John Vincent Palozzi was born in Rochester, New York in 1948. A graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, with a B.A. in Psychology, he moved to Lake Worth, FL., in 1972 where he still lives. He has been writing poetry since 13 years old, was the President of Poets of the Palm Beaches from 1989 to 2006, and currently serves as Vice President. He has conducted readings, workshops and creative poetry writing classes from 1990 to the present. He has won various prizes and has been printed in various anthologies. He has published several books, which can be found on the internet.