Diane Lockward

The author of four full-length books of poetry, Lockward serves as the Poet Laureate of West Caldwell, New Jersey.

Diane Lockward earned her bachelor's degree from Elmira College and her master's from Montclair State University.

She is the author of four full-length books of poetry: The Uneaten Carrots of Atonement (2016), Temptation by Water (2010), What Feeds Us (2006), recipient of the Quentin R. Howard Poetry Prize,[1] and Eve's Red Dress (2003), all from Wind Publications.

She is the recipient of a Poetry Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and a Woman of Achievement Award.

She founded the Poetry Festival: A Celebration of Literary Journals[2] in 2004 and served as its director for twelve years.