Winner of the 2016 Nassau County Poet Laureate Society Award Marsha M. Nelson is a playwright and a poet. Her poem, "I Thought it was Love" won the Nassau County Poet Laureate Society 2016 contest. She has also written and directed several Resurrection Cantatas and Christmas plays. Poems in this book were previously published in the NCPLS Review, the PPA Literary Review, the Long Island Quarterly, Poet's Almanac 2017, and Bards Annual 2016. Marsha is a world traveler and has explored Barbados, Trinidad, England, Wales, Spain, Israel, Canada, Turks and Caicos. Her bucket list includes Ethiopia, Egypt, India, Korea, China (Great Wall), Australia (Outback), Italy and France (Eiffel Tower.) Since childhood, she has always loved animals. Her early memories include visiting her Dad in Arima, Trinidad and enjoying the animals in his yard. "On one visit, he announced to my brother, sister and I that he had purchased three geese and named them after us. We spent that visit being chased by those mischievous critters. My Dad also had a talking parrot who loved to eat mangoes. He had birds, parakeets, rabbits and of course dogs. He loved German Shepherds, and when they had puppies, I would be in puppy heaven." Marsha's early childhood experiences lead her into a career with animals. She owns and operates a dog grooming business called "Luv'n Pooches and Pals Mobile Dog Grooming."