The Spark Poet, Furious Flower Founder WMRA | By Martha Woodroof Published October 12, 2012 at 6:06 PM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email 1 of 2 2 of 2 Joanne Gabbin is a married baby boomer, a poet, and a person of color; all of these have informed her life. Joanne is a JMU professor and is the founder of the Furious Flower Poetry Center.