“An Act of Kindness” was inspired by two long stretches of time I spent in South Africa helping a township community start a papermaking business using the residual fiber leftover from the sugar cane press. The people there were so kind and appreciative. She is one of the women who travels daily from her […]
Ellaraine Lockie
Ellaraine Lockie is widely published and awarded poet, nonfiction book author and essayist. Her recent poetry book is the coauthored Trio from Poetrylandia. Earlier collections have won Poetry Forum’s Chapbook Contest Prize, San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival Chapbook Competition, Encircle Publications Chapbook Contest, Best Individual Poetry Collection Award from Purple Patch magazine in England, and The Aurorean’s Chapbook Choice Award. Ellaraine also teaches writing workshops and serves as Poetry Editor for the lifestyles magazine, LILIPOH.
What’s in a Name
“What’s in a Name” was inspired by my every-morning writing times (until Covid hit) at our local Starbucks. Many of the same customers came every day around the same time, and I got to know them as though we all lived in the same small town. This gentleman was one of those regulars. He didn’t […]