Biography
Lynne Schilling
Meet Lynne
Dr. Lynne Schilling is a retired pediatric nurse educator who held faculty and administrative positions at the graduate schools of nursing of the University of Florida, Yale University, and UMASS Worcester. She started writing poetry while in psychoanalysis in her mid-30s. At the end of psychoanalysis, she self- published a chapbook of poems written during that process. She wrote poetry sporadically and not for distribution until, at age 75, she began writing and reading poetry seriously.
In 2023, she published another chap book, Navigating Evening Seas: Approaching 80, that explores the childhood cancer experiences of her now-adult twin sons and the experiences of getting old. She began publishing poems in 2024. Currently she spends much of her time writing, reading (poetry, novels, non-fiction), and attending on-line poetry events. She is particularly grateful for events sponsored by Rattle, and is a big fan of “Critique of the Week.” She is primarily a free verse poet, but has recently been concentrating on writing haiku, tanka and haibun poetry. She is a member of The Inkstone Poetry Forum and is grateful for their community and for their workshopping of some of her short-form work. She lives in Bethany, Connecticut, where every season provides a canvas for creativity and an antidote for the inevitable trials of living. Dawn is her favorite time of day.
