Lynda V. E. Crawford (@sacfield2) is a poet, born and raised in Barbados. She has lived on both coasts of the US (Connecticut and California). A Pushcart Prize nominee (2022, 2024), her work has appeared in national and international online and print journals including Prairie Schooner, ArtsEtc Barbados, The Caribbean Writer, The Galway Review, The Bookends Review, Moonstone Arts Center anthologies (various), Extinction Rebellion Creative Hub, California Quarterly, and Exposition Review. The lilt of the Caribbean often permeates her poems. Crawford is a graduate of The University of Connecticut (Bachelors) and Long Island University (United Nations Graduate Certificate) (Masters). She is the author of Washing Water, an October 2024 poetry collection published by World Stage Press.