Elizabeth Kropf, poet

my chapbook what mothers withhold has been published by Finishing Line Press! Available through Finishing Line Press:
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Cover art created, and photographed by Tamryn Spruill

   "what mothers withhold" reveals what mothers sometimes withhold from their children. The poems hold    stories of infertility, pregnancy, and birth. They hold what mothers carry in body and mind: grief, protectiveness, and the fiercest love. A thread of longing begins with mothers in the Bible, imagining with Madeline L’Engle, and arrives at what mothers hold closest: hope.

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I earned my Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Perelandra College.
I have been widely published in literary publications including
Texas Poetry Calendar, di-verse-city, and the DEFY! Anthology.

​A dream called me from California to Austin in 2001, where I am now
happily surrounded by my husband, daughters, and dog Grover.

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                   Photo by Alejandra Alumbaugh Photography