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Gold Canyon resident has 3 poems published

Betty Mermelstein

Betty Mermelstein

Courtesy of Betty Mermelstein

Gold Canyon resident Betty Mermelstein had three poems published in the Spring 2025 issue of the The Blue Guitar Magazine.

The poems “Displayed,” “Ignoring Beauty” and “Let the Sun Rise” are in the Vol. 17 No. 1 issue of the arts and literary magazine that is a project of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts. Download it at https://www.theblueguitarmagazine.org/resources/Blue+Guitar+Spring+2025_ENJOY.pdf.

Mermelstein is a retired Mesa teacher. She has had various articles, poems, and short humorous essays published, as well as having self-published ebooks and paperback books for children and adults. Her poem “Going Home” was the first-place winner in the James Whitcomb Riley Festival Written Poetry Competition in Greenfield, Indiana, in October 2019.

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Gold Canyon resident has 3 poems published

Posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 7:59 am

Betty Mermelstein

Betty Mermelstein

Courtesy of Betty Mermelstein

Gold Canyon resident Betty Mermelstein had three poems published in the Spring 2025 issue of the The Blue Guitar Magazine.

The poems “Displayed,” “Ignoring Beauty” and “Let the Sun Rise” are in the Vol. 17 No. 1 issue of the arts and literary magazine that is a project of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts. Download it at https://www.theblueguitarmagazine.org/resources/Blue+Guitar+Spring+2025_ENJOY.pdf.

Mermelstein is a retired Mesa teacher. She has had various articles, poems, and short humorous essays published, as well as having self-published ebooks and paperback books for children and adults. Her poem “Going Home” was the first-place winner in the James Whitcomb Riley Festival Written Poetry Competition in Greenfield, Indiana, in October 2019.

Her writing is showcased on her website: https://www.punkynotes.com/.

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