Jerome Gagnon is the author of the collections Refuge for Cranes: Praise Poems from the Anthropocene and Rumors of Wisdom, and a chapbook, Spell of the Ordinary. Focusing on contemplative and environmental themes, his poetry has appeared recently in Poet Lore, Humana Obscura, Spiritus, Canary, and Modern Haiku, among other publications. Awards include the Robert Frost Foundation Poetry Award, the Louis Award, and the TallGrass Writer’s Guild Anthology Prize. A former teacher and tutor, and an alumnus of San Francisco State University, he lives in Northern California.