In Hebrew shira means poem and song. True to her name, Shira Erlichman loves to write poems and sing songs. She also loves to draw pictures. Shira's art can be found in The Huffington Post, PBS NewsHour's Poetry Series, The Rumpus, on sidewalks, in living rooms, and in your boombox. Her favorite compound word is seesaw. She immigrated from Israel to the US when she was six and now lives in Brooklyn where she teaches and creates.