Robert Edward Miss, born in Frederick, Maryland, USA, has pursued a career in media and the arts.  But his consistent life’s passion has been poetry and storytelling. His 2015 first volume of poetry, Fever Dreams: A Selection of Poetry is available on Amazon Kindle. Robert’s second collection, Prospero’s Glove, was published in 2021 by the independent literary press Kelsay Books. Rob’s poetry has appeared in The Ravens Perch, Crosswinds Poetry Journal, Austin International Poetry Festival, Spirit of Woman in the Moon, Writing the Walls of the Hudson Valley MOCA, The Lamp, and America.  He received recognition from the 1985 Arvon Foundation Poetry Competition, judged by Ted Hughes.  Robert earned an AB degree from Fordham University in classic literature and philosophy and an MA from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Media.  In his 15 years as senior staff and producer at the UNC-TV Network, Rob created the long-running North Carolina People, produced plays for the network as well as dance and other arts programming.  Among his arts experiences, Rob produced a new production of the Nutcracker at the Weinberg Center for the Arts in Maryland.. He served as a 2023 Writer-in-Residence for the Carl Sandburg Home, National Historic Site, Flat Rock, NC. As a boy, Rob fished on the Monocacy and Potomac rivers and roamed the Appalachian Mountains. Those early experiences are reflected in many of his poems. Rob is an advocate for neurodiverse artists. Rob points out that “All my poems are true. They spring from the recollections and the emotions of direct experiences.”