Biographical note

Robert Elzy Cogswell retired from his position as Director of the Booher Library at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest at the end of 2006, after 27 years among people working toward the priesthood. Before retirement though, he felt himself called to write poetry, and now he does it every day. He was a Poet of the Week on the Poetry Super Highway in February, 2007. He has poems recently published or forthcoming in Consciousness, Literature and the Arts, Passager, Lilliput Review, Farfelu, Beacons, Nimble Spirit, and elsewhere. His online poetry is accessible by Googling “Elzy Cogswell.” Rob is a communicant at St. Mark’s in Austin. Earlier in life he was a panhandler in Manhattan.

[The Covenant Journal, Number 26, September 2007 All poetry in this issue is by Robert Cogswell.]