Michael SIMMsMichael Simms is the author of four full-length collections of poetry previously published by Ragged Sky, and he's also published two cycles of speculative novels: The Divine Comedies and The Talon Trilogy. His poems have appeared in Poetry (Chicago), Plume Poetry, Scientific American and Poem-a-Day published by The Academy of American Poets. His poetry has been translated into Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Chinese. Simms is the Founding Editor of Vox Populi, an online forum for poetry, politics and nature, as well as the Founding Editor Emeritus of Autumn House Press. Simms has a long history of activism. From 1990-95, he sat on the Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Planning Commission. In 2011, the Pennsylvania Legislature awarded Simms a Certificate of Recognition for his service to the arts. In 2023, Simms's poem 'No' was displayed in the Washington National Cathedral as part of the Dear Ukraine exhibit. Simms was born and raised in Texas, but since 1987 he's lived with his wife Eva-Maria, a philosopher and psychologist, in the historic neighborhood of Mount Washington overlooking the city of Pittsburgh. Read More Read Less