Barbara Loots

Barbara Loots is a poet who has been publishing since the 1960s, with work in many popular and literary magazines and anthologies. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She appears as a contributor to The Orchards Poetry Journal's Winter 2025 issue. Her books include Road Trip (Kelsay Books, 2014), and she has written a number of light and formal verse pieces. Earlier in her career she worked as an editor at Hallmark Cards.