David P. Kozinski’s poems have appeared in 40 literary publications, most recently in the Bay to Ocean Journal, which nominated his entry for a Pushcart Prize, New World Writing Quarterly, One Art - A Journal of Poetry, and Loch Raven Review. His two full-length books – “I Hear It the Way I Want It to Be,” which was a finalist for the Inlandia (California) Institute’s Hillary Gravendyke Prize, and “Tripping Over Memorial Day” are both from Kelsay Books. His chapbook, “Loopholes” (Broadkill Press) won the Dogfish Head Poetry Prize. He is poet in residence at Rockwood Park & Museum, near his home in Wilmington, DE, and serves on the boards of the Eastern Shore Writers Association and the Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center in Philadelphia, as well as the editorial board of Philadelphia Stories magazine. He has been a Delaware Division of the Arts poetry fellow and was named Mentor of the Year in 2018 by Expressive Path, a non-profit that fosters arts participation for underserved youth in Montgomery County and Philadelphia, PA. He is Art Editor for Schuylkill Valley Journal.