About Linda
About Author
Meet Linda Skerbec
Linda’s connection to Hawaii didn’t begin the day she landed in Honolulu. It began before she was born. When her mother was pregnant, her father, who was an Army medic in both Hawaii and the Philippines had written home “Hawaii is truly the most beautiful place in the world… and how is our little Thumper doing inside?”
When Linda stepped off the plane in Honolulu twenty years later and breathed in the plumeria-scented air, she felt a profound connection to this place and wrote
Her poetry about Hawaii has been written over many years and draws on her experiences on the different islands. Writing poetry often feels as natural to Linda as breathing. It’s a rhythm she experiences as she takes in the natural wonders that shimmer inside her and crystallizes this into poems over time. Her poems move the way the islands do: a green sea turtle gliding beneath the surface, a rainbow arching over her as she swims in turquoise water, watching the flowing grace of hula dancers as they become the rain, the rising sun, a rainbow arching over the ocean. Readers won’t just see Hawaii. They will feel its pulse
Linda is a wife, mother, teacher, therapist, and poet. She spent years teaching English and Creative Writing and heading the English department for the Palo Alto School District, writing multicultural and creative writing curriculum. She earned a BA in English at the U of Washington, an MA in English Education at Stanford, and an MA in Marriage and Family Counseling from the U of Santa Clara (all with highest honors) while authoring books for Prentice Hall, including Imagination and Language that helps writers draw on both hemispheres of their brain (will be republished in 2028). Today, Linda devotes herself to her therapy work, and writing and doing poetry readings and workshops for people of all ages to help them develop their creative abilities.
“Her poetry invites you to grow with her as you experience her breadth of wonder and depth of feeling in the brilliance she gives back to life through her words.” –Luke Rickford, Editor
“I felt I had always been part of Hawaii. I sensed I’d been here before, and was now re-experiencing its warmth and fragrance in my soul. I just did not know why, but in time, I would put the pieces together.”
