Amanda Witt, Ph.D., is a homeschooling mother and the author of The Red Series, a four-part thriller set in the near future. She has published fiction, non-fiction, academic articles and poetry and written and edited for the Acton Institute. Amanda has taught at Texas A&M, the University of Kansas, Lubbock Christian University and Cornerstone University. She is married to The Stream’s former managing editor, Jonathan Witt.
Yesterday, as I sat in the waiting room of a veterinary clinic, poetry walked in. The clinic is in a shabby old house that smells of dogs and cleaning supplies. The floors buckle unevenly, phone lines are stapled along peeling…