Michal Mahgerefteh is an award-winning poet and artist from Israel, living in Virginia since 1986. Her poetry has been published in many literary magazines, more recent publications: Club Plum Literary Journal (2021); The Wild Word Magazine (2020); Eve Anthology (2020), Edify Fiction Magazine (2020); Baruch Literary Blog (2020); among others. Since 2010, Michal has been an active member of The Poetry Society of Virginia: served as student award judge; student award co-chair; book award chair; and webmaster. Michal is the Editor-in-Chief of Poetica Magazine and Mizmor Anthology. She is the author of four poetry chapbooks: "In My Bustan" (2009); "What's Left Behind" (2014); "Field of Harps" (2016); "Sipping Memories: A Poetic Journal to Morocco" (2018). Forthcoming collections: "The Rising Song" (2021) and "FishMoon" (2022). In her free time, Michal enjoys bike riding, hiking in west Virginia, cooking for her family, and making art using 100% recycled material. Art BIO   Writing BIO