About
Christine Calandris (formerly Lark Morrigan) is a poet, fantasy novelist, composer, & content creator from West Springfield, a suburb in Northern Virginia.
She initially started out as an introspective blogger, with an emphasis on personal development and mental health. Over the past four years, her repertoire expanded to poetry, fiction (mainly fantasy and soft sci-fi), and music composition.
Core themes in her work include questioning limiting beliefs from the external world, believing in your intrinsic worth, and expressing the beauty of timeless symbolism.
She was featured as one of Medium’s standout poets in 2022 on the Official Medium Blog. One of her poems also made it to the front page of the site for National Poetry Month in 2023.
Christine graduated from George Mason University in 2016 with a Bachelor’s in Mathematics.
Just for fun
Enneagram type: 4 wing 3
MBTI: INFP
Favorite color: lavender (used to be pale sky blue for years)
Favorite drink: black coffee
Favorite dish: shrimp curry mixed with Chinese eggplants
Favorite comfort food: dinosaur chicken nuggets with mac ‘n cheese and ketchup
Favorite vegetable: Brussels Sprouts
Favorite fruit: mangoes
Favorite dessert: matcha ice cream
Favorite season: autumn
Birth month: October
Favorite numbers: 7 & 14
Favorite poets: Christina Rossetti, T.S. Eliot, & W.B. Yeats (3-way tie)
Favorite fantasy novelist: Juliet Marillier
Favorite classic novelist: Willa Cather
Favorite classic novel: The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather
Favorite Narnia book: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Book you’ve enjoyed recently: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
Favorite classical composer: Tchaikovsky
Favorite modern composer: Thomas Bergersen
Favorite singer-songwriters: Loreena McKennitt, John Denver, & Johnny Cash (3-way tie)
Favorite movie: Ip Man
Favorite animated movies: Chicken Run, Castle in the Sky, & Princess Mononoke (3-way tie)
Favorite person in history: Eleanor of Aquitaine
Hidden talent: eating spaghetti with a spoon
Favorite hobbies: chess, knitting/crocheting, & collecting stuffed animals
State you’re most excited to visit: Wyoming
Favorite childhood vacation destination: Water Country USA (in Williamsburg, VA)
Favorite physical activities: swimming & hiking
Things you wish you could learn: Irish dancing & acting
Signature Scent: Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain perfume
What superpower would you like to have? to shapeshift into birds and dinosaurs