Marcia Nehemiah
Poet

Marcia Nehemiah was born, raised, and educated in New Jersey.  Prior to moving to the Upper
Delaware River Valley in 2002, she taught high school English, creative writing and media
literacy for 28 years.

Her poems and essays have been published widely over the years in such publications as
The New York Times, English Journal, Journal of New Jersey Poets, Blueline, California State
Poetry Quarterly, Main Channel Voices, Chronogram, Poetry Superhighway, The Literary Gazette
and Pedestal Magazine.

In 2003, 2004 and 2006 her work was included in the Women Artists Datebook published by
Syracuse Cultural Workers.  Her second book of poems, “Final Story” was published in 2009,
following the publication of “Reclamation” in 2005.  Nationally acclaimed poet Marvin Bell
selected two of her poems for Honorable Mention in Perigee’s 2006 Poetry contest.  She was also
the recipient of the Judge’s Award in the 2006 Betty June Silconas Poetry Contest.
The associate director of the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Program, Martin Farawell, was the judge.
She received Honorable Mention in the Mulberry Poets and Writers Association 7^th Annual
Regional Poetry Awards, 2008.

She is a member of the Upper Delaware Writers Collective (UDWC) and has been the featured
reader at many local venues such as the Wayne County Arts Alliance Literary Series Short
Readings; First Fridays at the Western Sullivan Public Library in Narrowsburg, NY; the
Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, PA; A.I.R. Gallery in NYC; as well as on National Public Radio's
"Theme and Variations." She was project director of the UDWC’s Green Heron Poetry Project.

She lives with her husband in Lackawaxen, PA where, besides writing, she practices the ancient
folk art of making temari, Japanese thread balls, which can be viewed at The River Gallery in
Narrowsburg, NY, and at her web site, marcianehemiah.com. She writes the monthly
sustainability column for The River Reporter newspaper. She also enjoys knitting, reading, and
the solace and wisdom of the natural world.

Contact
Lackawaxen, PA 18435
Email: Marcia@mailhost.net
Website: www.MarciaNehemiah.com