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Betty Shafer started writing 25 years ago, after divorcing a philandering country musician. She picked up a pen instead of a gun and began talking about country musicians' lives. One Night Stand and Speak To Me In Poetry are available now. She's authored health care pamphlets and a monthly newsletter.

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The Development of a Poem by Betty Shafer

February 12, 2004 | Betty Shafer and Sheila Bender

When Betty Shafer sent me the following poem for help in revising it, I read it and found something haunting stayed with me after I read the lines. Look Again We return to find our land barren Weeds choking walls and fences And silent rotting houses. But when we look again we see Ruby red…

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Betty Shafer’s Essay About Her Son John

November 28, 2002 | Betty Shafer and Sheila Bender

Betty Shafer’s Essay About Her Son John Betty Shafer asked me to read an essay about losing her adult son. It had been a year since she began the essay following an emotional author reading I gave at the Colorado Mountain Writer’s Conference she attended in June 2001. Wishing to include memories about her son…

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