Lesley Clinton’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Mezzo Cammin, the 2017 Texas Poetry Calendar, the Houston Poetry Fest 2016 Anthology, Sakura Review, Euphony Journal, Frogpond Journal, The Heron’s Nest, Literary Mama, and others. She has an MA in Teaching and is a member of the English Department faculty at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory.