R.D. Leack is a professor of English at Cal Poly Pomona who has authored several collections of poetry, including Faces in the Mirror (2008) and Remember the Planes (2010). He has been published in journals such as Pif, RipRap, Contemporary World Literature, and A Few Lines, as well as in Pomona Valley Review, which he now edits. He lives a quiet life with his wife in Los Angeles seeking Thoreauvian tranquility and harmony with words.