John Rybicki’s latest book of poems is When All the World is Old (Lookout Books). He is also the author of two previous collections, We Bed Down Into Water and Traveling at High Speeds. His poems have appeared in Poetry, Ploughshares, The American Poetry Review, AGNI, Ecotone, and in The Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize anthologies. He teaches poetry-writing in Detroit high schools through Insideout Literary Arts Project. (updated 10/2017)