Detonation

Mr. Keeler began writing in 1970 under the direction of Guy Owen. Detonation, his first book of poetry, contains poems from over thirty years of writing. His eclectic style ranges over traditional forms (sonnets, villanelles, sestinas) to less formal arrangements, and in content from science to silliness to love and death. His writing tends to be distinct from many academic or MFA writers, for whom he has a mild disdain.
Mr. Keeler has been published in over sixty literary journals and has won (or been named a finalist in) several contests and awards. He is currently completing the set of poems for his second book of poetry.
Mr. Keeler currently lives on Vashon Island, Washington. He is a minor Luddite, thus can only be can be contacted by email at detonation@alumni.duke.edu.

R. J. Keeler was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and grew up in the jungles of Colombia. He holds a BS in Mathematics from North Carolina State University, an MS in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, an MBA from University of California at Los Angeles, and a Certificate in Poetry from the University of Washington. An Honorman in the U.S. Naval Submarine School, he was Submarine Service (SS) qualified. He is a recipient of the Vietnam Service Medal, Honorable Discharge, and a Whiting Foundation Experimental Grant. He is a member of IEEE (technological society), AAAS (scientific society), and the Academy of American Poets, and is a former Boeing engineer.