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What I Learned: Poems
44 pages, Paperback
Published October 27, 2017
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About the author
Elizabeth S. Wolf
12 books10 followersForthcoming: Parenting in the Age of Columbine, from Kelsay Books, is due out Dec 2025. My daughter was born the week after Columbine. This book is a braided collection where each triplet includes a docupoem about a shooting incident or its aftermath; a personal slice of life; and a quote from an external source, such as Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care. The anchor poem "April 1999" in video edition was featured at the Poetry in Motion Festival in 2024; the print poem was a finalist for the Joy Harjo Prize in 2022.
Still available for holiday gifting: I Am From: Voices from the Mako House in Ghana. Based on a series of workshops held in a boarding house in the rural Volta region, this collection includes poetry from kids aged 9-17. Full of vivid stories, joy and sorrow, including original art and photos. Proceeds benefit the Mako Children's Fund. Open your heart to these kids- you won't regret it!
My words are on the moon! Poems and stories in anthologies Mosaics, UnCommon Minds, Klarissa Dreams Redux, and Vagabond Lunar Collection are included in the Lunar Codex collection, landing on the moon in 2024 & 2025. The archive is now an Artemis Accords Heritage Site. The Writers On The Moon time capsule is scheduled to launch in 2026. Included in my WOTM archive are my full-length books, a local Merrimac Mic anthology, and a bilingual anthology in English and Farsi.
Elizabeth S. Wolf is the author of the 2018 Rattle Chapbook Contest winner Did You Know? (Rattle, 2019), What I Learned: Poems (Finishing Line Press, 2017), When Lawyers Wept (Kelsay, 2019), and A Collection of Partings (Kelsay, 2022) . Her poems have been nominated for 4 Pushcart Prizes. Rattle featured her Prisoner Express chapbook project in the Summer 2022 issue. In July 2023 she read at the White House, Supreme Court, and U.S. Capitol as part of The Scheherazade Project. She is a frequent featured reader and a regular at open mics.
Still available for holiday gifting: I Am From: Voices from the Mako House in Ghana. Based on a series of workshops held in a boarding house in the rural Volta region, this collection includes poetry from kids aged 9-17. Full of vivid stories, joy and sorrow, including original art and photos. Proceeds benefit the Mako Children's Fund. Open your heart to these kids- you won't regret it!
My words are on the moon! Poems and stories in anthologies Mosaics, UnCommon Minds, Klarissa Dreams Redux, and Vagabond Lunar Collection are included in the Lunar Codex collection, landing on the moon in 2024 & 2025. The archive is now an Artemis Accords Heritage Site. The Writers On The Moon time capsule is scheduled to launch in 2026. Included in my WOTM archive are my full-length books, a local Merrimac Mic anthology, and a bilingual anthology in English and Farsi.
Elizabeth S. Wolf is the author of the 2018 Rattle Chapbook Contest winner Did You Know? (Rattle, 2019), What I Learned: Poems (Finishing Line Press, 2017), When Lawyers Wept (Kelsay, 2019), and A Collection of Partings (Kelsay, 2022) . Her poems have been nominated for 4 Pushcart Prizes. Rattle featured her Prisoner Express chapbook project in the Summer 2022 issue. In July 2023 she read at the White House, Supreme Court, and U.S. Capitol as part of The Scheherazade Project. She is a frequent featured reader and a regular at open mics.
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