Roger Cowin (1964) was born in New Castle, Indiana. He has been working with the mentally ill for the past twenty-five years. He began writing poetry and short stories in high school before deciding to concentrate on poetry. His poetry is inspired by the wide expanses of the Mid-west and the inner landscape of its inhabitants. Balancing between the absurd and the rational, Cowin attempts to make sense of the complexities of our modern world. Equal amounts satire, anger and wry humor, Roger Cowin’s poetry is both thought provoking and accessible to the general reader.