Jeffrey Thomson is the author of four books of poems, including Birdwatching in Wartime (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2009). He has also published an anthology of emerging poets: From the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems that Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great (Persea, 2009). His website is www. jeffreythomson.com.