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Elizabeth Barrette

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Elizabeth Barrette lives in Illinois with her partner, Doug. An avid wordsmith, she works as a writer and editor, doing poetry, articles, essays, reviews, interviews, short stories, and more. Her main fields include speculative fiction, gender studies, environmental/social issues, and alternative spirituality. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Rhetoric with a Women’s Studies minor from the English Department at the University of Illinois.

Her wordsmithing work has taken many forms. She wrote the articles "Balancing Powers" in Communities,Anthimeria: Verbing Weirds Language” in Sol Magazine, and "Appreciating Speculative Poetry" and "Do Women and Men Really Write Differently?" in Internet Review of Science Fiction. Honors include winning the
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Poem: "Simple and to the Point"

This poem came out of the September 2, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from janetmiles and Dreamwidth user Siliconshaman. It also fills the "lookout" square in my 9-1-25 card for the Piracy Bingo Fest. This poem has been sponsored by DW user Fuzzyred. It belongs to An Army of One series. It follows "The Thistledown Drive," "Triangulate, Observe, Record, Tabulate, Communica Read more of this blog post »
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Poem: "For Those Who Work at It"

This poem came out of the September 3, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by Dreamwidth user Fuzzyred. It also fills the "parrot" squ Read more of this blog post »
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“Twilight Surprise” poem:

“The sky burns down,
A rim of coals glowing gold and red,
Limned with orange again
And kissed with hints of pink.
The clouds reflect tangerine and plum,
Overshadowing the silent glory.
Darkness and light,
Balanced upon this equinox,
Dance together like old lovers …
… and beget beauty.”
Elizabeth Barrette, From Nature's Patient Hands

“Campfire Companions” poem:

“What a longing they touched in me! Ah,
would that I could lose myself in the wilderness,
become a ghost of smoke and shadow,
moving so subtly through the lucid moonlight
that all my edges wore away.”
Elizabeth Barrette, From Nature's Patient Hands

“Wondering When the Strings Will Snap” poem:

“The marigolds herald autumn’s colors already
In their sun-shrine faces, iconographic
Floral worship of their distant deity -- yet they
Die at the first touch of frost, unlike chrysanthemums,
The true flowers of fall.”
Elizabeth Barrette, From Nature's Patient Hands

“It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt,
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills,
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

“Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find another world on the other side. A bell jingled overhead. The mild, spicy smell of old books hit him, and the smell was somehow like coming home.”
Stephen King, The Waste Lands




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Grace Leigh Elizabeth wrote: "Grace wrote: "http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

My review is up for "Prismatica"! I very much enjoyed reading it -- truly an excellent book and it is clear that are a very gifted poet..."


You're very welcome! :) I was happy to spread the word about it and review it. It was my pleasure. <3


Elizabeth Barrette Grace wrote: "http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

My review is up for "Prismatica"! I very much enjoyed reading it -- truly an excellent book and it is clear that are a very gifted poet. :) Thanks ..."


Thank you so much! I really appreciate your attention. I have linked to your review from my LiveJournal and my book's page on my main website.


message 9: by Grace

Grace Leigh http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

My review is up for "Prismatica"! I very much enjoyed reading it -- truly an excellent book and it is clear that are a very gifted poet. :) Thanks for sending me a copy. <3


message 8: by Grace

Grace Leigh Elizabeth wrote: "Grace wrote:
This link will take you to my review of "From Nature's Patient Hands." It was truly a pleasure to read and review -- thank you so much for sharing..."

Wonderful! I have posted link..."


Awesome! :) I hope so too. <3


Elizabeth Barrette Grace wrote:
This link will take you to my review of "From Nature's Patient Hands." It was truly a pleasure to read and review -- thank you so much for sharing..."


Wonderful! I have posted links to your reviews in various places. I hope my readers drop by to see what you wrote.


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Grace Leigh http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

This link will take you to my review of "From Nature's Patient Hands." It was truly a pleasure to read and review -- thank you so much for sharing it with me. :)

Grace


message 5: by Grace

Grace Leigh Elizabeth wrote: "Grace wrote: "Soul on Fire

Just wanted to let you know that I am very much enjoying "From Nature's Patient Hands" and will write a good review for it as well. :) I love it..."

Thank..."


You're very welcome. :) I'll let you know when I post the review. :)


Elizabeth Barrette Grace wrote: "Soul on Fire

Just wanted to let you know that I am very much enjoying "From Nature's Patient Hands" and will write a good review for it as well. :) I love it..."


Thank you so much! I look forward to seeing your review of my book From Nature's Patient Hands.


message 3: by Grace

Grace Leigh Soul on Fire

Hello Elizabeth! :)

Just wanted to let you know that I am very much enjoying "From Nature's Patient Hands" and will write a good review for it as well. :) I love it! <3 As I was reading it last night, it reminded me of the book "Soul On Fire: A Transformational Journey From Priest to Shaman" by Peter Calhoun. I think this book will really resonate with you and I recommend it very warmly. <3

All the best,

Grace


Elizabeth Barrette Hi, Rosa! I'm pleased to find you here on GoodReads. (I used the handy "connect" feature to find the folks I knew from Facebook.) I've been developing an author profile here to help promote my two new poetry books.


message 1: by Rosa

Rosa Sophia Hi, Elizabeth! Glad to see you on here! :-)


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