Cynthia Ross - Kansas Author

Cynthia Ross, a Kansas writer, nature lover and performer lives in a log home near a small pond. She loves teaching her grandchildren about nature. While walking in the woods, she sometimes surprises a deer or sees a snake slither into the pond. Her yard is a haven for birds and squirrels. Hummingbirds are a favorite of hers.

Below you'll learn more about Cynthia's interests and activities that led her to publish a book of children's poetry which she followed in 2011 with a book of poems for grown-ups.

(photo taken by Kristy Duggan of Cynthia Ross in costume for Gene Stratton Porter used with permission)

Prairie Woman Poems

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The book is available for purchase at the Greenwood County Historical Society in Eureka, Kansas and at the Kansas Oil Museum gift shop in El Dorado, Kansas.

In 2008, Cynthia published her poems for children. The cover shows a five-year old Cindy with her stick horse. A mixture of recent photos mingle with vintage family photos to illustrate the varied poems.

Cynthia writes a variety of poetry styles, but haiku is her favorite. She even has HAIKU on her car's license plate. If you haven't tried haiku, here's a book to get you started.

Cup available from Zazzle: Cynthia, the Origin and the Meaning by NemethArt

Cynthia trained to give a first person performance and the character she chose was her favorite nature author, Gene Stratton-Porter. She displays an old-fashioned box camera such as the author would have used in the early part of the 20th century and uses other items like a bird's nest in her program.

This has been popular for senior audiences and at libraries and nature sites.

Photo by Cynthia's daughter, Kristy Duggan.