Mary Beth Hines is a writer following a long career as a project manager. An active participant in Boston area workshops, her writing has been published, or is forthcoming, in anthologies and journals such as Crab Orchard Review, Literary Mama, Sky Island Journal, The Road Not Taken: A Journal of Formal Poetry, and Sparked by Joy: New Poetry in Traditional Forms. When she’s not reading or writing, she’s either swimming or playing with her grandson – an inspiration for much of her recent writing.