Michael CervasA life-long reader and long-time high school English teacher, Michael Cervas has always been at home in the world of books and ideas. Although he only began writing poems in his forties, he has discovered that the surest way to seek the dawn is to opn every door. Accordingly, he tries hard to open those doors to produce his own work and to inspire his students, too, so that they can see the world through the eyes of poets and the lens of poetry. In addition to teaching language and literature, Michael curates the Westminster Poetry Series (which began in 1999) and the Fridays at Westminster Series of Readings (which began in 2008), both of which bring contemporary writers and their works into the lives of his students. As correlative pleasures to reading and writing poetry, Michael enjoys music (he plays keyboards in an eclectic band), sports (he plays squash as often as possible), and nature (he oversees the community garden at Westminster). He and his wife Deborah live in the Farmington Valley where they both continue to work part-time as educators and full-time as grandparents. Read More Read Less