"Traveling with Pen and Brush" by Lisa Albright Ratnavira and illustrated by Gamini Ratnavira Book cover   Traveling with Pen and Brush is a poetry chapbook depicting Gamini and Lisa's travels to Africa, Panama, Bermuda, Spain, the Canary Islands, London and throughout the United States, capturing nature's beauty in pen and verse. The book retails for $10.00 plus shipping & handling.   Click for sample pages from book

Maiden, Mother & Crone is a poetry chapbook written by Raye Rose, Lisa Albright Ratnavira and Kate Harding. It is available for $4.50 plus shipping/handling charge of $.75. Total = $5.25. Click on the cover to the left to view sample pages from the book. www.SanDiegoPoetryAnnual.com For all San Diego poets - Please click on the above link to submit poems by November 1, 2007. If you need more information please contact assistant editors Raye Rose rayerose@gmail.com or Lisa Ratnavira lratnavira@yahoo.com.

"Lisa Albright Ratnavira's work has appeared in a variety of literary journals, including Poet, Bereavement, Lucidity and Limestone Circle. She attends readings and workshops in the North County (Full Moon, Sunset, poetry slams and Dr. Sam Hamod's and Carlsbad Library workshops). Her chapbooks are Passion Takes Three, Embracing Artemis and Traveling with Pen and Brush. A world traveler, she directs the Hidden Forest Art Gallery and Nature Center in Fallbrook with her husband, Gamini, a renowned wildlife artist, and their four children. Her work appears on www.gaminiratnavira.com. Email her at lratnavira@yahoo.com." Poetry List (Click on a title to view the poem) First Kiss Mirrors When A Son Is Born When Your Lover Dies When A Daughter Arrives Women Of Granite Learning the Rubik's Cube My Heritage A Garden Full Tropical Influence Ode to the Rainforest A Glimpse of Trinidad Trinidad Poems Panamanian Poetry Ode to the Guardians of the Rainforest Mother and Child Gamini