Annie Lighthart

Annie Lighthart started writing poetry after her first visit to an Oregon old-growth forest. She has taught at Boston College and with writers of all ages, teaching poetry workshops wherever she can. Poems from her books Iron String and Lantern have been featured on The Writer's Almanac and in various anthologies, including Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems and Healing the Divide. Annie's poems have been turned into choral music, used in healing projects in Ireland, England,...See more

Annie Lighthart started writing poetry after her first visit to an Oregon old-growth forest. She has taught at Boston College and with writers of all ages, teaching poetry workshops wherever she can. Poems from her books Iron String and Lantern have been featured on The Writer's Almanac and in various anthologies, including Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems and Healing the Divide. Annie's poems have been turned into choral music, used in healing projects in Ireland, England, and New Zealand, and have traveled farther than she has. See less