Our Featured Poet is

Maureen L. Glaude

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Birth Place
Ottawa, Ontario

Age Category
41-50

Birth month and day
November 23, 1953

Education
College Graduate

Occupation
freelance writer and research assistant

Awards or achievements
Canadian Authors' Association third prize for Free Verse Category, 2000(for Angel Landing). Honorable Mention for Pathetic.Org Fall 2002 9/11 contest with "Parallels".

Marital status
Married

Children/grandchildren
Two grown children, Eric 24, and Valerie, 21

Published works
Several poems in Earth Songs, An Anthology of Canadian Verse, 2002 (Half Moon and Kirk's Kites) plus newsletters, all for The Ontario Poetry Society (TOPS),
community newspaper Newswest, (Ottaw)Remembrance Day edition 2001, of my "Legion Lads" poem. Pool and Poetry and Illusions I and II in the Sasquatch 20th Anniversary chapbook Twenty Poems for Twenty Years, a tribute to Juan O'Neill, a magazine feature article in Living Safety Magazine, Canada Safety Council, on children in sports, Ottawa Independent Writers newsletter publication of Half Moon, etc.

Volunteer work
Two and a half years on the Board of Directors for Sasquatch Writers Performance Series, and general publicity volunteer, school classroom and library volunteer as parent, and newsletter writer for minor competitive hockey team,(the parent volunteering in the l970's), playgroup volunteer in community centre, etc.

Professional or Philanthropic associations (including religious affiliation)
Northwestern United Church
member

Poetry writing experience
I began my poetry writing and performing more officially in
l995, though often dabbled in it in earlier years. I participate in Tree and Sasquatch and El Dorado Reading Series in Ottawa.

State or country in which the poet resides
Canada

Testimony of saving faith for Christians only
I hold Jesus and God tightly in my heart on all paths and walks.

About the Poet
In Memoriam: An Ottawa, Canada, writer and poet who loved performance of poetry and acting as well, and all arts. Active on some net poetry, but interested in the spiritual aspects here.

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Poems by Maureen L. Glaude

• First Good News after Mostly Bad
• 9/12/2001 (Haiku)
• A Toonie and Two Quarters
• All Brian’s Seasons Stay with Us
• Alleluias
• Ann's Flowers
• Born of the South
• Childhood Summer Vignettes
• Close Your Eyes
• Do not Stand in his Light
• During the Service
• Easter Acrostic
• Field Stones
• For This Gift
• From a Child's Eyes
• From her Window
• From the Mouths of Babes
• Gifts
• Happy Hops
• Hope I
• Hummingbird Haiku
• If not Here...Then Where?
• In the Mix
• Infant at Church
• Knowing What I'm Looking For
• Lent Acrostic II
• Meteoric Shower Haiku
• My Hammock
• On The Way
• Orienteering
• Our Precious Lady, Margaret
• Our Wake-up Call
• Past Sensations
• Penance
• Portfolio(Ballade)
• Pragmatic?
• Save Me a Seat!
• She didn't Have to
• Shorewash
• Snow Angels (aka A Pure Love)
• St. Elsewhere
• Still Life
• Tails, no Heads
• The Eve of Our New Minister
• The Lure of the Loblolly Pine
• The Mystery Man
• The Sestina Said
• The Street Woman
• Tiffin's for Tea Time
• To Change the World
• To Find a Planet
• Without
• Words on Wheels
• Working Beautifully
• Writers-in-Progress Walking (Draft)

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