Linda Flaherty Haltmaier

Linda Flaherty Haltmaier is the award-winning author of four poetry collections and the Poet Laureate Emeritus of Andover, MA. Named the winner of the Robert Frost Poetry Prize, she is known for her “sensational imagery, her deft ear for the music of language, and her emotional sonar for sounding the depths of love (and anger).” 

Her latest collection, Shadows Set to Burn, is the winner of the International Book Award for Narrative Poetry and the Bronze Medal for Poetry from the Independent Publishers of New England.

Her debut collection, Rolling up the Sky, claimed the Homebound Publications Poetry Prize and her follow-up, To the Left of the Sun, was awarded the American Bookfest Award for Poetry.

Additional accolades include winning the JuxtaProse Poetry Prize and the Palm Beach Poetry Festival Competition, as well as Finalist honors for the Princemere Poetry Prize, the New Millennium Award for Poetry, the Rash Award for Poetry, and the Tucson Festival of the Book Literary Award. Nominated for four Pushcart Prizes, Linda’s work has been featured widely in journals and anthologies.

A graduate of Harvard University, Linda leads poetry workshops, including a poetry workshop on the site called The Art of Noticing. She gives readings, and promotes poetry on the North Shore of Boston where she lives with her husband and daughter. 

Find her at www.lindahaltmaier.com and follow on Instagram @linda.thepoet

Shadows Set to Burn

To the Left of the Sun

Rolling up the Sky

Catch and Release