sky thru pines
before twilight
cloudless pink,
fire opal shimmer,
stillness.
this sky —
the rosy mantle
of benediction.
– Carol Lynne Knight
As co-director of Anhinga Press, Carol Lynne Knight has edited and designed more than 100 literary publications, including books by Diane Wakoski, Naomi Shihab Nye, the late Robert Dana and Judith Kitchen. Her book of poems, Quantum Entanglement (Apalachee Press) was released in 2010.
Her poetry has appeared in Another Chicago Magazine, Louisiana Literature, Tar River Review, Poetry Motel, Earth’s Daughters, The Ledge, Slipstream, Broome Review, Comstock Review, Northwest Florida Review, Epicenter, Redactions, Iconoclast, Epicenter, HazMat, So to Speak , J and others. She is a fellow of the Hambidge Center for the Arts and the Bowers House.
Born in Traverse City, Michigan, she grew up in South Florida and graduated from the University of Miami and Florida State University. She has exhibited drawings, pottery, sculpture and digital images throughout the eastern United States. In other lives, she worked as an art teacher, potter, videographer, copy writer, and graphic designer. She lives in Tallahassee, Florida.