Poetry on Brick Street Presents

Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda

Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda served as Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2006-2008.  She holds a B.A. from the University of Mary Washington and a M.Ed., M.A. and a Ph.D. from George Mason University, where she received the university’s first doctorate and an Outstanding Academic Achievement and Service Award.  In 2007 both universities gave her the Alumna of the Year Award.

She has written seven books of poetry, including The Embrace: Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, which received the 2014 Art in Literature: Mary Lynn Kotz Award from the Library of Virginia and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.  Carolyn’s most recent book, Seasons of Sharing: A Kasen Renku Collaboration (Leapfrog Press), was written with former Indiana Poet Laureate, Joyce Brinkman, and four international writers.

Carolyn has co-edited two poetry anthologies: In a Certain Place and Four Virginia Poets Laureate. Her award-winning poems have been nominated for six Pushcart Prizes and appear in numerous magazines, including Nimrod, Prairie Schooner, Mid-American Review, Best of Literary Journals, Poet Lore and An Endless Skyway, an anthology of poems by U.S. State Poets Laureate.  Carolyn is an accomplished abstract artist, whose paintings have been displayed throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.