Bettye Wages

Bettye Wages is a creative spirit who has explored various artistic pursuits, including ceramics, photography, painting, jewelry making, macramé, sewing, and more. Through these endeavors, she has sought to understand and illuminate the creative life we all share. Throughout her artistic journey, she has consistently journaled and written, only recently recognizing that some of her writings might be poetry. At the age of 85, Bettye decided to share these rhythmic thoughts and feelings in her...See more

Bettye Wages is a creative spirit who has explored various artistic pursuits, including ceramics, photography, painting, jewelry making, macramé, sewing, and more. Through these endeavors, she has sought to understand and illuminate the creative life we all share. Throughout her artistic journey, she has consistently journaled and written, only recently recognizing that some of her writings might be poetry. At the age of 85, Bettye decided to share these rhythmic thoughts and feelings in her debut poetry and essay collection, Leaves from an Ancient Tree. She lives in Lanham, Maryland. See less