Appointed Poet Laureate of the State of Maine in 2000, Baron Wormser is the author of six books of poetry. He has more than 30 years' experience teaching poetry and poetry writing. He currently teaches in the Stonecoast MFA Program of the University of Southern Maine and at the Frost Place in Franconia, New Hampshire. He and David Cappella coauthored Teaching the Art of Poetry: The Moves.