Afaa Michael Weaver is the author of twelve previous poetry collections, including Timber and Prayer: The Indian Pond Poems; My Father’s Geography; The Plum Flower Dance: Poems 1985 to 2005; and The Government of Nature. He is alumnae professor of English at Simmons College in Boston. Weaver is the recipient of an NEA fellowship, a Pew fellowship, and a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowship. He has been awarded the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, a Pushcart Prize, and a Fulbright scholar appointment, among other honors.

Other poems by Afaa Michael Weaver in Verse Daily:
March 10, 2013:   "To Those Who Would Awaken" "it will happen like this for many of you..."

Books by Afaa Michael Weaver:

Other poems on the web by Afaa Michael Weaver:
"Flux"
Four poems
Seven poems
"Mo's Seafood"
"Leaves"

Afaa Michael Weaver's Website.

Afaa Michael Weaver According to Wikipedia.