Daniel von der Embse was born and raised in Mansfield, Ohio, and graduated from Ashland University with a B.A. degree in Theatre. He began writing poetry after a four-decade career as a copywriter for advertising agencies in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City. His poems appear in The Missing Slate, Penny Ante Feud, Across The Margin, Harpoon Review, Decanto, Poetry Pacific, and Poetry Quarterly.

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