About the Author Jill Sharon Kimmelman is a Pushcart Prize nominee in poetry & has been nominated for the Best Of the Net 2018. Her critically acclaimed poems & recitations of other poet's work have garnered accolades, awards, & recognitions. By earning her place in the global poetry community, Jill has been honored to receive select invitations to celebrated poetry events. In October 2021 Jill was a participant in a United Nations sanctioned celebration of International Non Violence Day, an annual gathering of poets on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. Individual poetic contributions on the shared theme of peace were compiled into an anthology, Songs of Peace. This will be available by the end of 2021. Publication credits include: Vita Brevis Press, Spillwords Press, Fine Lines, Love of Food magazine, Poetic Musings Ezine, Yasou! A Celebration Of Life Ezine, The Poet Magazine, ILA, The New York Parrot, Passion of Poetry, Patch Community News, Delaware Boots on the Ground. Jill has contributed poems and editing skills to multiple anthologies since 2018. She regularly gifts cover texts for collections of poetry. She has her own playlist on YouTube where archived are her Sparrow Productions poetry videos. The poems, Let Peace In & The Stars I'm Wishing On became the lyrics for two original songs. Jill's passions include reading aloud with her husband Tim Little, a chosen pleasure they continue, despite their frequent, forced, health related separations. She enjoys live theatre, book discussions, & photography of food & flowers. She loves cooking from the heart & is never happier than when she has a "student" in the kitchen & her imagination soars. Her love of cooking is evident throughout her poetry & in conversations. She lives in Delaware, USA with her husband Tim, & is a proud mother of her son Jordan. She can be found on Social Media under You Are the Poem: https://www.instagram.com/you_are_the_poem_2021/ https://www.facebook.com/jskimmelman
