Karl Elder is Lakeland University's Fessler Professor of Creative Writing and Poet in Residence. Among his honors are the Christopher Latham Sholes Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers; a Pushcart Prize; the Chad Walsh, Lorine Niedecker, and Lucien Stryk Awards; and two appearances in The Best American Poetry. His most recent books of poems are Gilgamesh at the Bellagio from The National Poetry Review Award Book Series and a chapbook, The Houdini Monologues. Elder's novel, Earth as It Is in Heaven, appeared in 2016 from Pebblebrook Press.

Other poems by Karl Elder in Verse Daily:
March 26, 2008:   "Agnostic Radio" "Agnostic Radio. Maybe there could..."
July 20, 2005:   "Making History" and "A Disappearing Act" "Zero gravity or depravity..."

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