New Mexico poet and author PhyllisHoge (formerly Phyllis Hoge Thompson) has been a poet for most of her literary life. After taking up residence in Albuquerque, Phyllis Hoge tried her hand at prose and has written The Painted Clock, Memoirs of a New Mexico Ghost Town Bride.

The Painted Clock is the true story of how a couple, somewhat along in years, attempt to adjust themselves to the surprises of life in an almost uninhabited New Mexico ghost town of Mogollon--8 to 10 fascinating residents in the winter and about 25 during summer tourism. Newly married, husband and wife try to figure out each other as well as the characters of their chosen home.

Phyllis Hoge (Thompson) brings the musicality and imagery of a poet to the character studies and descriptions of the beautiful yet quirkyrealities of life in the New Mexico ghost town of Mogollon.

Phyllis Hoge was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and earned her PhD in Madison, Wisconsin.

After moving to Hawaii, Phyllis Hoge married and became Phyllis Hoge Thompson, the name under which she wrote several books of poetry.

She continues to write both poetry and prose under her maiden name of Phyllis Hoge.

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