Florence McGinn is a published poet, writer, and photographer. She is a former English Literature and Writing teacher and has won awards including US National Tech&Learning Teacher of the Year and Princeton University Distinguished Secondary School Educator. She is the retired Vice President of GKE. She was a US Commissioner of Web-based Education in the Clinton administration and presently serves on the NJ State Board of Education. She has a Masters degree in Humanities from California St...

Florence McGinn is a published poet, writer, and photographer. She is a former English Literature and Writing teacher and has won awards including US National Tech&Learning Teacher of the Year and Princeton University Distinguished Secondary School Educator. She is the retired Vice President of GKE. She was a US Commissioner of Web-based Education in the Clinton administration and presently serves on the NJ State Board of Education. She has a Masters degree in Humanities from California State University. She cherishes the journey, her companions, and the rich, infinite world before us.
We leave marks of passing
like great, flat flowers of rose mallow
placed for others to follow . . .
the stars on Orion’s belt
are the eyes, the tongue, and the feet
leading the way over granite mountains.
from BLOOD TRAIL, F. McGinn
Archetypes and metaphors are the tools of the poet and writer, so meaning in photography grew naturally. Life's journey takes us to powerful places, often intense beyond the bearing of words. Photography brings a fresh rediscovery of an enlarged world's haunting images.
