Elizabeth Spencer Spragins

About the Poet

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Elizabeth Spencer Spragins (she/her) is a fiber artist, writer, and poet who taught in North Carolina community colleges for more than a decade before returning to her home state of Virginia. Her short fiction, tanka, and bardic verse in the Celtic style have appeared in more than 80 journals and anthologies in 11 countries. She is the author of three original poetry collections: Waltzing with Water and With No Bridle for the Breeze (Shanti Arts Publishing) and The Language of Bones (Kelsay Books). Much of her work focuses on the triumphs and tragedies that have woven themselves into landscapes across America and beyond. She is a lifetime member of the Poetry Society of Virginia and the Riverside Writers chapter of the Virginia Writers Club. Several of her poems have taken first place in the annual competitions sponsored by those organizations. Find her at www.elizabethspencerspragins.wordpress.com.

Region

Northern

Virginia City or County Affiliation

Fredericksburg

Years of Residence in Virginia

28

Current City/State of Residence

Fredericksburg, VA

Gender

Female

Race/Ethnicity

White

Year of Birth

1958

Keywords/Tags

Nature, Environment, Social justice, History

Published Works or Performances

  • Waltzing with Water, Shanti Arts Publishing, 2021
  • With No Bridle for the Breeze, Shanti Arts Publishing 2019
  • The Language of Bones, Kelsay Books, 2019

Selected Individual Poems or Performances

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Elizabeth Spencer Spragins