Hailey Collette
is from Newberg,
Oregon, about 60
miles south of
Portland. It is known
for its great wine
and George Fox
University. She is
majoring in
psychology, and
hopes to counsel
adults when she is
done with her
schooling. She loves
to read and write and also enjoys theater (her picture is from a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream). Her poem, “The unheard voice of a book,” was written for a creative writing class. The instructions were to write a poem using this specific model, but the content could be about anything. The way the lines are structured reminded her of shelves of books in a library. Her love of books made this poem personal.