Robert Okaji holds a BA in history, served without distinction in the U.S. Navy, and no longer owns a bookstore. HIs chapbook, Buddha's Not Talking, won the 35th Annual Slipstream Poetry Chapbook competition. Recent poems have appeared in Threepenny Review, Vox Populi, Evergreen Review and The Night Heron Barks. He lives in Indianapolis with his wife, stepson and cat.

Books by Robert Okaji:

Other poems on the web by Robert Okaji:
"What We Say When We Say Nothing"
Two poems
Three poems
"We Do What We Must"
Three poems
"While Walking My Dog's Ghost"
"Driving without Radio"
Three poems
Two poems
Three poems
Three poems
"How to Write a Poem"
"Clandestine"
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"Bone Music"
"Scarecrow Dreams"
Three poems
"Yellow, Lost"
"Koan of Shivers"
Five poems
"In That Pause"
"When to Say Goodbye"
Two poems

Robert Okaji's Website.

Robert Okaji on Twitter.

About Buddha's Not Talking:

"Robert writes about the everyday with an intimate eye, a deep understanding, and detailed imagery. He elevates the simple pleasures and the difficult moments of life equally, taking the reader's hand and setting off on a journey of introspection and mindfulness. His poetry reminds us there is enlightenment to be gleaned in the terrible and the beautiful."
—Charlotte Hamrick

"In an era of ego and agenda-based poetry, Robert Okaji ties us to the moment, the gesture, and the event. What few may understand is how important his commitment is to the truth. Okaji measures speed, spit, and distance, always taking the velocity of time into account before launching an image or forecast. And he never misses the target."
—Robert L. Penick