The VPR Poem of the Week is Roger Pfingston’s “Mountain Fog,” which appeared in the Fall/Winter 2001-2002 issue (Volume III, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.
Roger Pfingston is a retired teacher of English and photography in Bloomington, Indiana. He has two published books, Stoutes Creek Road (Raintree Press) and Something Iridescent: Poems and Stories (Barnwood Press). His poetry has also appeared in many literary journals, including Adirondack Review, Green Hills Literary Lantern, Laurel Review, New Letters, Ontario Review, Snowy Egret, Spoon River Poetry Review, Wisconsin Review, and Yankee Magazine. Roger Pfingston has been the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, two PEN Syndicated Fiction awards, and a Lily Endowment Teacher Creativity fellowship.
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