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Josh Nicolaisen taught English for twelve years and is currently an MFA candidate in the low-residency program at Randolph College. He organizes and officiates snowboard and freeski events, coaches snowboarding and whitewater kayaking at Holderness School, and is the owner of Old Man Gardening LLC. Josh lives in New Hampshire with his wife, Sara, and their daughters, Grace and Azalea. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and his poems have appeared in the following journals and anthologies:

"On the Fear of Raising My Hand" published in Concision Poetry Journal Issue 2.3

A review of Maggie Smith's, Goldenrod in Colorado Review

"While Running Errands" published in So It Goes Issue 11 by the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library

"Eviction," "Feeding Chickens on December First," and "After Our Dog Dies, Grace Has Some Questions and Makes Some Plans published in CNP Poetry 2 by Cathexis Northwest Press

"Dear Lavender " and "Ode to the Ash" published in Plant People Volume 2 by Plants and Poetry Journal

A review of William Fargason's, Love Song to the Demon-Possessed Pigs of Gadara in Colorado Review

"A Shooting Star Over Mount Hale During Vernal Equinox " and "Unknown Waters" published in The Poet's Touchstone Volume 64 Number 1 by The Poetry Society of New Hampshire

"Azalea and the Nest" published in Snapdragon: A Journal of Art and Healing Issue 8.1 Spring 2022, Pleasure

"What I Might Have Said" published in The Bangalore Review Volume IX

"One Time When Hal Came Back" published in The Poet's Touchstone Volume 63 Number 2 by The Poetry Society of New Hampshire

"The Beauty of Science" published in Covid Spring II by Hobblebush Books

"Just You and Me" published in Backlash Journal 5 by Backlash Press