Linda Monacelli-Johnson is a poet with Cleveland roots who has lived in New Mexico since 1977. She has published Campanile (Drummer Press), Weathered (Sunstone Press) and Lacing the Moon (CSU Poetry Center). Inspired by nature and the physical landscape, Linda’s poems are rich with imagery of the Southwest. Her work is included in 200 New Mexico Poems, an online anthology to celebrate that state’s centennial this year, and The Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women.