Dorothy Ryan is a poet, copywriter, and proofreader. A former editorial assistant at Off the Coast and copy editor of Writers’ Notes, the newsletter of Women Who Write, her award-winning poetry has appeared online, in national and regional newspapers, and in several anthologies. Dorothy, who grew up in New York, is the author of one chapbook, Animal Weaver (Carpenter Press). She now lives in New Jersey with her multi-handicapped adult daughter and their Golden Retriever/Collie rescue who loves to chase birds like the ones in this poem.