Biography

A poet exploring life experiences and personal expression through verse.

Karen Calaiezzi was born in 1960 in the small northern community of Cochrane, Ontario. She began writing Poetry in the mid 90's as a personal, self-expressive form of her life experiences and feelings. She is retired from the Thames Valley District School board.

Karen has published several poems in Toronto's "Outreach" newspaper and The Positive Thinker's online newsletter. She was also a featured poet in the first issue of an online journal with the Ambassador Poetry Project, in Grosse Pointe Michigan and also with The Trillium Magazine in Canada. She has three published chapbooks with the Beret Days Press and is a member of the Ontario Poetry Society.

Selected Publications

• From the Outside In, Beret Days Press, Stanza Break # 4, Oct. 2005
  ISBN: 0-9687157-9-6 | 20 pages
• Skin Deep, Poetry Friendly Press, Oct. 2006
  ISBN: 978-0-9781416-3-9 | 20 pages
• The Balancing Act, Beret Days Press, Stanza Break # 24, May 2008
  ISBN: 978-1-1897497-06-7 | 20 pages

Selected Anthologies

• Enchanted Crossroads, The Ontario Poetry Society, 2006, ISBN 0-9739100-9-7
• Butterfly Thunder, The Ontario Poetry Society, 2007, ISBN 978-0-9781416-9-1
• Sounding the Seconds, The Ontario Poetry Society, 2008
• Frost and Foliage, The Ontario Poetry Society, 2009, ISBN 978-1-897497-20-3