Joanne Rocky Delaplaine is a Maryland native. Her poems have appeared in Poet Lore, Cabin Fever: Poets at Joaquin Miller’s Cabin 1984-2001, Innisfree Poetry Journal, International Poetry Quarterly, and The Northern Virginia Review. She’s taught poetry workshops at the Great Labor Arts Exchange, and workshops combining yoga and poetry at The Mariposa Poetry Retreat, Split This Rock Poetry Festival, and Unity Woods Yoga Center.