Karen Lee Ramos is the creator and host of POETRY at the BARN, a virtual and in-person reading series and writing program sponsored by Ringwood Manor Arts located in the historic Barn Gallery of Ringwood NJ State Park .

Karen’s 2024 chapbook, Snow on Bare Dirt, is available from Finishing Line Press. Her work has appeared in various publications including Paterson Literary Review, Exit 13 Magazine, The Stillwater Review, and anthologies such as the Paulinskill Poetry Project’s Voices from Here 2 and New Jersey Bards against Hunger. Please enjoy a few sample poems here.

Karen is available for readings and workshops. She lives in New Jersey with her husband Michael & their two children, Megan Lee Ramos and Daniel H. Ramos…as well as a sweet yellow dog named Alba.