This is the second year Bronwyn has worked as an editor on the Street Roots Holiday Zine committeeand her first as the lead. The Holiday Zine celebrates vendors’ writing and art. The theme of this year’szine is survival. Bronwyn loves being a part of the creative process with others, “the coming togetherof great minds, sharing the different perspectives about creative works,” and the opportunity to helpeach creative gem shine.
Street Roots vendor profile | A writer for as long as she can remebmber
1. Street Roots vendor pro le | A writer for as long as
she can remember
Bronwyn draws inspiration for her poetry from the world around her
by Robin Havenick (/users/robin-havenick) | 4 Nov 2020
Bronwyn Carver is an artist with a wide range of talents: She’s a journalist, a short story writer, a poet,
a jewelry maker, a collage artist and an editor.
This is the second year Bronwyn has worked as an editor on the Street Roots Holiday Zine committee
and her first as the lead. The Holiday Zine celebrates vendors’ writing and art. The theme of this year’s
zine is survival. Bronwyn loves being a part of the creative process with others, “the coming together
of great minds, sharing the different perspectives about creative works,” and the opportunity to help
each creative gem shine.
When Bronwyn talks about her poetry, she becomes introspective. She draws inspiration from the
world around her, but for her poetry, these events trigger something inside of her. Her poetry is
personal and emotional. For example, the first poem she published with Street Roots, “A Tale From
the Ramp,” is about “spare changing, about having to fly a sign and beg,” about the way it feels
“having your pride stuck in your throat,” she said.
“There’s so much out here that you can draw inspiration from,” Bronwyn said about her houseless
community. Another poem published in Street Roots titled “Shhhh” is about “the lack of quiet out here.
It’s never quiet. There’s a constant din. After a while, if you don’t learn to block it out, it’ll make you
crazy.”
Bronwyn has been writing for as long as she can remember. In second grade, she won a contest for a
short story she wrote, “Revenge of the Giant Purple Eaters,” based on a song her cousin used to sing
to her. That praise and support, so early in life, “let me know that I was on to something with what I