Ann Rhodes is currently an elementary school teacher in a small rural school district in Georgia. The skill of writing poetry was first developed as an elementary school student. Her gift was actually discovered in her 6th grade language arts class. As a student in school, she wrote for local newspapers: Hogansville Herald and the LaGrange Daily News. As a middle school student, Ann's poem "Please, Stop the Violence" was published by WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News in Atlanta, GA as part of their Please Stop the Violence campaign. Three poems have been published in a poetry anthology. The poem, A Great Man,is apart of a CD collection of poetry distributed by Poetry.com. Her first poetry book, "From the Beginning until Now" was published in 2016. Her second poetry book, "A Sight to Behold" was published in 2019. Ann enjoys writing and spending time with family in her spare time.