eileen-benavente-blas
My favorite poetry form to write is haiku. When writing other than haiku, I like to end my poems with a rhyming couplet and am partial to alliteration. / Grew up in Washington, D. C. and first moved to Guam in 1969 at age 16, when my father retired after 30 years in the Navy and he and my mom decided to move back to their homeland. / Retired from the Guam public school system in 1999 where I worked as a secondary English/reading teacher and spent my last 4 years as a high school librarian. / Besides writing poetry, I enjoy reading and doing filet crochet. / My favorite author is Jane Austen. My favorite novels of hers are "Pride and Prejudice" and "Persuasion." / My guiding quote most recently is "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."
