Aaron Anstett has received the Nebraska Book Award, the Backwaters Press Prize, and the Balcones Poetry Prize, among other honors, and has served as a regional poet laureate, instituting a continuing project that places the work of local writers in waiting areas. He works as a technical writer and editor and lives in Colorado with his wife, Lesley.

Other poems by Aaron Anstett in Verse Daily:
January 22, 2020:   "Report Made in Error" "That year the world handbasketed to hell..."
November 30, 2017:   "Last Will" "What will the children say if I say I fear..."
May 24, 2016:   "Big Statement" "Then the air looks wavy..."
March 21, 2015:   "Atoms in Their Orbits" "The particulars of remembering, spray..."
September 3, 2007:   "Starts Out a Mouse" " gnaws the wiring, the drunk inside him..."
August 21, 2005:   "History "No one in this world remembers making love in 1648..."

Books by Aaron Anstett:

Other poems on the web by Aaron Anstett:
Four poems
"Self-Portrait with Spoiler Alerts"
Two poems
Four poems
"Free Beer Tomorrow"

Aaron Anstett's Website.