of Sun and Shadowed Places
A collection of poems, essays, short stories and lyrics
By Elva Avara
Elva Ware Avara
is Mississippi’s
Poetry Society’s Poet of the Year. A musician as well as a
poet, Avara has composed hymns and anthems used in her church,
Dantzler Memorial United Methodist, including a commemorative
piece marking Dantzler’s 150th anniversary.
Her composition “A
New Song for America” was also selected and performed at the
Jubilate Choral Festival in Salt Lake City.
Avara is the widow
of W.T. “Pete” Avara, Jr., the mother of four children, and has
eleven grandchildren. She currently resides on the Mississippi
Gulf Coast.
of
Sun and Shadowed Places