Deanna Repose Oaks started writing poetry as an outlet for teen angst and never stopped improving. Inspired by her husband (and an Editor’s Choice Award forthe poem “I Give Up” from poetry.com in 2006), her first collection of poetry published in 2007, entitled “Lost Loves….Found Strength.” Her latest collection of poetry, “Trauma’s Death, was published 2022. In between her first and last collections are an out of Print Trilogy (2012), a Christmas Collection (2013), “Life Span: A Collection of Poetry” (2017), and “Poetic Reactions” (2021).
In addition to writing poetry, Deanna is currently serving as President of the Paulding County Writers’ Guild in Georgia, USA.