Gypsie’s Wonderful World of Words

Shakespeare published 154 sonnets in his quarto in 1609. While the initial 126 are addressed to a young man, the final 28 are directed toward an enigmatic woman referred to as the dark lady.

Bio – Continuing …

Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris lives in Southport, NC, USA. She is a twice published poet in Cameron Art Museum’s Writers Respond to Art Program and was awarded the Certificate of Completion for completing the 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 – 24 Hour Poetry Marathons. Her poem Wheels was chosen and published in the 2021 – 24 Hour Poetry Marathon Anthology. Her poem The Date has been chosen for publication in the 2022 – 24 Hour Poetry Marathon Anthology. She is also a contributing author in Spillwords.com, with six featured poems published to date and The Nature Of M/s published in Sacred Power, Living A Spiritual Power Dynamic edited by Raven Kaldera ©️2011 beginning on page 121.

She is a returning published author in Whisper’s & Echoes, an on-line literary magazine as well as in 50 Give or Take by vineleavespress.com for her 50 word stories, Love as well as The Wedding and The Sleep Doctor. In Visual Verse for her poem Mother Earth, and in The Virtual Poetorium for RAT-A-TAT-TAT-TAT a poem in the Octagon style as well as several other poems chosen for the podcast.

Published by Carrot Ranch Literary Community in their Baby Ducks Ate My Lunch Collection for her 99 word story, Duckling Survival Guide. Also in the anthology, Zest With Pets, published by Poet’s Choice, for her poem, Found Her! Seven poems have recently been published in the anthology, The Short of It, produced by Susi Bocks at IWriteHer.com.

Gypsie-Ami writes flash fiction, short stories, creative non-fiction and fiction as well as poetry. Her short story, Conversations With My Neighbor is published in the anthology, Trouble, by Daniel Boone Publishing. Gypsie-Ami received Honorable Mention in Tales from the Moonlit Path 2021, a yearly Halloween Issue, Abandoned Places Halloween Challenge, for her short story, Abandoned Memories. Her short story, Grandmother And The Strawberry Moon was a semi-finalist in the Tulip Tree competition, 2022 Stories That Need to Be Told contest.

Her first poetry chapbook has been contracted for publishing by Prolific Pulse Press LLC. and is due for release in 2026.

She has written two ten minute stage plays to date and is currently working on completing her first action/adventure/romance preternatural novel. Gypsie-Ami is a member of NCWN (North Carolina Writer’s Network), WWFN (Women Writer’s Fiction Network), CWWG (Coastal Women Writer’s Group), Living Poetry, Paul’s Poetry Playground and The Bards National and International Community.

More to come – I’m catching up slowly ….