{"product_id":"at-goat-hollow-and-other-poems","title":"At Goat Hollow and Other Poems","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilda Morris\u003c\/strong\u003e has served as president of both the Illinois State Poetry Society and Poets \u0026amp; Patrons, a Chicago-based poetry organization for which she continues to serve as Workshop Chairperson. For three years, she chaired the Stevens Manuscript Competition for the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. She has led poetry workshops for children and for adults in several states. For several years she was on the staff of the Christian Writers’ Conference at the Green Lake Conference Center in Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWilda’s first book of poetry, \u003cem\u003eSzechwan Shrimp and Fortune Cookies: Poems from a Chinese Restaurant,\u003c\/em\u003e was published by RWG Press in 2008. In 2019, Aldrich Press (Kelsay Books) published \u003cem\u003ePequod Poems: Gamming with Moby-Dick,\u003c\/em\u003e which garnered her an opportunity to do a reading at Arrowhead, the estate where Herman Melville wrote his masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWilda has published widely in journals, anthologies, websites, and newspapers, and has won rewards for formal poetry, free verse, and haiku, including the 2019 Founders’ Award from the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. \u003cem\u003eWilda Morris’s Poetry Challenge\u003c\/em\u003e at wildamorris.blogspot.com provides a contest for other poets each month. For over 15 years, she has been the mc for poetry readings at Brewed Awakening in Westmont, Illinois, co-sponsored by the coffeeshop and the Illinois State Poetry Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWilda is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and of the University of Illinois. She also has an M.Div.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShe lives in Bolingbrook, Illinois, with her husband Ed. They have five children, fifteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: 103 pages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (June 14, 2023)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReviews:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeakful | Becquée\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighland Park Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48176453746846,"sku":"bfx1787286797710","price":17.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6345\/4366\/files\/at-goat-hollow-and-other-poems_1.jpg?v=1787286803","url":"https:\/\/urbanwearstore.shop\/products\/at-goat-hollow-and-other-poems","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}