When Our World Was Whole - Poetry Reading with Elizabeth Weir

Local Author Elizabeth Weir will read from her poetry book - When Our World Was Whole - a collection of 65 accessible poems written from life's experiences, including an English childhood, immigration, and belonging, patriarchy, and our fragile natural world.

From England to Minnesota and beyond...Elizabeth Weir's poems invite us into a space that is familiar. 

Elizabeth Weir (Liz) grew up and trained as a nurse in England and worked as an RN in South Africa before coming to live in Minnesota with her husband and two young sons. While raising the boys, she dipped into weekly news reporting, travel writing, and arts reviewing. Coming from another country, she felt a need to root more firmly in her community and served the City of Medina for 17 years as a Planning Commissioner, City Council Member and, finally, as Mayor of Medina, retiring at the end of her term in 2014.  In high school in England,…