Linda Cooper is a recent graduate from Eastern Washington University's Creative Writing MFA Program. She spends summers as a Park Ranger in North Cascades National Park. Cooper also enjoys watching wildlife (even bugs) and reading about them in field guides. She thinks "Ponderous Borer" is a super cool name for a beetle.

Other poems by Linda Cooper in Verse Daily:
August 10, 2005:   "Vessel "A body holds a tiny..."

About Redactions:
Poets in this issue: Laura Solomon, Polly Buckingham, Leslie Wortman, Erika Meitner, Cory McClellan, Jason Fraley, John Whalen, Daneen Bergland, Walter Bargen, J.P. Dancing Bear, Eric Flato, Christine Potter, Paul Dickey, Gary Young, Linda Cooper, Greg Glazner, Jeffrey Encke, Susan Denning, Michael Robbins, Lary Kleeman, Rob Carney, Corey Green, Christopher Citro, William Heyen, John Isles