Gerald Yelle hails from Holyoke. He received his MFA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he lives with his wife and sons. He teaches high school English in Greenfield, MA. His poems have appeared in numerous journals in print and online. THE HOLYOKE DIARIES is his first published collection. A second collection, MARK MY WORD AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER, is forthcoming from the Pedestrian Press. Yelle is a member of the Florence (MA) Poets Society.