Explore poetry and non-fiction through the world of a nurse.

Covers of the book Caring in Context and Cardinal Marks, a Book of Poetry
Portrait of Virginia LeBaron, Poet & Non-Fiction Author

Meet Virginia.

A Charlottesville native – with stops along the way in Pennsylvania, D.C., Baltimore, Tucson, Boston, and India – Virginia LeBaron is a poet, non-fiction author, oncology nurse, and amateur ornithologist.  Her writing has been supported by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Lighthouse Poetry Collective.  She is a proud graduate of the UVA School of Nursing where she is now faculty teaching future nurses and nurse scientists.   

Selected Poems
& Other Writing

  • Cover of Caring in Context with a Cup of Tea

    "You cannot be unmoved by the stories she tells, and you will come away with a renewed belief in the indomitable human spirit."

    AMAZON REVIEW

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  • Cover of Caring in Context with a Cup of Tea

    [Caring in Context] is essential reading for clinicians, researchers and policy makers who care about human rights. Her first-person narrative will open your eyes, and your hearts.

    BETTY FERRELL, PHD, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN

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  • Cover of Cardinal Marks in Bicycle Basket

    It’s all here—a sure command of form, of language and tone, a skillful blending of high lyric and harrowing truth—all here, and then some.

    JON LOOMIS

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  • Cover of Cardinal Marks in Bicycle Basket

    All of these images and many more entered this reader’s heart with the force of a peaceful breeze. I am looking forward to LeBaron’s next book.

    AMAZON REVIEW

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