Russell Buker recently retired from Shead High School where he taught English and Creative Writing. He has also coached for many years: football, baseball, basketball and tennis. Russell has had numerous poems accepted in many publications in the U.S. and in Canada: The Antigonish Review, The Windrow Anthology, The Cape Breton Collection, Pottersfield Press, Goose River Anthology, Portland Press Poetry Section, The Aurorean, Felt Sun, and The Aputamkan Review. Russell has also served on the board of editors and written book reviews for Off the Coast Review. He can be reached at: [email protected]