Rumble and Flash

Chad Allen Elliott's path to poetry began with a love of music. He has performed original songs across the U.S. for over 20-years, winning several awards for composition including the Woody Guthrie Songwriting Award in 2009. Early in his career, he learned some verses do not need musical embellishment. They stand alone in their own cadence. Since that time, Elliott has penned nearly 2,000 songs and released 22 albums.

In Rumble & Flash, Elliott shares poems composed during his time on the road. These poems are steeped in archetypal themes like fatherhood, love, nature, and spirituality.

Chad Michael Cox serves as President and CEO of Yellow Suit Publishing, a small, independent press focused on publishing artistic expressions using the book as medium. He is also a contract writer for the University of Iowa and the author of God of Another World: The Adow. His award winning fiction and freelance work has appeared in numerous publications since graduating from the writing and publishing program at Emerson College in Boston, MA, and he is a recipient of the 2015 Metro Arts Alliance AWE Champion award for his efforts in supporting and advancing excellence in the work of artists within the community; most notably as 2013-2014 Chairman of the Board for Des Moines Social Club. He spent his youth at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, and now lives in Iowa with his wife and three children.