Michele Rule (she/her) is a disabled writer from Kelowna BC, the unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan. She is published in Five Minute Lit, the League of Canadian Poets Poetry Pause, First Frost, and the anthologies Chicken Soup for the Soul, and To Live Here (Wee Sparrow Press), among other places. Michele won first prize in the 2024 Wine Country Writers Festival Poetry Contest. She co-edits the Solitary Daisy haiku journal. Michele is inspired and surrounded by people who love her just the way she is. You can read some of Michele’s work on her website.