Cheryl Denise grew up in Elmira, Ontario. She went to the red brick Mennonite church beside the white clapboard Old Order Meetinghouse. After nursing school, she went into Voluntary Service and worked as a public health nurse in La Jara, Colorado. She fell for her future husband while helping to make suppers at the Homeless Shelter where he was volunteering. Now they live in the intentional community of Shepherds Field, near Philippi, WV, in a timber framed home they built when they were young and brimming with energy. Cheryl is the author of the poetry books, "Fences" (2022), "What's in the Blood" (2012), and "I Saw God Dancing" (2005), all published by Cascadia Publishing House, DreamSeeker Books, Telford, PA. She has a spoken word poetry CD, "Leaving Eden" (2012) available on Amazon. She enjoys hiking, canoeing, biking, and cross-country skiing with her husband, Mike Miller. Visit her on Facebook at Cheryl Denise, poet.
