Jacob Stratman's poems have been published in The Lullwater Review, Nebo, Rock&Sling, Plough Quarterly, Eunoia Review, The Penwood Review, The Cave Region Review, The Christian Century, and Wordgathering, among others. He teaches in the English department at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, AR.
The poem is no longer a part of the book I own. I ripped it out, had it framed, and nailed it to the wall right next to the door in our master bedroom.