Anna Price was a poet, writer, actor, scholar, and musician. A virtuoso singer, she and her husband co-led The Silver Lining: a popular Boston-based rock band.

While living in Boston, Anna was also a member of the Harvard Longwood Players. She starred in leading roles for their productions of Cabaret and Steven Sondheim’s Company. After relocating from Boston to her home town of Rochester, New York, she went back to school and graduated with honors from Monroe Community College (MCC).

Anna won many awards for her academic achievements, and she even received a fully paid four year scholarship to the University of Rochester. While at MCC, Anna presented her literary writings on gender issues at local and state academic symposiums and conferences. In addition, she was also a peer mentor and worked briefly at Americorps.

Anna was a loving wife, mother of three children, daughter, granddaughter, sister and friend. Despite being sick most of her life, Anna worked tirelessly to create art and to mentor others. Despite her struggles and untimely death at 37, Anna accomplished much throughout her short lifetime.

The poem published here is part of a larger collection of Anna’s poetry, Peripheral Blues In Static. Anna’s mother, Marjorie Baker Price, also a contributing writer to the Guild, published this work while Anna was still in high school. Anna’s poems convey a depth of feeling and sophistication that do not betray the tender age at which she wrote them.