Maril Crabtree

Poet

Shawnee Mission, KS
Kansas US
Email: 
maril@prodigy.net
Website: 
www.marilcrabtree.com

Author's Bio

Maril Crabtree grew up in Memphis and New Orleans but calls the Midwest home. A former French teacher, lawyer, peace activist, environmentalist, and yoga instructor, she is grateful for poetry – hers and others’ – as the loom that weaves her life-threads together.
Her most recent chapbook is Tying the Light (Finishing Line Press, 2014). She authored two other chapbooks: Dancing with Elvis (Top Hat & Tails Press, 2005,) and Moving On (Pudding House Press, 2010), and edited four anthologies of poetry and essays published by Adams Media. A Pushcart Prize nominee, her poetry has won numerous awards, including 1st Place “Judge’s Pick” for both poetry and fiction in the anthology Well-Versed 2014. She previously served as poetry editor for Kansas City Voices. More of her work can be seen at www.marilcrabtree.com

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
2014 Poet's Market (Writer's Digest Books, 2014)
,
Improbable Worlds (Mutabilis Press, 2014)
,
Well-Versed (Columbia Chapter of the Missouri Writers' Guild, 2014)
,
Imagination & Place: Weather (Imagination & Place Press, 2012)
,
To the Stars Through Difficulties (Woodley Press, 2012)
,
Begin Again: 150 Kansas Poems (Woodley Press, 2011)
,
Sacred Stones: How the Power of the Earth Can Change Your Life (Adams Media, 2005)
,
Sacred Feathers: The Power of One Feather to Change Your Life (Adams Media, 2003)
,
Fresh Water: Poems from the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams (Pudding House Publications, 2002)
,
Unsent Letters: Writing to Resolve and Renew (F&W Press, 2002)
,
The Circle Continues (Innisfree Press, 2001)
,
Earth Tones (Vergin Press, 1994)
,
I Am Becoming the Woman I've Wanted (Papier-Mache Press, 1994)
,
If I Had My Life to Live Over (Papier-Mache Press, 1992)
Books:
Fireflies in the Gathering Dark (Aldrich Press, 2017)
,
Fireflies in the Gathering Dark (Kelsay Books, 2017)
Chapbooks:
Tying the Light (Finishing Line Press, 2014)
,
Moving On (Pudding House Press, 2010)
Journals:
Adanna
,
Alura
,
ASU Canyon Voices
,
Coal City Review
,
Disquieting Muses
,
Flint Hills Review
,
I-70 Review
,
Kalliope
,
Kansas City Voices
,
Kansas City Star
,
Main Street Rag
,
Mangrove Review
,
Messages from the Heart
,
Mid-American Poetry Review
,
New Laurel Review
,
New Works Review
,
Passager
,
Perceptions
,
Persimmon Tree
,
Potpourri
,
Rusty Truck
,
Spank the Carp
,
Steam Ticket
,
Synaesthetic
,
The Same
,
The Whirlwind Review
,
Third Wednesday
,
Thorny Locust
,
tinywords
,
Touch: The Journal of Healing
,
Wild Goose Poetry Review
,
Wildfire

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
European American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Naturalists/Environmentalists
Fluent in: 
French
Born in: 
Memphis
Raised in: 
New Orleans, LA
Louisiana
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Last update: Sep 16, 2018