I started writing poetry about seven years ago when my first grandchild was born. I was writing children's poetry and somehow transitioned into more adult material. The organist at church was told that I had published a poem in a local art and literary magazine and asked me if I'd heard of haiku. I said no. Initially, when I looked it up at home I thought, “I could never do that.” But then the information about the Poster Project came along and I said, “What have I got to lose?” My inspiration comes from my past years of writing and playing with words, and autumn as my “season of color.”