Jody Collins attended Fullerton Junior College where she majored in English and Journalism and holds a B.A. in Liberal Studies and Teaching Credential from Fresno State University, 1991. In addition to spending 20 plus years in the classroom, she’s also been writing online and in print for over 25 years. She is the author of Mining the Bright Birds: Poems of Longing for Home, (Wipf & Stock, 2023), an independently published ebook “Emmanuel Poems-Verses for the Holidays,” (2024) as well as “Hearts on Pilgrimage-Poems & Prayers,” (2021) and “Living the Season Well-Reclaiming Christmas” (2017, rev. 2018). You can find her online at her website www.jodyleecollins.com and on Pinterest at AuthorJodyLeeCollins
Books by Jody Collins

MINING THE BRIGHT BIRDS

hearts on pilgrimage
Featured Elsewhere
POEMS
Wholly Spirit – Fathom Magazine
Gilt Gift – Awake our Hearts Online Mag
Celestial Bodies – Poems for Ephesians, edited by D.S. Martin
Silent Chorus – Ekstasis Magazine
The Quiet Season – Clayjar Review, Practice Resurrection Issue
Wayfinding in Spring and Other Poems – The Way Back to Ourselves Journal, Renaissance Issue
VIDEOS + PODCAST INTERVIEWS
Video Interview with Allyson Shelton, “I am From” Poem and Conversation
Writing Off Social Podcast, Episode 24: Finding Your Reader Through Community Connections
Believe to See Podcast, Why People Shouldn’t be Afraid of Poetry
ESSAYS
On Starbuck’s Time, (in)courage magazine
Poetry in the Classroom, Tweetspeak Poetry
Interview with poet Laura Reece Hogan, Dappled Things
Interview with poet Laura Kauffman, Whale Road Review
The Spiritual Practice of Gardening, Awake Our Hearts Online Magazine
