John E. Simonds, a retired Honolulu daily newspaper editor, has lived with his family in Hawai'i for nearly 50 years and previously was a reporter for newspapers from Washington, D.C., and other cities. A Bowdoin College graduate and former east coast and midwest resident, he has been writing poems since the 1970s, including four previous collections, Waves from a Time-Zoned Brain (AuthorHouse 2009), Footnotes to the Sun (iUniverse 2015), In a Roundabout Way (Dorrance 2021), and Walking the Sunset Home (Atmosphere 2023). He has been involved in the Hawai'i Literary Arts Council, Friends of the East-West Center, and distance-jogging (now walking) events with the Mid-Pacific Road Runners Club. He and his wife, Kitty, have children and grandchildren in WI. TX and CA, and many nieces, nephews and in-laws in Hawai'i.
