ELLEN BASS’s fourth book of poems, The Human Line, was published in 2007 by Copper Canyon Press. She lives in Santa Cruz, California, and teaches writing retreats in some of the most beautiful places on the planet.

My Mother's Painting

by Ellen Bass, July 2007 (Issue 379)

The Human Line

by Ellen Bass, February 2007 (Issue 374)

Winter Solstice

by Ellen Bass, January 2006 (Issue 361)

In Praise Of Four-Letter Words

by Ellen Bass, December 2004 (Issue 348)

Pray for Peace

by Ellen Bass, June 2003 (Issue 330)

Worry

by Ellen Bass, January 2001 (Issue 301)