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Introduction	Chuck Salmons is a poet and immediate past president of the Ohio Poetry Association. He earned a B.A. from Otterbein College and a M.A. from Northern Michigan University. Chuck's poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Pudding Magazine, Evening Street Review, Olentangy Review, Common Threads, The Fib Review, Red Thread Gold Thread, Everything Stops and Listens, and I Thought I Heard a Cardinal Sing. He has published two chapbooks, Stargazer Suite (2016), and Patch Job (NightBallet Press, 2017). He won the 2011 William Redding Memorial Poetry Contest, sponsored by The Poetry Forum of Columbus, and has garnered awards from Ohio Poetry Day. He is a recipient of a 2018 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for his poetry. Chuck regularly gives readings throughout Ohio, both solo and as part of the poetry trio Concrete Wink. He also leads workshops for various groups and audiences. Learn more at chucksalmons.com

Introduction

Chuck Salmons is a poet and immediate past president of the Ohio Poetry Association. He earned a B.A. from Otterbein College and a M.A. from Northern Michigan University. Chuck's poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Pudding Magazine, Evening Street Review, Olentangy Review, Common Threads, The Fib Review, Red Thread Gold Thread, Everything Stops and Listens, and I Thought I Heard a Cardinal Sing. He has published two chapbooks, Stargazer Suite (2016), and Patch Job (NightBallet Press, 2017). He won the 2011 William Redding Memorial Poetry Contest, sponsored by The Poetry Forum of Columbus, and has garnered awards from Ohio Poetry Day. He is a recipient of a 2018 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for his poetry. Chuck regularly gives readings throughout Ohio, both solo and as part of the poetry trio Concrete Wink. He also leads workshops for various groups and audiences. Learn more at chucksalmons.com