Shirley M C JohnsonShirley M. C. Johnson, born in rural Wisconsin, embodies her Midwestern love of nature (and more recently, of native plants), common sense, and irreverent sense of humor. She returned to poetry to help herself and others embrace the unremitting surprses and ironies of life. She earned a Ph.D. in English and now resides on the Connecticut shore as a gardening retiree. Read More Read Less