Joel Ferdon is the author of a full-length collection, The Arsonist's Son, and a chapbook, Elegy for My Father's Bones-- both from Louisiana Literature Press. His poems have appeared in Verse Daily, Asheville Poetry Review, Flyway, The Southern Quarterly, Cold Mountain Review, storySouth, Louisiana Literature, and elsewhere. Joel is the recipient of two Artist Support Grants through the North Carolina Arts Council, has been a contributor at the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Joel is a librarian, teacher, and records professional working and living a simple life in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife, son, and three black labs.

Other poems by Joel Ferdon in Verse Daily:
June 10, 2016:   "To the Belly and Back" "Brothers, he and I nestled under..."

Other poems on the web by Joel Ferdon:
"Her Mouth Filled with Fig Seeds"
"Mind the River Rocks"

Joel Ferdon on Twitter.