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Inkberry Books: September 26 at 7:00 PM

Lynne McNamara

Paths Not Paved


When you read Paths Not Paved, a debut collection of poems written as stories easily understood, you will find yourself immersed in the language and the rhythms of the everyday and the occasional, of love and life challenges, of art and nature. Lynne McNamara takes you on life journeys here and there, in the mind and real time, around the world and right at home.

Throughout this poetry collection, you will see familiar examples of humanity expressed in your own day to day living. Yearning for More, Fleeting Mortality, and Trusting Truths--are sections of the book that invite you to reflect on passing events of your life. This book of poetry is filled with descriptions and moments of reflection that parallel your own, bring you into the written words on the page that keep you involved. You can walk down the path or be part of the scene in this collection of feelings and wonderment.

As well-known poet Diane Glancy observes in her review, "Lynne McNamara’s poetry collection...is marked with craft...these poems have been cultivated...Her work makes a lovely terrain. McNamara finds the courage to speak her experiences as she finds them, 'urging spirits to sprint high / succumb to fascinating black holes / non-existent except as we create.' O yes. Nice work."

About the Author


Lynne A. McNamara, as a US administrator in international education, lived and worked in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia--gifting her the music of lives lived differently. As part of her writing life, Lynne taught English, writing, poetry, and cross-cultural issues; established poetry readings; served as poetry judge for the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, the Arizona State Poetry Society, and Art in Public Places (Loveland, CO); and is a member of the



Columbine Poets of Colorado (Vice President) and the WyoPoets of Wyoming (Chair of Members’ Contest). Retired and living in Longmont, CO, Lynne considers herself an emerging author in later life with recent poems in the California Quarterly and in several anthologies. Lynne's debut poetry collection, Paths Not Paved, was published in December 2025.

Recognized as a Colorado Poet, more details are available at the Colorado Poets Center: https://coloradopoetscenter.org/poets/mcnamara_lynne/index.html