Peggy’s full-length book Patchwork was published by Mount Olive College Press. Her poem, “Did I Mention, I Have No Family History,” will be released by Words & Whispers on September 1st. She has published poems in Asheville Poetry Review, Pembroke Magazine, and others. She considers herself a word artist, a visual artist, and a medium. Peggy has worked in the human services field with mental health clients, homeless men, and adults with autism, and most recently as a call center representative for county government. Peggy lives in Raleigh, NC area with her husband and 2 cats.
A poem by Peggy Heitmann
I enter my art studio, light a lavender candle and breathe in, calm then stare at the soft flame. Images swirl, cardinals, bluebirds. Crow emerges into view, and I contemplate her message, consider painting an abstract reds rage and shriek across the canvas, jagged midnight blues, me, a tiny white dot against the chaos of […]
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