Mark Yakich has worked in the European Parliament in Brussels and has degrees in political science, West European studies, and poetry.

Other poems by Mark Yakich in Verse Daily:
January 30, 2005:  "Dear Birds" "Much is made of the size of your heart...."
January 21, 2003:  "The Teller is the Only Survivor of the Fairy-Tale Ending" "On the eve of never departing at least there are no bags..."