Carol Willette Bachofner is an American poet of
Abenaki
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descent. She currently resides in
Rockland, Maine. She is the co-founder and editor of the online literary journal, ''Pulse,'' established in 1997. She has also published several collections of her own poetry, including ''Native Moons, Native Days'', as well as ''Drink from Your Own Wells: a guide to richer writing''.
Career
She has been nominated for several literary awards and honors, including Editor of the Year by the
Wordcraft Circle of Writers & Storytellers in 1999 and Writer of the Year for her poetry by that same group in 2000.
In April 2012, she was named Rockland
Poet Laureate
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by the City of
Rockland, Maine.
Publications
;Poetry Collections
*''Daughter of the Ardennes Forest'': Poems. Charlotte, NC: Main Street Rag Pub., 2007. Print. , .
*''Breakfast at the Brass Compass: poems of Mid Coast Maine''. Rockland, ME: Heartsounds, 2009. Print. , .
*''I Write in the Greenhouse: Poems.'' Rockland, ME: Front Porch Editions, 2011. Print. , .
*''Native Moons, Native Days: Poems.'' Greenfield Center, NY: Bowman, 2012. Print. ,
;Individual Publications
*''All sorts, Amtrak Dawn: Seattle to Vancouver, BC''.
[''Prairie Schooner Journal,'' First Edition, University of Nebraska Press, 2003]
*''Nocturne, ''and:'' After Your Divorce''.
References
External links
The Comstock Review Accessed 2013-04-02
Accessed 2013-04-03
Main Street Rag Magazine Accessed 2013-04-02
Maine State Library Archive Accessed 2013-04-02
* Dacus, Rachel
Fringe Magazine Accessed 2013-04-04
Accessed 2013-04-01
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YouTube
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Three Poets Book Launch, Camden Library Accessed 2013-03-27.
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Living people
People from Rockland, Maine
Vermont College of Fine Arts alumni
American women poets
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women writers