Carol Was

Carol Was grew up in Detroit, Michigan and studied at Wayne State University where she pursued Fine Arts, Poetry, and Education. She taught elementary school and spent summers counseling special needs children. While raising three children, she was a docent at Cranbrook Institute of Science preparing fossils, and was the Poetry Editor for The MacGuffin at Schoolcraft College for 25 years. Her poetry has appeared in such journals as the Gettysburg Review, Southern Review, Natural Bridge, and many others. She’s been nominated for Pushcart and Best New Poets. Carol walks miles every day.