Howard W. Robertson is a poet and fiction writer who lives in Eugene, Oregon. He has published 10 poetry books: Hope Speaks (2016), Odes to the Ki of the Universe (2013), Ode to Certain Interstates (2013), The Green Force of Spring (2013), The Gaian Odes (2009), The Bricolage of Kotegaeshi (2007), to the fierce guard in the Assyrian Saloon (1987), et al.; and 3 fiction books: Love in the Cretaceous (2017), Hyperzotica (2015), Peculiar Pioneer (2013). His work has appeared in many journals, most recently Aesthetica, Ashvamegh, Setting Forth, Yellow Medicine Review, Snow Monkey. His poetry has been anthologized in Moments before Midnight (2018), Watching the Perseids (2017), Literal Latté: The Anthology (2008), Where We Live Now (2008); Jack Straw Writers Anthology (2007); The Clear Cut Future (2003); Emily Dickinson Awards Anthology (2002); and Ahsahta Anthology: Poetry of the American West (1996).