Marjo
Mitsutomi was born and raised in Finland, lived and
taught for seven years in Japan, and currently resides
and teaches in southern California. Her home
routinely echoes to the sound of three languages.
Her academic background, theoretical and practical,
is in applied linguistics and teaching English as a
foreign language.
Further
information about Marjo, as well as an article on her
contribution to airline safety through language can be
found in the Language section of this issue. Click
here to be taken directly
there
And
This - by Michael Mallows
Michael
Mallows has kindly contributed this original piece of
verse specifically related to our main theme of
Boundaries.
The
editors wish to make it clear that they are not literary
critics and do not presume to judge the literary merit
of any of the contributions
received for this section. They simply
publish verse that they like and that they consider to
have merit within the context of Nurturing Potential.
Martial
said: "He does not write at all whose poems no man
reads." And to Wilson Mizner is attributed
"Poets are born, not paid".
Our
contributors would be delighted to receive feedback on
their verse, whether praising or damning, because all
feedback is positive and the evidence that the work has
been read will be payment enough. Comments by
e-mail please to poetry@nurturingpotential.net.
And
how about sending us some poetry of your own?