Michael Heffernan's previous titles include The Cry of Oliver Hardy (University of Georgia, 1979; reprint 2007), The Man at Home (University of Arkansas, 1988), Love’s Answer (Iowa Poetry Prize, 1994), The Night Breeze Off the Ocean (Eastern Washington, 2005), The Odor of Sanctity (Salmon, 2008), At the Bureau of Divine Music (Wayne State University Press, 2011). He has taught poetry at the University of Arkansas since 1986. He and his wife, Ann, live in Fayetteville. They have three sons, a daughter, and a grandson.

Other poems by Michael Heffernan in Verse Daily:
May 22, 2011:   "Awake" "I lay down in my bed and went to sleep..."

Books by Michael Heffernan:

Other poems on the web by Michael Heffernan:
"Town Water"
Two poems
Two poem
"The Calm"
"The Table"
"Rage Seated"
"Cattle Seeking Shade"
"Legends of Old Castile"

Michael Heffernan's Website.