A Soul Addresses Her Beloved in the Non-Green Zone
Chard deNiord is the author of three poetry collections, Night Mowing (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005), Sharp Golden Thorn (Marsh Hawk Press, 2003), and Asleep in the Fire (University of Alabama Press, 1990). His work was also published in The Pushcart Book of Poetry (Pushcart Press, 2006). His poems and essays have recently appeared in the New England Review, Literary Imagination,Salmagundi, The American Poetry Review, and The Hudson Review. He is an associate professor of English and creative writing at Providence College in Rhode Island and is a cofounder of the New England College MFA Program in Poetry. 
Photo by Liz deNiord