Tohm Bakelas is a social worker in a psychiatric hospital. He was born in New Jersey, resides there, and will die there. His poems have been printed widely in journals, zines, and online publications all over the world. He is a recipient of the 2023 Northwind Writing Award (Raw Earth Ink). He is the author of twenty-seven chapbooks and several collections of poetry, including “Cleaning the Gutters of Hell (Zeitgeist Press, 2023) and “The Ants Crawl in Circles” (Bone Machine, Inc., 2024). He runs Between Shadows Press. Write: Tohm Bakkelas PO Box 394 Denville, NJ 07834 Instagram: @flexyourhead & @betweenshadowspress