Patrick Carrington is the poetry editor at Mannequin Envy (www.mannequinenvy.com), and author of Thirst (Codhill, 2007), Rise, Fall and Acceptance (Main Street Rag Press, 2006), and the forthcoming Hard Blessings (Main Street Rag Press, 2008). His poetry will be appearing in The Connecticut Review, Sycamore Review, Tar River Poetry, American Literary Review, Columbia Poetry Review, and other journals.