tfhaefner

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Bio

Hi. Tresha Faye Haefner here. I don’t believe in writing bios in the third person. I also don't believe the word “bio” means “list of publications.” (Although if you WANT that, you can find it below) I am a poet from California. I’ve lived primarily in the suburbs and, when I was much younger, on a farm with goats and chickens and a pet pig named Quan Yin. The first poem I ever heard was “I wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by Wordsworth. The First poem I ever read on my own was Poe's “The Raven.” The first MODERN poem that ever made me want to write was “The Lost Land” by Eavan Boland, followed a year later by Brendan Constantine's “Story." I learned to write poetry in the coffee shops of California, and on some very solitary trips to New Orleans, New York, Washington D.C. and Vancouver, Canada. I moved to L.A. in the autumn of 2011, and currently teach a class called “Out of the Blue” in Culver City. Here are some things I love and often include in my poems. Tattoos. Rainbows. The Paintings of Marc Chagall. The Bombing of Dresden. Homeless people. American Cities. Candid observations of strangers. Loneliness. Love. Students I’ve Had in My Classes. Sights from the Suburbs. Sounds of the Oceans. Dead Mice. Live Media. Stars. The Internet. The Moon. Education and Career I attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, where I majored in Modern Literary Studies, and minored in Theater Arts. Since graduation I have held jobs as a barrista, waitress, face-to-face fundraiser, English/social studies teacher, and professional clown. In my off hours I have taken classes at Idyllwild Arts summer poetry program, and studied with poets such as Sally Ashton and Kim Addonizio. I have also learned one hell of a lot from my friend David Perez (author of Love in the Time of Robot Apocalyps), and Kelly Cressio Moeller, (who seriously needs to get a book out soon.) My poems appear or are forthcoming in the following magazines: AmarilloBay The Ante Review The Cincinnati Review Anomolous Press Artocratic Blood Lotus Melusine Pirine’s Fountain Poet Lore Zygote in my Coffee My poem, "A Walk Through the Parking Lot at Midnight" won the Robert and Adele Schiff Poetry Prize from The Cincinnati Review in 2011, and my poem “Summer” won the 2009 contest held by Canadian zine Alien Sloth Sex.

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