Roy J. Beckemeyer is a retired engineer who conducts research on Paleozoic insect fossils and writes scientific papers and poetry. His first poetry book, "Music I Once Could Dance To," was published in 2014 by Coal City Revew and Press, Lawrence, Kansas (http://coalcitypress.com/from-coal-city-... [2]). His second poetry book, "Amanuensis Angel," was published in 2018 by Spartan Press, and his third, "Stage Whispers," by Meadowlark Books (2018).