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Step into the imagination of Rita Hanner-Ward
Where wit meets wonder, and every page pulses with poetic insight. Discover her poems, each a tapestry of reflection, a touch of humor, and heartfelt musings. Whether capturing fleeting moments or honoring timeless truths, Rita’s literary voice invites you to linger, laugh, and look again.
Her Poetic Awakening Series: Book One
Her Inconvenient Elegy: A Life in Fragments
A collection of poems that dares to mourn without manners. With wit, tenderness, and unflinching honesty, the author draws readers into the quiet corners of grief, memory, and redemption—lived moments, broken and beautiful, stitched together with clay, grace, and the absurdity of survival.
Her Poetic Awakening Series: Book Two
Her Song of Sorrows: A Quiet Mourning in Verse
Rita Hanner-Ward's new collection is a lyrical exploration of mourning in all its forms, with poems that are tender, unguarded songs, written by a writer who understands that grief is both an emotional and a creative landscape.
Selected poems available to read on Poetry.com
Click to read on Poetry.com
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January Haiku
Winter Haiku
Withered leaf clings
Winter’s fang sinks into bone
Cold tears at first light
—Rita Hanner-Ward © 2025
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