Description: This collection presents the work, lives, and thoughts of the state and local poets laureate of Connecticut. Within these pages one can find sample poems from state and local poets laureate, as well as descriptions of some of their public projects and reflections on poetry.
Brief description: Ginny Lowe Connors is the author of three poetry collections: The Unparalleled Beauty of a Crooked Line, Barbarians in the Kitchen, and most recently, Toward the Hanging Tree: Poems of Salem Village. Her chapbook, Under the Porch, won the Sunken Garden Poetry Prize. Connors has also edited several poetry anthologies. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Founders Award, top prize in the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, first prize in Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition, and recently top prize in the Flash Ekphrastic Artist for Artists Project, as well as other awards. Connors has an MFA in poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is on the executive boards of the Connecticut Poetry Society and of the Connecticut Coalition of Poets Laureate. During her tenure as the Poet Laureate of West Hartford, from 2013-2015, she initiated the Poetry in the Parks program, combining poetry, nature, and art.