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Sharon Bourke is a poet, painter and printmaker of African-American heritage. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, some 85 years ago, and is still active in all of her artistic pursuits. Her poetry has appeared in Poetry magazine and numerous anthologies including Understanding the New Black Poetry, Celebrations, Children of Promise, Songs of Seasoned Women, Long Island Sounds, Toward Forgiveness, Temba Tupu: Africana Women’s Poetic Self-Portrait, and Whispers and Shouts. She is a member of the East End Arts Council, the Woman Made Gallery (Chicago), and was formerly a member of the Long Island Black Artists Association and president of The Graphic Eye Gallery (Port Washington, NY).