: About Me

I am MariannaJo Arolin. I live in Big Lake Minnesota with my husband Carl, I am wife, mother grandmother and g-grandmother. I am a graduate of Buffalo High School, Buffalo MN.I started writing poetry when I was eleven. I have been writing ever since .Some of my poetry can be found on The Starlite Cafe. My, first book of poems was published by Watermark Press in 1999 entitled "Here In My Garden". Harvest House publishers published "The Art Of Tea And Friendship" by Sandra Lynam Clough where my poem Afternoon Tea was included in the contents and featured on the back cover. My New book is being published by Dog Ear Publishers and should be available on Amazon.com very soon. My hobbies are many, among them Cooking, quilting,reading,painting, traveling, gardening and writing. A tour of Europe in 1984 with my mother was outstanding. We created wonderful life-long memories. I hope that you will enjoy reading my offerings. I have also posted poems on Author's Den and poems and short stories on Helium.com.
My latest book of poetry is selling well on Amazon.com books ( ROSE ARBOR) It can also be ordered through Borders and Barnes and Nobel and Buy.com books.or from the publisher Dog Ear Publishing.

My passion is ...

Writing poetry quilting

I know too much about ...

My life is a constant learning process.

My parents always told me ...

Follow your dream.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a published author.-I am- my new book of poems is available at all book stores and through the publisher at-www.ROSEARBORPOETRY.COM

My favorite memory ...

Listening to my grandfather sing and my mother play her violin.

Why I write ...

It's my passion. I've always loved poetry.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I am listening to light rock.

My first job ...

Nurses aide work after school at a local hospital

My best moment ...

There are so many. The birth of my children. Poems published in IDEALS magazine. My first book of poems (HERE IN MY GARDEN) 2nd book (ROSE ARBOR)

My inspiration ...

My Mother

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love of nature

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The Beauty Of Summer I do so love the songbirds, The scarlet maple trees. Summer's painted daisies And the busy honey bees. Yes, I admire the hollyhocks The faded stockade fence. The arbor and the dahlias The ivy trailing dense. The climbing rose enchants me Glistening with dew. Fluffy cotton candy clouds Enhance a sky of blue. It seems my good fortune The beauties summer brings. And, I enjoy them all From my garden swing.

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