Lynne Hjelmgaard taught Creative Art for children in various schools and institutions before becoming a full time sailor. As a result of crossing the Atlantic in a sailboat with her husband she wrote poems that were later published in the chapbook, Distance Through the Water (I Want Press, 2002). Her first collection, Manhattan Sonnets, was published in 2003. Her new collection, The Turpentine Tree, is from Seren (2023). Her work has appeared in many literary magazines such as Acumen, The Rialto, Poetry Wales, and Shearsman. She divides her time between London and Clarach, Wales.

Lynne Hjelmgaard's work featured in Stand Magazine comprises one contribution of poetry.