VERONICA NATION

is a Pushcart-nominated poet residing in Vermont. Veronica holds a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing with an emphasis in Poetry and a Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration. Veronica is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership. As a poet, she aims to use words to ponder and reflect upon the intricacies and processes of love, loss, and grief.

“Poetry is a life-cherishing force. For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry.”
Mary Oliver