Jane Davis Carpenter's award-winning poems have appeared in The New York Times, The Bloomsbury Review, Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day, ByLine, Evergreen Living, Snapshots and Sightings. Her work has also been chosen by literary magazines such as Pegasus and Salome, published in her hometown newspaper, The Denver Post, and selected for juried collections such as Golden Harvest and The National League of American Pen Women's Collage.
A frequent speaker and workshop leader, Jane has presented her work to television, radio and live audiences in a variety of popular, professional and academic venues. She is an active member of The National League of American Pen Women, The Poetry Society of Colorado, and other professional and cultural organizations. PoetryPoetryPoetry.com selected her latest book, What to Make of Silence, a thematic collection of prize poems and favorites from throughout her career, for its publication program with distribution through Amazon.com and retail outlets. Her other published books include Art Nouveau Dreams and four other collections of her poetry.

Jane received a Literary Associates award from the Rocky Mountain Women's Institute for 1978-79. She recalls that "RMWI was an exciting, life-changing challenge. Crossing diverse cultural lines, we associates supported one another creatively in every way possible, including many that seemed impossible in that era. Weekly gatherings fostered fellowship and appreciation that continues more than three decades later." She is also the recipient of a Colorado Humanities Council lecture series grant and a Denver Women's Press Club award for short fiction.

Jane 'went west' to Denver in the 1950s from New York, where her first job had been as a New York Times copy-girl while attending college. She went on to work as a reporter for other newspapers before earning her B.A. magna cum laude from Syracuse University. Born in New Jersey, Jane earned her first dollar from the Newark Sunday Call, which published a poem she submitted at age 8.