Grace Massey is a poet, classical ballet and Baroque dancer, gardener, and socializer of feral cats. She lives in Newton, Massachusetts, with her husband, Michael, and a formerly feral cat, Penelope. Grace was an editor at Pearson Education for many years and has degrees in English from Smith College and Boston University. Her poems have been published in numerous journals, including Quartet, Thimble, Lily Poetry Review, One Art, and RockPaperPoem. Her poem "The Sightings of Birds" was nominated for Best of the Net, 2023. Her chapbook A Future with Bromeliads was a finalist in the Moonstone Arts Center annual chapbook contest and the Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook Contest sponsored by The Comstock Review. A Future with Bromeliads will be available from RiverGlassBooks March 2025.