About me
Janet E. Aalfs, poet laureate of Northampton, MA (2003-2005), and founder/director of Lotus Peace Arts at Heron's Bridge, a non-profit community school, is a poet, performer, educator, dancer, and master instructor of Karate, Filipino Stick Arts, and Taiji/Qigong. Creator of Poemotion, spoken word woven with martial arts based dance, Janet has been a presenter at many events including Mass Poetry, the Dodge Poetry Festival, Split This Rock, and Guga S'Thebe in Cape Town, South Africa. Janet's third full-length poetry collection, What the Dead Want Me to Know, appeared in 2022. Her writing has been published widely.
