Recently written poems in response to the pandemic
Poet and novelist RICHARD HARTEIS is the President of the William Meredith Foundation and directs Poets Choice Publishing House. He served for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Tunisia, worked as a physician assistant in North Africa and Asia and spent a Fulbright year as writerin- residence at the American University in Bulgaria. At the end of that year, he was accorded Bulgarian citizenship by decree of the President and Parliament in 1996. He has written 14 books of prose and poetry and edited and introduced 12 books with publishers here and abroad. In 2019, he received a fifth award for his screenplay, COMES LOVE which is scheduled for production by the Hollywood Dreams Film Festival directors. His work has received honors and awards including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the D.C. Commission on the Arts, the Ford Foundation, Creighton University and the Catholic University of America. After the death of his partner of 36 years, the poet William Meredith, their home, "Riverrun," was added to the Connecticut Registry of Historic Places in 2007. He lives in Connecticut with his Australian cattle dog, Sydney.
