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Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda

Poet, Artist, Educator

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Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Virginia's current Poet Laureate, is also a painter, sculptor and educator. She holds two masters degrees and a Ph.D. from George Mason University, where she received the first doctorate presented by the school.

Carolyn's poems and writings appear widely in such magazines, journals, and anthologies as Nimrod International Journal, The Ledge, Anthology of Magazine Verse & Yearbook of American Poetry, WPFW 89.3 FM Poetry Anthology, Blood to Remember: American Poets on the Holocaust, Dominion Review, Hispanic Culture Review, Prairie Schooner, Poet Lore, Mid-American Review, Antioch Review, Passages North, The Journal of Teaching Writing and The Writing Center Journal.

Her poetry honors include three Pushcart Prize nominations, an Edgar Allen Poe first place award, and three Artist-in-Education grants and one Arts-on-the-Road grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts. In 1992, Carolyn was named a Virginia Cultural Laureate for her contributions to American Literature.

"To be a Virginia Cultural Laureate is not just to excel in a particular field, but to fortify the whole of our commonwealth. Renaissance men and women are no ancient ideal, they are our future.”
-- Governor L. Douglas Wilder, Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 8, 1992

Reproductions of her paintings and sculpture adorn the covers and pages of her five books. Currently, she lives in Hardyville, Virginia, with her husband, Patricio.

Carolyn's Books

Contrary Visions

"Each poem in Contrary Visions is like a painting in an illuminated manuscript, marking not the passage of months, but the progress of the soul toward harmony."

--Ai

Gathering Light

"Whether Kreiter-Foronda celebrates Van Gogh offering a solitary coin to a beggar woman or a small child panhandling 'Among the Ruins of Puca Pucara, Peru,' her poems are imbued with language both beautiful and strong that consoles and enchants us."
--Vanessa Haley

Death Comes Riding

This collection offers a new perspective on spiritual growth. Set against a background of death, history and myth, the poems range from free verse to dramatic monologues and sonnets, with verse written so skillfully that the subtle rhyme schemes elude us.

GREATIST HITS

This chapbook is part of a GOLD Invitational Series celebrating the award-winning poems of Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda. As both a poet and painter, the author presents twelve poems that focus on the infinite possibilities open to us when we take time to look closely at an object or experience. In the introduction, the author provides information about the genesis of each poem.

In A Certain Place

The poems in this anthology explore the theme of place. This book is an appropriate gift for any occasion. Poets included are Jean Bower, Gail Collins-Ranadive, Gabriele Glang, Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Mariquita MacManus, Judith McCombs, Fan Ogilvie, Betty Parry, Cheryl Romney-Brown, Elisabeth Stevens, Elizabeth Sullam, Charles Sullivan, Alice Marie Tarnowski, and Stacy Tuthill. Introduction by Br. Rick Wilson, T.O.R. Franciscan.

River Country: a new book of poetry from Virginia's acclaimed Poet Laureate!

In RIVER COUNTRY, eastern Virginia’s Tidewater region serves as a microcosm of pristine areas undergoing radical changes detrimental to the environment. The speaker of these poems, through her observations of the changing character of the rural setting, recognizes a deep connection to nature and the need to contribute to its survival.

(Book Jacket photos courtesy of Robert E. Lackey)