Author: Amanda Williamsen

Amanda Williamsen has recently relocated to Bainbridge Island, Washington, where she plans to write a poem for every day that it rains, and maybe for some sunny days, too. She is lately of Cupertino, CA, where she served briefly as that city’s Poet Laureate, and she’s a native of Ohio, where she grew up along the Maumee River. Her favorite activities include canoeing, gardening with her family, taking cat naps next to a cat, and purchasing fireworks at roadside stands with the intent to drive them over state lines. She has taught writing and literature at secondary schools and universities, and her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Baltimore Review, New Ohio Review, Midwestern Gothic, and The Fabulist. She earned her B.A. at Wittenberg University and her M.A. from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins.

Ophelia

Oh, how overdone/I am, swamp-logged,/blue-lipped. Poets/invoke my pickled virginity....Amanda Williamsen has recently relocated to Bainbridge Island, Washington, where she plans to write a poem for every day that it rains, and maybe for some sunny days, too. She is lately of Cupertino, CA, where she served briefly as that city’s ... Read More

Poetry / Amanda Williamsen