Johnson and Bowman are co-editors of the collection "The Wind Blows, The Ice Breaks: Poems of Loss and Renewal by Minnesota Poets," published by Nodin Press.

At a conference of the National Association for Poetry Therapy some years ago, we (Ted and Elizabeth) just happened to sit next to each other at lunch, and in the course of the conversation -- where are you from? what do you do? -- we learned that we were both from the Twin Cities, wrote poetry, and shared an experience with writing and grief. Before the luncheon was over, Ted said, "I'm going to find a project for us to do together."

A few years later, he called, proposing that we put together a small collection of poems on grief and renewal modeled on one he had seen in Scotland by Scottish poets. "Think of all the wonderful poets in Minnesota! Minnesota should have a collection like this." He had found our project.

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