Barry Ballard’s sonnets have appeared in The Evansville Review, Blue Mesa, Louisiana Literature, The Florida Review, Smartish Pace, Rosebud, Hollins Critic, and National Forum. His most recently published collections are First Probe to Antarctica (Bright Hill Press Award for 2001) and Plowing to The End of The Road (Finishing Line Press Award for 2002 and nominated for the Pushcart Prize for 2003). He writes from Burleson, TX.