Ann Struthers (1930-2024) earned a BA from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa and an MA and a PhD in Modern Letters from the University of Iowa. A two-time Pushcart nominee, Struthers is the author of four collections of poetry, including What You Try to Tame (2004) and Stoneboat (1989). She has received Fulbright fellowships to Syria and Sri Lanka.  She was the writer-in-residence and a visiting professor of English at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and has also taught at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls.

 Poetry Inspired by Art on Campus Collection

“Doubleness”, 1992 (Janus Agri Altar by Beverly Pepper)

“Garden of Stone and Light”, 1992 (Garden of Stone and Light by Keith Achepohl)

“Left-Sided Angel to Its Critics”, 1995 (Left-Sided Angel by Stephen DeStaebler)

“Sherlock Struthers Solves the Mystery of the Missing Rabbit” (Flat Rabbit by Karen Strohbeen and William Luchsinger)

“St. Barbara McClintock of the G-Nomes”, 1992 (G-Nomes by Andrew Leicester)

“Thieves”, 1992 (Janus Agri Altar by Beverly Pepper)