Gibbons Ruark

Gibbons Ruark (born 1941) is a contemporary American poet. Known for his deeply personal often elegiac lyrics about his native North Carolina and beloved Ireland, Ruark has had poetry in such publications as ''The New Yorker'', ''The New Republic'', and ''Poetry''. His collections include ''Rescue the Perishing'', ''Small Rain'', ''Keeping Company'', ''Reeds'', ''A Program for Survival'', ''Passing Through Customs: New and Selected Poems'', ''Staying Blue'', and, most recently, ''The Road to Ballyvaughan.'' He has won numerous awards including three Poetry Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, residencies at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland and a Pushcart Prize. Provided by Wikipedia