“Last spring I happened upon a linen demonstration given by Heidi Barr who is working to revitalize linen production in Pennsylvania, https://paflaxproject.com/. She showed the process of converting the flax plant into long fibers called line (or sometimes lin) and short fibers called tow. In English, we speak of hanging by a thread, having a moral fiber, or spinning lies. The extraordinary sonics and emotional power of the jargon felt like a poem."
Amy Beth Sisson is struggling to emerge, toad-like, from the mud in a small town outside of Philly. Her poetry has appeared in Cleaver Magazine, Ran Off With the Star Bassoon, The Night Heron Barks. (She loves herons!) Her last day job was in software development. She told programmers what business people wanted and business people why they couldn't quite have it. In fall of 2021 she started an MFA in Poetry at Rutgers Camden.
