<p class=ql-align-justify><strong>Timothy Tarkelly </strong>is a teacher debate coach activist and poet from Southeast Kansas. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>He's authored several collections of poetry including <em>Gently In Manner Strongly In Deed: </em></p><p class=ql-align-justify><em>Poems On Eisenhower </em>(2019) <em>On Slip Rigs and Spiritual Growth </em>(2021) <em>Ordering Dumplings </em></p><p class=ql-align-justify><em>With Bitcoin</em> (2022). Most recently he collaborated with the artist Elena Samarsky on a </p><p class=ql-align-justify>collaborative work entitled <em>All Other Forms of Expression </em>from OAC Books.&nbsp;When he's </p><p class=ql-align-justify>not writing and campaigning he's getting skunked at the lake and teaching students who </p><p class=ql-align-justify>are far more talented than he will ever be.</p><p><br></p>