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Raised in Northeast Georgia in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Debra studied Professional Acting at East Carolina University. She was the Director of Project Prepare, an after school and summer arts program for Jefferson County Schools. Her children’s picture book, Best Friend on Wheels, was published in 2008 by Albert Whitman & Company. Her poetry and other work has been included in Tar River Poetry, Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry, The Cortland Review, Decompression Poetry, Margie Review: The American Journal of Poetry, The Main Street Rag, Halfway Down the Stairs, The Adirondack Review, Untitled Country Review, Melusine, Untitled Country Review, Word Riot, Turtle Island Quarterly and Playwright's Showcase of the Western Region. She passed away, of breast cancer, in 2018.
What Must Go Unsaid

What Must Go Unsaid

Posted on May 2, 2017February 21, 2021 by Debra Shirley

What Must Go Unsaid   If I had a moment alone with you, we’d lie under a sun-threaded maple, the full lengths of…

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Promised Land

Promised Land

Posted on April 30, 2017November 24, 2018 by Debra Shirley

Promised Land   She was born on the prairie in 1935, some place east of Oklahoma City, a town that no longer exists….

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Before the Age of Twelve

Before the Age of Twelve

Posted on April 30, 2017February 21, 2021 by Debra Shirley

Before the Age of Twelve   Mapped the surrounding terrain, Oakey Mountain to Stamp Knob, a system of criss- crossing trails: turkey and…

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Making A Case for Rain

Making A Case for Rain

Posted on March 7, 2017November 24, 2018 by Debra Shirley

This morning, on my way to work, I stopped to chat a minute with a neighbor, an older gentleman I see nearly every…

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