<p>Judith Kleck taught literature and composition for twenty-five years at Central Washington University.&nbsp;Growing up in New Mexico on a ranch greatly influenced her character and her poetry. She published two poetry chapbooks:&nbsp;<em>Winter Fruit</em> (dPress 2007) and <em>Culling the Petals</em> (Finishing Line Press 2008).She went to nationals in barrel racing and roping and loved training horses gourmet cooking flyfishing and playing music.</p><p></p><p></p>