Susie Clevenger Author

Celebrating the reissue of Dirt Road Dreams

Congratulations Shay Simmons! You are the winner of my Dirt Road Dreams Goodie Bag Giveaway!! My heartfelt thanks goes out to everyone who entered the contest. I truly appreciate your support.

Quotes From Book Reviews

Dirt Road Dreams
“I loved this book. It resonates with harsh truth and gritty reality as it takes the reader on a roller coaster ride named 'Life'.” ~ Fiona Marshall

“Susie Clevenger is a seasoned poet, writing with all the force of years behind her. There is a high mastery of structure and emotion in her verse from which the reader cannot easily escape.” ~ Ben Ditmars, author of Sleeping With Earth

“Susie Clevenger's poetry touches the heart with beauty and depth " ~ Laurie Kolp, author of Upon the blue Couch

Susie Clevenger is an author, poet, and amateur photographer. She was first published at the age of fifteen in Missouri Youth Write. She is author of the poetry collections, Dirt Road Dreams, Insomnia’s Ink, and, Where Butterflies Pray. Her work has been featured in, The Creative Nexus, Poetry & Prose Magazine, The Brinks Gallery, The Global Twitter Community Poetry Project, Journey of the Heart, and Poetry As A Spiritual Practice. She is a member of the Academy of American Poets and The Poetry Society of Texas. Susie resides in Houston, Texas with her husband, Charlie.

I'm honored to have my poem, Hell Prefers Unaware, in the 06/15/18 edition of The BeZine

The BeZine, June 2018, Vol. 5, Issue 2, Theme: Sustainability / Subtheme: Readers and Writers Speak Out on Abuse
I store sorrow seeds and bitter roots in gold jars where memory breaks their pain into parables I've risen from. Hell prefers the unaware, the wound and not the scar, but the candle of my spirit has been formed from match strikes at midnight. My childhood stolen by hands of harm caused me to swim...