Meet the Authors - G. L. Helm and Suzanne Rancourt

G. L. Helm G. L. Helm contributed two poems to In the Trenches - "Lucifer on Air Strikes" and "Lessons on War 22 May 2005." "Lucifer on Air Strikes" compares the sight of airplanes in battle with the flight of birds of destruction. "Lessons on War 22 May 2005" is a reminder of what remains once the glory of war passes.

G. L. Helm has been writing for forty years. He has traveled around the world with his long suffering Air Force wife. They raised two sons while living in Spain, Germany, and Italy, and in less exotic places like Virginia and Indiana. He now lives in Lancaster Ca.  Helm has written four novels. He has also written reams of short stories which have been published in anthologies around the world.   Suzanne Rancourt Suzanne Rancourt contributed three poems to In the Trenches - "Venom, Sweet Venom," a poem about the experience of the wife of a war veteran; "A Bridge of Social Renaissance," which contrasts the stated intent of war with the reality of its aftermath; and "The Dead Are Not Dead," in which the narrator describes her pre-war life, how it's changed, and what she carries with her now.

Suzanne S. Rancourt, MS, MFA, CASAC-T, and past Editor of Bluestreak: Journal of Military Poetry. She is a multi-modal Expressive Arts Therapist, Consultant, Educator. An armed services veteran with service time in both the Marine Corps and the Army, recipient of the Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas First Book Award, her work has been published in The Muddy River Review, Ginosko Journal, and The Journal of Military Experience vol 2 and vol 3, Chiron Review #98, and Four Winds Literary Magazine. Ms. Rancourt is Abenaki, (Northeast woodland) born and raised in the mountains of West Central Maine. Suzanne remains involved with Military Experience and Arts and was a presenter and MEA 1 and 2. She is an Amherst Writers’ & Artist affiliate and is an AWA Writing workshop facilitator. For more information on Ms. Rancourt’s Expressive Arts philosophy: www.expressive-arts.com