A lifelong poet and communications professional, Virginia Small was senior editor of Fine Gardening and director of public relations for Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. A theatrical production based on her poetry, “Voices in Three-Part Harmony,” was staged at Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota. Her poems and articles have appeared in national and regional publications and she authored Great Gardens of the Berkshires. She earned a B.A. in communications from Dominican College in Racine, where she studied with poet Sister Therese Lentfoehr. Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Ragdale Foundation have awarded her writing residencies.