Alan Perry is a poet and editor whose debut chapbook, Clerk of the Dead, was a finalist in the Cathy Smith Bowers Poetry Competition, and was published by Main Street Rag Press (2020). His poems have appeared in Tahoma Literary Review, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Third Wednesday, San Pedro River Review, ONE ART, Gyroscope Review, and elsewhere. He is a founder and Co-Managing Editor of RockPaperPoem, was a Senior Poetry Editor for Typehouse Magazine, and is a Best of the Net nominee. His second chapbook, The Heart of It, will be published by Kelsay Books in 2025. More at: https://AlanPerryPoetry.com [2].