Tim Staley was born in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1975. He
completed a Poetry MFA from New Mexico State University in 2004. He serves as
publisher of Grandma Moses Press. His first full-length poetry collection, Lost On My Own Street, is forthcoming
from Pski’s Porch Publishing. His newest chapbook, The Most Honest Syllable Is Shhh, is forthcoming from Night Ballet
Press. Journal publications include
Border Senses, Cacti Fur, Canary, Chiron Review, Circumference, and RHINO: The Poetry Forum. His hobbies
include thinking, taquitos, and waiting. Actually, just taquitos. He lives with his wife and daughter in Las
Cruces, New Mexico. Find him online at www.poetstaley.com