Stephanie Striffler

Stephanie Striffler cannot remember a time before she knew the transport of poetry. Her poems have appeared in Calyx Journal, Tar River Poetry, San Pedro River Review, Denver Quarterly, and elsewhere. She has twice won Oregon Poetry Association prizes, and her poems are included in the Oregon Poetry Association anthology Pãn-dé-mïk 2020, as well as the Poeming Pigeon anthology, From Pandemic to Protest. Stephanie spent her early years in New Mexico and Michigan before choosing Oregon as home, where she served for decades as a lawyer for the people of Oregon. She finds joy and solace in birding excursions near and far. At last count she had observed eight species of sparrow in her Portland, Oregon yard. Poetry saves her life every day.