Suzanne Edison, MA, MFA

Poet • Educator

Suzanne’s Blog

Thank you for visiting my blog! I write on many topics and your comments are always welcome.

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The Words To Say It: Reading and Writing Poems about Illness, Trauma, & Healing

I’ll be teaching 2 sections of this 6 week course at Hugo House starting September 14th and September 15th. All of it on Zoom.

Registration is open.

https://hugohouse.org/store/class/the-words-to-say-it-reading-writing-poems-about-illness-trauma-healing-zoom-section-i-suzanne-edison/

https://hugohouse.org/store/class/the-words-to-say-it-reading-writing-poems-about-illness-trauma-healing-zoom-section-ii-suzanne-edison/

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After Remission, Her First Tattoo–poem

Many thanks to Whale Road Review and Katie Manning for publishing this very personal poem.

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My Friend Claims Her Second Round of Cancer–poem

I am honored to have a poem recently published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA).  This poem took 6 years to arrive in its current form. It is inspired by my sister-in-law who died in 2014 of breast cancer. She’d beaten it once and had 7 years of remission before it came raging back. She was always optimistic, even days before her final breath.

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In the Time of Virus–Part 2–Writing Workshop

I know we are all feeling anxious and uncertain. Unknowns are hard to deal with. In spite of this many people are still making art; some of it related to the Coronavirus.

I am still going to teach The Words to Say It: Writing & Reading about Illness, Trauma and Healing workshop through The Writers Workshoppe in Port Townsend but it will be done virtually through Zoom. There are still spaces available.

Stay safe, stay home, find your own creative expressions and enjoy some down time.

Suzanne