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Hello. My name is Lisa and I am a glass etcher, glass lamp-maker, woodburn/pyrography artist, woodworker*, embroidered bracelet-maker, poet, writer, LGBTQ+ member, person with bipolar disorder, Broadway fan, former Broadway personal assistant, and former sign language interpreter who enjoys working from home. I'm from Hawaii, but I've lived in New York City for 32 years and still adore it, believe it or not.

I have 4 books of poems: In These Thoughts, Arising From Sullen Earth, Will Work for Meds, and Walking Backwards, So You Can See My Face**.

In These Thoughts was used as a prop in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical, "Next to Normal," having been chosen by Tony Award winner, Alice Ripley.

I appreciate that you've taken a look at this site! Have a beautiful and blessed day. I am rooting for you.

Lisa

*lazy susans, coffee tables, outdoor address signs

**self-bound

This website is dedicated to
Laura Tavares,
the English teacher
who saved my life.

"Gone too soon"
is the understatement
of the century.

May you all have someone like her.
May you have even a single person
to tell you, "You belong."

May you never feel alone.

As Mrs. T wrote to me in 1991:
"To thine own self be true."
"Pe puni i kou ‘oiaʻiʻo."

I still have the note.