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Name:  Dan Tharp

Location:  Calif.

Age:  43

Pets:  3 birds, 2 cats

Favorite Poet:  Emily Dickinson

Favorite Poem:  God Made a Little Gentian

How long have you been writing poetry?: 25 years.

What/Who inspires you to write?: I never know from where inspiration will come. It may be the "Death of a Butterfly" or "The Struggle" I go through with my emotions. It may come from "Fallen Leaves" drifting lazily to the ground or some lady as "She Sits Alone" on a north bound train. Inspiration is like a hit and run affair for me... It hits me and then runs away for a time, only to sneak up on me again... I kind of like it that way, unless it stays away for too long...

Favorite Quote or Motto: N/A

Writing Awards, Publications, and other Achievements: A few poetry awards through Shadow Poetry and Poetry for Thought. A few poems published in "Array of Triolet" through Shadow Poetry; a number poems published in the SP Quill magazine; Featured Author in the Spring 2004 issue and three chapbooks published through Shadow Poetry entitled "Side by Side," "Yielding Desire to Fate" and "A Season Made for Wandering." Also, published in The Nisqually Delta Review, The 17th Annual Magee Park Poets Anthology, The San Diego Poetry Annual, Just Bite Me, The Spotlight and Poetry Review.

Side by Side by Dan Tharp ISBN 1-932447-13-X $10.00 + shipping

Yielding Desire to Fate by Dan Tharp ISBN 1-932447-18-0 $10.00 + shipping

A Season Made for Wandering by Dan Tharp ISBN 1-932447-59-8 $10.00 + shipping

Additional Poet Information: N/A