John-Michael Bloomquist lives in DC with his wife, son, and their needy black cat, Zbigniew Herbert the IX. He is the author of Rocket Celestial (White Stag, 2023). He was an editor of Poems from the Jail Dorm.  He has been published in Heavy Feather Review, The Michigan Quarterly Review, Third Coast, and many others. www.john-michaelpbloomquist.com.