Essential Workers

Michael Poage was born in Virginia. He has published

fifteen books of poetry, most recently, HEART:

COLLECTED POEMS 1975-2024, Spartan Press, 2024.

He served as the Poet-in-Residence at Dzemal Bijedic

University in Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2018, and

has taught English literature and ESL courses in Bosnia

and Herzegovina, the U.S., Latvia and, virtually, in

Thailand. He lives in Wichita, Kansas with his wife, the

historian, teacher, activist, and writer Dr. Gretchen Eick