Selected Poetry
“Da Vinci Lumbers through the Sistine Chapel”, The Iowa Review
“The Final Days of the Fourth World”, Catamaran Literary Reader
“Gasworks Park”, Plum Ruby Review
“A Circle Made of Corners”, Monterey Bay Poetry Review
“In Freefall”, The Pedestal Magazine
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Poetry bio:
Ryan Masters is a poet from Santa Cruz, CA. He was the inaugural Poet-in-Residence for the City of Pacific Grove, CA from 2002-2004. His work has a appeared in wide range of journals, magazines, and anthologies, including: The Iowa Review, Catamaran Literary Reader, The Portland Review, California Quarterly, Monterey Bay Poetry Review, The Pedestal Magazine, Tule Review, Plum Ruby Review, Porter Gulch Review, ELKE, Cruel Garters, Frisk Magazine, bottle rockets, Absinthe Literary Review, Hilltromper, Monterey Bay Edible, GonzoFest, Whimperbang, Homestead Review, So Luminous the Wildflowers, and more. A chapbook, below the low-water mark, is available from Pudding House Publications. He edited the Anthology of Monterey Bay Poets, (Chatoyant Press) which NEA President Dana Gioia called "terrific...Individual poems demand appreciation—yet the collective success exceeds any one poem's strength." He also co-edited Permafrost from 1997-1999.