Natalie Solmer is a poet, editor of The Indianapolis Review, Instructor of English at Ivy Tech and IUPUI, and a mother of boys. Luckily, she enjoys all of those roles (some more than others). She earned her MFA in poetry from Butler University in 2012. Prior to that, she had a past life in the field of horticulture, working mainly as a florist. Her work has been published in many journals, including: Willow Springs, Cimarron Review, Louisville Review and Rattle.