Edward Harkness is the author of two full-length collections of poems, Saying the Necessary, 2000, and Beautiful Passing Lives, 2010, both from Pleasure Boat Studio press. His poems have appeared in print and online journals, including Crosscurrents, Fine Madness, Great River Review, The Humanist, The Louisville Review, Midwest Quarterly, Mudlark, Raven Chronicles, Split Lip, Switched-On Gutenberg, and The Salt River Review. His chapbook, Ice Children, was runner-up in the Upper Cut Chapbook Contest and is now available from Split Lip Press. He lives with his wife, Linda, in Shoreline, Washington.