Edwin Romond
Edwin Romond's most recent book is Home Team: Poems about Baseball (Grayson Books). He has been awarded poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and from both the New Jersey and Pennsylvania State Councils on the Arts. Garrison Keillor has twice featured Romond's poetry on National Public Radio’s The Writer's Almanac, and his poem, "Champion," won the 2013 New Jersey Poetry Prize. Now retired, Edwin Romond was a high school English teacher for 32 years and now works part-time in The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Poetry program. He lives in Wind Gap, PA with his wife, Mary, and their son, Liam.
A lyrical, wise and universal poem that lovingly reminds us of that tender place between holding on and letting go, in the heart of every parent and every child. Continue reading →
