David Middleton is Professor Emeritus at Nicholls State Univeristy. His books of verse include The Burning Fields (LSU Press, 1991), As Far as Light Remains (The Cummington Press, 1993), Beyond the Chandeleurs (LSU Press, 1999), The Habitual Peacefulness of Gruchy: Poems After Pictures by Jean-Francois Millet (LSU Press, 2005), The Fiddler of Driskill Hill (LSU Press, 2013), and Outside the Gates of Eden (Measure Press, 2023). Time Will Tell: Collected Poems of David Middleton appears in 2025 from Texas Review Press.