Bonnie Naradzay is a poet and essayist who leads poetry classes and writing workshops at a retirement center and a homeless day shelter, both in Washington DC. In this way, she continues to learn from the wisdom of others. She taught English as a Peace Corps volunteer in South India in the early 1970s after earning an MA in literature from Harvard University. Following a long career with the federal government, she earned an MFA in poetry from the University of Southern Maine and then graduated with an MA from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland. Recently Bonnie had poems published in New Verse News and DCTRENDING.