Timothy Tarkelly's work has appeared in Cauldron Anthology, Aphelion Webzine, Philosophical Idiot, Peculiars Magazine, Back Patio Press, Tiny Essays, Detritus Online, and others. His book Gently in Manner, Strongly in Deed: Poems on Eisenhower was published by Spartan Press in April 2019. When he's not writing, he teaches in Southeast Kansas. You can find more of his work at www.timothy tarkelly.com There is an emotional breadth and depth to Tim's work that is palpable. A deep sense of abiding presence and immediacy felt in each poem; as if he's sitting there with you, across some table in a comfortable, darkened café. Two friends, swapping stories. Time well spent. And his words: the kind of intimate and profound vignettes about what colors our thoughts, holds our spirits captive, ruminates in the deepest parts of our mind. -Vincent Larson, author of Ashtapadi: Webs of Light. Tim Tarkelly's poetry is another example that the best poetry right now is coming out of the midwest. 21st-century modernist truths for a second lost generation who long for the little moments of life so they can yearn for more. -Daniel W. Wright, Author of Brian Epstein Died for You