Samantha Wallen is a poet and writing guide devoted to a literature of restoration. She writes to illuminate the fine threads that connect us to each other and the beyond human living world, reminding us that we are not separate. Her work explores the terrain of grief, presence, and renewal. She holds an MFA from Naropa University’s Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, and her work has recently appeared in The Dark Mountain Project, Lone Mountain Literary Society, and Toad Hall Editions. She lives in Northern California, where she walks in the company of trees and wild creatures, embracing poetry as a way of lucid living. www.samanthawallen.com
The Paddock Review 