Kevin Casey is the author of And Waking . . . (Bottom Dog Press, 2016), and American Lotus (Glass Lyre Press), winner of the Kithara Prize. His poems have appeared recently or are forthcoming in Rust+Moth, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Connotations Press, Pretty Owl Poetry, and Ted Kooser’s syndicated column ’American Life in Poetry.’ For more, visit: andwaking.com.