Terry HermsenTerry Hermsen, Ohio Poet of the Year (2009), has taught in the Writers in the Schools program for the Ohio Arts Council from 1979 � 2003, visiting schools, prisons, senior centers, and national parks. He now teaches Creative Writing and Enviromental Literature at Otterbein University and holds an MFA in Poetry from Goddard College and a PhD from Ohio State in Art Education. His books of poetry include 36 Spokes: The Bicycle Poems and Child Aloft in Ohio Theater, and The River�s Daughter. He has recently co-translated and published Chilean poet Christian Formoso�s book El cementerio m�s hermoso de Chile.

He is a father of three, a grandfather of two, a bicyclist, gardener and viewer of stars. Read More Read Less