Ann Kelly Cox About me Normal, Illinois By this poet Lesson PlanEkphrasis: Using Art to Inspire Poetry John Milton In an act of striking tenacity, the English poet John Milton (1608-1674) wrote his epic masterpiece Paradise Lost after he had gone blind,… Tomaž Šalamun Slovenian poet Tomaž Šalamun (1941–2014) was one of Europe’s most prominent poets of his generation and was a leader of the Eastern European avant… Ruth Roach Pierson Ruth Roach Pierson is a poet who lives in Toronto. She has published four collections of vivid, thought-provoking poetry, including Aide-Mémoire, a…