Terry Minchow-Proffitt

Terry Minchow-Proffitt (1956) was born in Flint, MI and raised in the Mississippi Delta of eastern Arkansas. He spent nearly 30 years serving as a pastor and campus minister in Utah, New Jersey, Mississippi, Maryland, and Missouri. After retiring in 2009, he began the serious pursuit of his love for God through poetry and prayer. His poems and essays have appeared in a wide variety of journals and magazines. Poem "III" from his Seven Last Words cycle was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His latest book and first full collection of poems, Chicken Train: Poems from the Arkansas Delta, was recently published by Middle Island Press.

Terry and his wife reside in St. Louis, MO, where they embody a nearly Franciscan love for their backyard flock of hens, Maya the Wonder Dog, their two cats Fuzzy and Cash, and two shy turtle doves who prefer to remain nameless.