Enid Osborn, Poet 

    Enid Osborn has lived in Santa Barbara, California for 45 years and  served as Poet Laureate of that city in 2017-2019.

    Her book When the Big Wind Comes (Big Yes Press, 2015) takes place during her childhood in Southeast New Mexico, where her family raised quarter horses for a decade.

    Her poems appear frequently in CA regional and Southwest journals and anthologies, most recently in the Gunpowder Press release, Women in a Golden State. Her poem “The Place of Loss” was nominated by Askew for a Pushcart Prize.

    With Yucca Valley poet Cynthia Anderson, she co-edited the anthology A Bird Black as the Sun: California Poets on Crows & Ravens (Green Poet Press, 2011) featuring the work of 80 poets, living and bygone.

    In 1999, having been active in poetry for 10 years, Enid founded Green Poet Project, with primary goals to produce poetry events and support small presses in Santa Barbara and neighboring communities.

     She is currently active on the West Coast as a featured poet, guest teacher, poetry judge and coordinator of poetry events on Zoom.

     In addition to poetry, Enid writes songs, short stories and reviews. She is a visual artist and longtime advocate for organic growing and preservation of bees. She enjoys travel, film and birding with her musician husband, Jay.

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Enid's new collection Pedregosa St. is expected from Sheila-Na-Gig Editions later this year (2025.)