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Verna Hall Bishop
Verna Hall Bishop was born on a farm in the hills of eastern Kentucky. Until her mother’s death, when Bishop was six years old, she lived with her parents and six older siblings in...view moreVerna Hall Bishop was born on a farm in the hills of eastern Kentucky. Until her mother’s death, when Bishop was six years old, she lived with her parents and six older siblings in a three room house, which her parents built by their own sweat.
“There is something about farm life, if only for a brief period,” Bishop says, “that impacts upon the rest of a person’s life.” Witnessing the truth that “while the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter; a1.1d day and night shall not cease.” (Genesis 8:22) produces, even in a young life, the seeds of faith and hope.”
Bishop’s life and work were to take her to more urban areas for a time, but later back to those same Kentucky hills for a number of years.
Since her retirement from the law department of a major corporation, Bishop has lived in historic Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where she is pursuing her interest in writing poetry and children’s fiction. Most of her poetry reflects the experiences that have made up the fabric of her life, much of which has been enjoyed, but some, patiently endured.
“The key to balancing the positives and the negatives,” she says, “is to stay tethered to responsibility, empowered by one’s faith in The Creator, and to develop the ability to find humor in unlikely situations.”view less