KS> Omigosh! I'm talking to a *published* author!  What magazine?  Where?
  > Where can I get a copy?!  I mean BUY a copy!
I *am* a published author.  I've even ghosted books (published under
someone else's name).  And I've had some things published under my own
name too, although not books.  But this particular poem was published in
a small local (Salem, Gloucester, Cumberland Counties) not for sale
newsletter. I get the impression you live somewhere within fifty miles
of me, probably less than 25 miles away.  I can drop you off a copy at
your workplace if you let me know where it is. Maybe not tomorrow, but
when I'm up in that area. I say "up in that area", because I *know*
you're north of me. Almost everyone in New Jersey lives north of me.
By the way, if you live near Woodbury, there's a poet's group that meets
there the last Friday of every month. You might want to join them.  I am
friends with the head of the group. I've never personally gone to it,
however. I keep *intending* to, but my life stays so busy that I just
haven't been able to fit a new thing like that into my schedule.  It's a
long standing group -- been meeting for years now. They read their
poetry to each other.  The person who started it assures me that
everyone is very gentle in their critiques of each other's poetry.
KS> Spring = birth = mother?  I must say that mother and child is one
  > connection that did not come to my mind.  Every so often I see
  > illustrations that don't seem to connect with the material - sometimes
  > for a short story, or a children's book.  In those cases I get the
  > impression that the material wasn't read.
The artist who did the drawings is a personal friend of mine.  I know
she read the poem. I just haven't asked her about it yet.  The artist,
by the way, is Narcissa Voluntad Weatherbee.  Since you are a South
Jerseyite, too; you might know of her.  Although she's also known in
wider circles than South Jersey.  She's in Arizona right now leading
some workshops on drawing.  She's had her works featured in some
national magazines; and she's sold a lot of oils and stuff.  She's
really, really good.
Her child lives on the west coast and is also earning a living as an
artist.
                                   Sondra
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