Cynthia Gallaher, a Chicago-based poet, is author of four poetry collections, including “Epicurean Ecstasy: More Poems About Food, Drink, Herbs and Spices,” and three chapbooks, including “Drenched.” Her award-winning nonfiction/memoir/creativity guide is “Frugal Poets’ Guide to Life: How to Live a Poetic Life, Even If You Aren’t a Poet.” One of her poems will be sent on NASA’s flight to the south pole of the moon later this decade. Gallaher will also be presenting a poetry workshop at the 2024 Chicago Poetry Fest at the Harold Washington Library, Chicago’s main library.
In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor. About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room. Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men […]
