Merge Poetry

I'm a poetry fiend (with a doctorate in literature) and the founder/editor of Merge, A Journal of Convergent Ideas (www.mergepoetry.com). In my spare time, I collect marbles and mechanical pencils. I have regular visions of Whitman and a variety of other saintly figures (Williams, Sexton, Li-Po). I prefer abstract art, driving in the desert, and acoustic folk. I have a succulent garden and consider myself a tea aficionado.