Bertha Wise

Bertha Wise is a retired Professor of English at Oklahoma City Community College. She earned a BS in English Education and MA in English from the University of Central Oklahoma (UC0). Originally from central New York State, she found her way to Oklahoma over thirty years ago through a circuitous route, having also lived in such diverse locations as Arizona, New Hampshire, California, and South Carolina in the U.S. and Tachikawa, Japan.  Bertha’s many travels have informed her poetry, but most of all, she finds inspiration from the memories made along the way.  Several of her poems have been published in various college and university literary journals including Baraza (at UCO), Redbud (at OSU-OKC), Pegasus (at Rose State College), Absolute (at OCCC) and Dragon Poet Review.  Two cats named Roscoe and Cato currently live with Bertha and her husband Guy Herrick in Oklahoma.