Tigers

Sometimes
as the spent
sun sinks red
and splendid into
the earth, the tigers
come, restless and
stealthy on silent
paws, brooding,
and hungry,
and thin.

Sharlee Mullins Glenn is the founder of Mormon Women for Ethical Government (MWEG) and served as its executive director for the first two years. She graduated from Brigham Young University and then earned a graduate degree in humanities (with emphases in art history and English) before teaching at BYU as adjunct faculty for a number of years. Sharlee has published articles, essays, poetry, and criticism in periodicals as varied as Women's Studies, The Southern Literary Journal, the New York Times, and Ladybug Magazine. She is also a nationally-published author of children's books. Sharlee currently serves on a number of boards and volunteers with several humanitarian and advocacy organizations. She and her husband, James, live in Pleasant Grove, Utah and have five children and eight (perfect) grandchildren.