Jimmy Pappas served during the Vietnam War as an English language instructor training South Vietnamese soldiers. He received a BA in English at Bridgewater State University and an MA in English literature from Rivier University. His poems have been published in over 80 journals, including Sheila-Na-Gig, Cha:An Asian Literary Journal, Shot Glass Journal, Off the Coast, and Boston Literary Magazine. The poem "Bobby's Story" was winner of the 2017 Rattle Poetry Prize Readers' Choice Award. Other poems about veterans are included in Jimmy's first book, Scream Wounds, published by A15 Press in 2019. Jimmy is vice president of the Poetry Society of New Hampshire and lives with his wife Barbara in the small town of Chichester, where they enjoy the state's vibrant poetry culture.

Books by Jimmy Pappas:

Other poems on the web by Jimmy Pappas:
"Bobby's Story"
"I Buried You on a Bright Red Tricycle"
"How To Fly Off a Twenty-Story Balcony Without Really Trying"
"Spinoza on the Seine"
Three poems
"The Wake-Up Call"
"What I Brought to Your Grave"
"Coins"
"At My Stepmother's Deathbed, Twice"
"Louisiana Lagniappe"