"Some of my deepest feelings have to do with plants and animals. In my bad times they've sustained me. It may be pertinent that I experienced a curious elation while confronting the unpleasant reality of being mortal, the inexorable process of my own decay."
- Stanley Kunitz
Jill Kelly Koren teaches writing and poetry at Ivy Tech Community College, which mostly means she tells people where to put their commas-and they love her for it! Jill studied creative writing at Spalding University. She lives in Madison, Indiana with her husband and their two children.