, Laurie Joan Aron woke up one day and felt compelled to express herself in poetry. Though she’s taken a few workshops, none of which she considers very helpful, Laurie has no formal training as a poet. Nonetheless, some forty of her poems have found their way into journals. Laurie, who is also a visual artist, lives in New York City with her husband and three children. You can see some of her wonderful cut paper collages here and here.