I'm a retired English professor from Michigan, now living and writing in Florida. Among other publications (two biographies, two memoirs, and miscellaneous poems) my recent achievements include two poetry chapbooks: THE UMBILICAL UNIVERSE (Cosmographia Books, 2018) and INSIDE OUT TO THE WORLD (Finishing Line Press, 2019); and two poems included in ANTHOLOGY OF TRANSCENDENT POETRY, ed. Nina Alvarez, 2019. Forthcoming from Atmosphere Press in 2020 is RECOLLECTED IN TRANQUILITY, a full collection of poems.