Benjamin Cutler was raised on a riverbank in western North Carolina, where he is now an English and creative-writing teacher at Swain County High School. His poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Cider Press Review, Cold Mountain Review, Longleaf Review, Still: The Journal, and The Carolina Quarterly, among others. His poem in this issue, "To the Turkey Vulture Pacing the Field," will appear in his upcoming collection, The Geese Who Might Be Gods, set for a May 2019 release by Main Street Rag Publishing. When he is not teaching, writing, or playing with his children, Benjamin can be found on the creeks and trails of his mountain home.

Other poems on the web by Benjamin Cutler:
"How Mom Quit Saying Shit"
Two poems
"The Gods Who Might Be Geese"
"And the Leaves, the Flowers"
"The Weight of Spit"

Benjamin Cutler's Website.

Benjamin Cutler on Twitter.

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