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BIOGRAPHY
Robert Eugene Perry is a native of Massachusetts, crafting poetry since the age of twelve. After much seeking and travelling he returned to his home state and discovered what it means to bloom where you are planted.
In 2007 he published his first novel Where the Journey Takes You, a spiritual allegory combining poetry and prose. This was followed by three collections of poetry: The Sacred Dance: Poetry to Nourish the Spirit in 2008, If Only I Were a Mystic, This Would All Come So Easy in 2011, and Surrendering to the Path released by Human Error Publishing in 2020, and Earthsongs a 50 poem/50 sketch collaboration with artist Ferol Anne Smith also released by Human Error Publishing in March 2022.
Perry hosted a poetry group for disabled individuals at the former New England Dream Center in Worcester MA, and has emceed the monthly Open Mic at Booklovers’ Gourmet in Webster MA since May 2017.
He has had several poems published in Worcester Magazine (2021-2023), as well as Poetica Magazine’s Mizmor Anthology (2020), NatureCulture's Honoring Nature collection (2021), National Beat Poetry Foundation Remembering Jack Kerouac on His 100th Birthday (2022), Beat Style Love Poems (2023) and Natural Worlds (2023), Florence Poetry Society's Silkworm 16 (2023), Human Error Publishing's Spoken Word In The Woods (2023), Meat for Tea/The Valley Review's Boba Edition (2024), Anomaly Press Rituals 2024, his poem Primal was a finalist in the 2023 Beals Prize for Poetry, and his poem Heard Street/ Hadwen Park in Winter was a winner in the 2024 Poems in and out of Places sponsored by the Worcester County Poetry Association.
His short story In the Company of Trees was published by WordPeace Journal (2021) and he provided the introduction for Wayne-Daniel Berard's The Lost Final Chapter of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha (2023).
A metaphysical poet, he draws inspiration from nature endeavoring to reveal connections between our higher selves and the natural world. He is a devoted husband and father of two grown boys.
