This is Salvatore Marici 's fourth book of poetry. He was the 2010 Midwest Writing Center Poet-in-Resident, has judged poetry contests, placed in poetry contests, both teaches workshops and attends poetry workshops. His poetry has appeared in Toasted Cheese, Spillway, Prairie Gold: An Anthology of the American Heartland, Of Burgers & Barrooms a Main Street Rag anthology, Poetry Quarterly and many more. Marici served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala as a natural resources specialist and he is a civil servant retiree/agronomist. In South West Florida he is learning to maneuver a 17-foot kayak. During the summer he grows garlic in Western Illinois.