Patti Trimble is a published poet, essay writer, and performance poet. She has performed at many venues and environmental conferences; at the Tuolumne Poetry Festival for ten years. She is professor of creative writing in Siracusa, Sicily, is writing a book on her apprenticeship with the first generation of abstract expressionist painters, and is currently performing "The Loom and the Ship", spoken poems from Penelope's point of view.

On the Backbone of Things Underfoot (Red Fruit Press, 2001), When you Dip Your Head Under Water: Poems from Dreams (Running Wolf Press, 2001)

Turning a Train of Thought Upside Down (Scarlet Tanager Books, 2012), Petaluma Poetry Walk Anthology (Taurean Horn Press, 2008), To the Thrush, Letterpress Broadside (Yosemite Association, 2005), Saltwater, Sweetwater; Women Write from the North Coast (Floreant Press, 1998)

Carquinez Poetry Review, Stickman Review, Word Wrights

Nevada City Poetry Series (2008), The Loom and the Ship, Exit Theater - San Francisco, CA (2008), Ortigiafest, Siracusa, Sicily (2006), Tuolumne Meadows Poetry Festival - Yosemite National Park (2006), Club Majazze, Catania, Sicily (2005), Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival - Berkeley, CA (2002), Carmel Performing Arts Festival (2001), New York Open Center - New York, NY (1999), nomumbling.com (1998), Petaluma Poetry Walk, Andresen's Tavern - Petaluma, CA (1998)