Crystal H RogersCrystal Rogers is a Gold Hill, Alabama-based poet who writes about environments: the home, the farm, the garden, the outdoors, and the world we make in our own hearts. She has held a writing residency at Firefly Farms and is a member of the Chewacla riter's Guild and Auburn Poets. Her first book, Kaleidoscope, was a collaboration with photographer Janice Sikes. Crystal grew up on a farm in Chambers County, Alabama in the midst of an extended family. She learned about growing things on that farm: plants, animals, and relationships. Her mother spun out a stream of nursery rhymes and song lyrics that focused her attention from an early age on poetry and the beauty and comfort it provides. Her writing subjects are primarily observations of nature or human effects on nature, as well as bonds between people and places. She earned a BS and a MS from Auburn University. For thirty years she has tended a family, her gardens, and relationships with her family and friends. She currently writes a blog (http: //goldhillplantfarm-crystal.blogspot.com) and is the owner/operator of a plant nursery in Chambers County with an emphasis on native species (Gold Hill Plant Farm). Read More Read Less