Irene Willis

 We’ve had requests to feature more of the poems and background of our Poetry Editor, so here she is.

Irene Willis has been publishing in different genres and venues for many years –   children’s books (including four co-authored with Arlene Kramer Richards), textbooks, articles and poetry. Her first published  poems, in the  1970’s, appeared in Cosmopolitan, which at the time, she tells us, had a good poetry editor and featured poets like Robert Graves and Erica Jong.  Later she began appearing in literary journals such as  Crazyhorse, Laurel Review, Literary Review, and New York Quarterly.  Since the 1990’s she has devoted herself primarily to poetry, with considerable success. Continue reading Poetry Monday: Irene Willis