Poet of page and stage, Illinois Arts Council recipient, four-time Ragdale fellow, and Emmy nominee for voice-over and on-screen narration of the PBS documentary “From Schoolboy to Showgirl.” cin salach has collaborated with musicians, video artists, dancers, photographers, and most recently, healers, chefs and scientists, for over 30 years. She was honored to be the inaugural Poet Laureate of Covenant Farm in Sawyer, Michigan. Her two books of poetry, “Looking for a Soft Place to Land” and “When I am Yes” are housed there in the Porch Swing Poetry Box.

cin leads circles of women writers in a monthly workshop called Splitting the World Open, inspired by the quote, “What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open. (Muriel Rukeyser)” 

She also creates workshops/poetry experiences for seniors, caregivers, and those with dementia and Alzheimer’s. Helping people voice their deepest truths, even when they are the most afraid, is the work she has always felt called to do. 

She lives in Chicago with her son, where her love of poetry and the belief that it can change lives has led her to create her business, poemgrown, helping people, companies, and non-profits mark the most important occasions with poetry.