"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."  
                                                                                             -  Carl Sandburg 
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Lisa Anne Gundry is a writer, artist and avid motorcyclist. Her book of poems, A Crowd of Sorrows, was published in 2015 by Caffeinated Press and is a memoir about the effects of childhood incest. Motorcycling is a passion of hers and an act of devotion: she detailed it for several years on her blog: ​​​​Souldance: Life on Two Wheels. Lisa worked as a Registered Nurse for over 25 years.​ She lives in Milwaukee with her dog Scout,  a 2008 Triumph Bonneville she customized herself, and a Triumph Tiger outfitted for long trips.

Awards

• First place in the 51st annual Dyer-Ives Poetry Competition (2019) ​
  
• New Millennium Writings Finalist (2016)
• Nominated by Caffeinated Press for a Pushcart Prize (2015)
  
• Third place in the 47th annual Dyer-Ives Poetry Competition (2015)

Publications

• ​Medium - Article  about spoken word artist, Erica Thompson
• New Millennium Writings (2016)
•  A Crowd of Sorrows, a collection of poems published by Caffeinated Press (2015)
• ​3288 Review Issue 1
• ​Voices - Dyer-Ives Poetry Publication
• Rider Motorcycle Magazine​

Interviews & Reviews

• John Winkleman-The 3288 Review
• New Pages book review