Temple Cone is Professor of English at the United States Naval Academy and served as the inaugural Poet Laureate for the city of Annapolis. He is the author of five books of poetry: Sky Bright Psalms, winner of the Cathexis Northwest Book Prize; Guzzle; That Singing; The Broken Meadow, winner of the Old Seventy Creek Poetry Press Series Prize; and No Loneliness, winner of the Future Cycle Poetry Book Prize. He lives in Maryland with his family. www.templecone.com