Carl Nelson

Carl Nelson has recently finished his book, "The Poet’s (40 Pound) Weight Loss Plan", comprised of instructional prose and poetry. Using his method, he is currently walking around forty pounds lighter with normal fasting blood glucose levels and not snoring. He is currently assembling a second volume of Self-Help Poetry: "The Poet's (30 year) Marriage Plan". He lives in Belpre, Ohio where he considers existence while walking his ginger dachshund, Tater Tot. He travels upriver, every second Wednesday of the month, to Marietta, Ohio where he runs the Serenity Poetry Series. His plays were all produced in Seattle, where he worked in the theater scene for fifteen years. His poems have been nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize. And he has had poems and essays published in numerous journals, such as: The Lake, the New English Review, Poetry Salzburg Review, Orbis, Atlanta Review, Mind in Motion, Paper Salad, The Iconoclast, Art Word Quarterly.