About C D Finley : writing and drawing my way through life

C. Desirée Finley, poet + writer

Daily comments on twitter as @coastalwrite - we're always on the shore of something, right?

About C. Desirée Finley
Just call me Fin. I am a poet, fiction writer (sometimes nonfiction) and artist. Modestly published: look for my work in Straw Dog Writers Pandemic Poetry, Silkworm Journal (14 and 15), Willawaw Journal and 30 Days of Poems anthology. I was awarded 2nd place in the 2020 Poet's Seat Poetry Contest, regional to western Mass. Member of Straw Dog Writers Guild, Florence Poets Society, the New England Poetry Club, SCBWI, and Willamette Writers, (from my Portland days) I spend time writing. I always have.

I witness beauty in the apron of land behind where I live, loving how I can see the river when enough leaves have fallen in autumn. At midnight, looking out at moonlight on the snow, I am momentarily stunned--it's so beautiful. Now that I live by the side of a mountain, the poet side of me has stepped forward. Even though I used to think of myself as a strictly a fiction writer, there is a bleeding through from one genre to another -- poetry affects everything. Expect more hybrid things. Don't hold your breath, but they're coming.
>>Visit Fin's poetry page>

R E S O U R C E S
Western Mass. Links for Writers: (short list)

Straw Dog Writers' Guild
Florence Poets Society
Pioneer Valley Writers Workshop
Forbes Library Writing Room group with Tzivia Gover, MFA
Writers In Progress
New England Poetry Club

The Straw Dog Writers' Guild Resources page offers more information about local writing community activities.

Stay in touch:
Find me on Twitter @Coastalwrite (I closed out FB)
Send an inquiry using the contact form
or perhaps I'll see you virtually (!) or (omg) potentially in-person
For more graphics + visual things, visit FinleyDesignArt.com (with photos + drawings) but that website is fairly vestigial.

Bio box (semi-recent)

"At the Close of Day in Pieces (above) was written in the winter of 2020 when communication was limited to what we heard about each other's day and what we told each other. "I was (am) grateful for that communication, how we tried (still try) to be with each other in words even if our physical lives were (are) separate," Fin says.

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