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ABOUT
Now living and writing in a quieter, more deliberate rhythm, Robbin Farr — founder and former editor of River Heron Review — devotes her creative life to short forms: poetry and brief lyric nonfiction. A retired high school English and creative writing teacher of 23 years, she continues her work as a writing mentor, retreat organizer, and consulting editor for River Heron Review’s special projects. Robbin is the author two books of poetry, Become Echo (2023) and Transience (2018) and of Substack’s 10 poetry notebooks, where she offers prompts and craft reflections for a growing community of writers. She holds an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte and is most inspired by the avenues of possibility that writing reveals. She is happiest when revising and submitting — and still finds the act of writing itself a little terrifying.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I write to make sense of the ordinary moments that refuse to stay quiet. My work is rooted in attention — the small, lived details that carry emotional and spiritual weight — and in the belief that the poem can hold what we are not yet ready to say directly. I am drawn to the spaces where the inner and outer worlds meet: memory, landscape, body, and silence as a form of language. My writing grows from curiosity, gratitude, and the desire to connect. I am interested in how experience leaves its mark — in the body, in place, and in the line — and how the act of writing allows us to return to those moments with deeper awareness and compassion.
