Ann Dixon
Born and raised in Washington state, Ann grew up in Port Orchard, attended the University of Washington, and lived in Oregon while working as a tree planter and timber cruiser over much of the Pacific Northwest. She and her husband moved to Willow, Alaska, where they built a home, raised their two daughters, and shoveled untold amounts of snow. There she began her dual careers as a librarian and a writer.
Ann’s poetry has been published in Alaska Magazine; Ice- Floe: International Poetry of the Far North; Cirque; Last Stanza Poetry Journal; Persimmon Tree ; the anthology Crosscurrents North, and elsewhere. She’s also written eight books for children and one nonfiction title for young adults, as well as poems, essays, and nonfiction for adults.
Now retired, she lives in Homer, Alaska, where she helps operate an all-volunteer bookmobile and always brakes for moose. Besides writing and reading, she can’t seem to stop gardening and shoveling snow. She is a recipient of the CLIA Award for Contributions to Literacy in Alaska, a struggling reader of Old Norse, and a proud reader of banned books. This is her first collection of poems.
The Brilliant Beyond: Poems of a Long Goodbye: $16.99
Poem from The Brilliant Beyond: Poems of a Long Goodbye
Proper Tools
Gradually I convert yours to mine. Hammers, screwdrivers and chop saw stay. Others prove too heavy or advanced for my poor skills. I will never hang drywall or plumb a house. One by one I replace the beasts: heavy mower, big snowblower, awkward trimmer with lighter, quieter machines I can handle because now, your chores are mine. I fire up my electric chainsaw with something akin to pleasure. I am Widow. Hear me roar! Quietly.
