Stephen Dunn is the author of thirteen collections of poetry, including Different Hours (winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize). He lives in Frostburg, Maryland.

Other poems by Stephen Dunn in Verse Daily:
February 11, 2005:  "Cruelties" "When Peter Lorre, Casablanca’s pathetic, good-hearted man..."
October 26, 2004:  "The Waiting" "I waited for you calmly, with infinite patience...."