About the author
Allen Itz is a second-life poet originally from South Texas, but moving slowly over the years from a small town on the border to San Antonio and the Texas hill country. He began as a writer in the late 1960's, published a few poems, then quit writing for nearly 30 years. He returned to poetry when he retired for the first time twelve years ago and has since published numerous poems in various on-line and print literary journals. He has one print book, "Seven Beats a Second," published in 2005 and one EBook, "Pushing Clouds Against the Wind" in early in 2011. He maintains a website, www.7beats.com, which includes more information on his work, as well as a link to “Here and Now,” his weekly poetry and arts blog.