A native of California, Laurel Feigenbaum feels fortunate to have been able to take advantage of 
all it offers, climate, culture, education and natural beauty. A graduate of UC Berkeley, Laurel 
holds a BA in English Literature and MA in Educational Research and Psychology. After family 
and careers in education and business she gathered what she refers to as late-life courage and 
began writing in class and workshop settings. Writing for her is a way of exploring and coping 
with the often absurd world in which we live, and the inevitable changes that come with a long 
life or any life. Matriarch of her family now, she is a mother of three, grandmother of seven, 
great grandmother of five, and a widow after sixty-six years of marriage.  She currently lives in 
Marin County across the Golden Gate bridge from San Francisco which supports among other 
things, a large, active, poetry community of which she’s a member participating in workshops, 
readings, the Marin Poetry Center’s yearly anthology and other events. She is a past board 
member of the Marin Poetry Center, author of The Daily Absurd, 2015 and Matrimony, 2020. 
Her work also appears online in publications such as The Amsterdam Quarterly, The Marin 
Poetry Center Anthology, Silkworm, and The Poetry Box. Laurel credits her interest in 
poetry to Wordsworth and her father who loved word play, and often quoted lines he admired or 
found useful. Everything she learned about the craft of writing poetry comes from the generous 
support, feedback and encouragement of her fellow poets who have become in the process, life-
long friends.