BIOGRAPHY

Lynne Craig is a member of a poetry guild near Dallas, where her work has won several awards.  Lynne is the managing editor of a small college newspaper.   As a full-time reporter and editor, Lynne has written and published hundreds of news articles, interviews, and features.   She has a BS in Elementary English, and an MS in English.  She also writes children's books, with several under publication consideration now.  Although a native Texan, Lynne has lived in several states.  She has one son, and two grandchildren who live close enough to visit regularly.  She is thrilled that both are interested in poetry.

Favorite Quote: 

"And after that maybe you'll begin to comprehend dimly / What I mean by too much metaphor and simile."  —Ogden Nash, "Very Like a Whale"  

Lynne Craig thoughtfully weaves textured words that dance across the page and into the fiber of the reader.  A powerful sense of nostalgia pervades her work, choices made or taken away as time passes.  Rustic details highlight fond depictions of country life with clear sharp diction and no wasted verbiage.  Lovely mental images.   Lynne has a wise way with words, and carries a good set of tools to the work table to make her points.  The poem "Springing" shows excellent percussive assonance, alliteration and internal rhyme, leaving the reader with a  picture-postcard look and feel about the wonder and miracle of life itself.  This poem is amazingly vivid, with word choices that fairly leap from the page much like the subject of the poem, and there is excellent craftsmanship in the phrasings and direct parallels to the season.  Splendid usages of rarely-seen words such as "gamboling" and "convulse" - yet the words seem to fit so perfectly, no others could possible have done.  The interplay of internal rhyming and rhythm combined with strong images is well done, and the description of children and their movements as they play is nicely presented.  Excellent writing.