Mary Anna Kruch is a career educator and writer. Her Italian family near Rome, growing up family, and the family farm in Northern Michigan inspire poetry and photography, satisfying her need to share varied landscapes with others. She leads a monthly writing workshop, Williamston Community Writers, and has been published in The Remembered Arts Journal, River Poet's Journal, The Mark Literary Review, Trinity Review, Credo Espoir, Portage Magazine, and Wayne Literary Review. This is her first poetry collection. Her next collection will focus on self-reflection, mirroring the landscapes of travel, especially to the Tuscan and Lazio regions of Italy.