Sabne Raznik has been living most of her life in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky. She has watched the devastating effects of the mining industry as it is ever changing her physical horizons.

Throughout her life she has strained to hear the words in her surroundings, herself, as well as the fascinating people who have shared years, months, days, and moments alongside her. Many cultures touch her life and she is never the same after. Are any of us? She believes that even in the most resigned, complacent soul there is hope, and that is what keeps us grounded: the possibility of the very thing needed to solve all our problems, and to bring all the greatness of life into purposeful focus. That is what we all share. We are all following hope.

Growing up in an area where the sweat of your brow and the callous on your hands are the marks of true greatness has had the most amazing affect on her life. These people praise simplicity but are far from simple. Deeply religious, yet steeped in the myths and legends of the mainly Irish, Scottish, and American Indian ancestry give color to these people and excitement to the mundane chores of life. This shaped in her an imagination that sought to explain the things there are not words for.

While in middle school she received an award to read one of her poems on a local television station. Since then, she has read her poetry on radio, published in many magazines, newspapers, and anthologies. She is basically self-taught with a personal library which periodically out grows her surroundings, prompting her to donate literature to the local libraries.

Sabne’s white bird is hope and the poetry it inspires. We all have a white bird that enables us to find sanity in the insane, order in chaos, joy in tragedy. She hopes that you have found your white bird and can share that with others, as she does. To her it is as if all creation wants to communicate something: beauty, strength, security, loneliness, isolation, joy, and eagerness- all the world has to offer- and she does not hold it back. Sabne’s work is timeless and ageless. She is a supranational sleuth of our souls.