BARBARA PELMAN is a poet and a retired English teacher who has taught at high schools and universities. An occasional host and assistant at Planet Earth Poetry, she also teaches poetry workshops. She has two previous books of poetry: One Stone (Ekstasis Editions, 2005) and Borrowed Rooms (Ronsdale Press, 2008) and a chapbook Aubade Amalfi (Rubicon Press, 2016). Barbara makes her home in Victoria, B.C.