Richard Roe

Richard Roe Praire Fire Poet

“What hit him was a stone
falling from the sky,
or someone’s gun butt,
or the curb he tripped on
that left him unidentified.
He turns corners wondering
if there are locks the keys
in his pocket might fit.”

-Excerpt from “Amnesia”

Ohioan by birth, Richard Roe has lived in Wisconsin since 1966. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and later earned degrees in economics and U.S history.

Currently a research analyst for the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, he has been a milkman, gardener, busboy, night janitor, and teaching assistant. A music lover, he sometimes plays music as he reads his poems.

Other activities include choral singing, lay reading in the Episcopal Church, and the Middleton Good Neighbor Festival. He enjoys biking and hiking, puttering in the garden, and performing with the Prairie Fire Poetry Quartet.

Event

Saturday, October 23, at 2:45 p.m. – Reading and Discussion with the Prairefire Poets, Eau Claire Room, LEPMPL, Eau Claire, WI

Selected Works

  • Bringer of Songs (Fireweed Press)
  • What Will You Find at the Edge of the World? (Fireweed Press)

Web Site

http://www.madpoetry.org/madpoets/roericha.html