Anne McCrady   Henderson, TX 

Anne McCrady experiences life to the fullest. A poet, writer, speaker, storyteller, naturalist, spiritualist, social activist as well as daughter, wife and mother, Anne makes every moment count, believing that our lives are gifts meant to be shared with others. Anne's company, InSpiritry, was founded on that belief.

A lifelong lover of language and stories, whether in a conference hall or a classroom, a Sunday service or a museum gallery, Anne McCrady's compelling message of InSpiritry leads audiences to open their hearts, see the beauty as well as the needs around them, celebrate creative ideas, live courageously and be a source of good in the world. Able to combine instruction, inspiration and entertainment, Anne always gives audiences a hopeful perspective and food for thought.

Her stories, poems, essays and devotionals have been published in both online and print journals, and included in American and international trade anthologies. Among her many awards, Anne’s peace manuscript, Under a Blameless Moon, won the Pudding House Chapbook Contest.

For more information about Anne: http://www.inspiritry.com

Borders

Anne McCrady

Spinning in space—

land and sea,

land and sea—

our green and blue

unisphere resists

the invisible geometrics

of men’s frith and faith,

those boundaries of black

magic powder that transform

rivers, valleys, mountain passes

into great divides.

On maps and globes, panoramas

only God could promise

are hemmed by politics.

Nations are sutured

back together after war.

Highways bisect vistas

that once curved

with the turn, turn

of the earth. Whole peoples

keep their patriotic toes

on one side of a line,

and everyone knows

which things are yours,

which things are mine…

but loose stones roll unaware.

Breezes blow in all directions.

Geese swim the river.

Dogs pass through checkpoints.

Children climb over a wall.

And each time Hope,

that woman who knows no borders,

crosses to the other side.

       from Under a Blameless Moon (Pudding House, 2008)

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                   WAR CRY