Lisa had a rough childhood she was never rooted in a hometown for a very long time, and she moved over 40 times throughout the western states. Her brother …show more content…
One author writes, she stemmed a strong interest in poetry from listening to her brothers’ music and sought inspiration from artists like the Beatles and Luciano Pavaratti(Finchman 2). She began to write a poem collection, and even expanded her achievements by founding a poetry journal, Contemporary American Voices. In 1990 she married and within two years had two children. According to one source, Zaran began to write “The sometimes girl” in the early years of her marriage. She had a big year in 2006, and even published another chapbook(“Zaran, Lisa”).Lisa Zaran has continues to be successful, and her work persists to appeal in magazines and anthologies worldwide
So far Lisa has had a very successful career writing some amazing pieces such as Girl, Talking to my Father who’s ashes sit in a closet and listen, and I went looking for God. Though titled very simply, Lisa’s poem “Girl” is a very powerful and inspiring poem. According to Lisa, She collected pieces of cut out skies with silver scissors which she calls bits of heaven(“Zaran, Lisa”). By saying that