Michael Pettit's books include The Writing Path, American Light, and Cardinal Points, which received the Iowa Poetry Prize. A nonfiction account of ranching in Texas and New Mexico, Riding for the Brand, is forthcoming from the University of Oklahoma Press. A National Endowment for the Arts fellowship winner, he has published work in anthologies and magazines throughout the United States. His teaching career includes positions at the University of Alabama, University of Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke College, and numerous writing conferences. He has founded and directed programs including the Mount Holyoke Writer's Conference and Santa Fe Writers Conference. Born in Lubbock Texas, he grew up in New Orleans and now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

All the poems by Michael Pettit that have appeared on Verse Daily:
July 28, 2006:   "Afternoon Nap" " Imagine. Me, patient. Who was ready..."

Books by Michael Pettit: American Light, Cardinal Points, Riding for the Brand: 150 Years of Cowden Ranching, The Writing Path 1: Poetry and Prose from Writers' Conferences, The Writing Path 2: Poetry and Prose from Writers' Conferences

Other poems on the web by Michael Pettit: "Virginia Evening"

Michael Pettit's Home Page.

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