2026 WINNING POEMS (THE LETTER W) AND BIOS

BY RICHARD WARING

Richard Waring’s poems have appeared in Ars Medica, Comstock Review, Dragonfly, Collateral, American Journal of Nursing, and Journal of the American Medical Association. His book What Love Tells Me, was published in 2016 (Word Poetry). His new collection, Small Beauties, was published in May 2026 (Kelsay Books). He hosts the PoemWorks reading series. He was layout artist for New England Journal of Medicine.