Jack Ridl

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Jack Ridl (born April 10, 1944) is an American poet, and was a professor of English at Hope College. [1]

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Life and career

Ridl's father, Charles "Buzz" Ridl, coached basketball at Westminster College, Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh. Ridl graduated from Westminster College, Pennsylvania with a BA in 1967 and M.Ed., in 1970. He lives in Laketown Township, Michigan, with his wife, Julie. [2] [3] [4]

His work has appeared in LIT, The Georgia Review, FIELD, Poetry, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, Gulf Coast, The Denver Quarterly, Chelsea, Free Lunch, The Journal, Passages North, Dunes Review , [5] and Poetry East. Hope College has named its Visiting Writers Series for him. [6]

The sun rises over the trees behind our
house and the dogs want out. Today

it's supposed to snow again. Tonight
we'll have soup, just the two of us

and talk about our month in Italy,
how we wondered if we could live

in all that light. We'll remember
the last time we danced alone. [5]

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References

  1. "Jack Ridl". www.hope.edu. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013.
  2. "Jack Ridl". Michigan State University Libraries.
  3. Mark Copier (August 9, 2009). "Profile of poet and teacher Jack Ridl". The Grand Rapids Press.
  4. Jon Schultz (Aug 18, 2009). "Prime Time Poet: CBS, ESPN calling as Ridl debuts 'Losing Season'". The Holland Sentinel. Archived from the original on August 22, 2009. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  5. 1 2 Dunes Review. Volume 16 Issue 1. Winter, 2012.
  6. "Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series: About". hope.edu.