Edwin Lent (1934-2013), is the author of two books of poetry: Reflections and The Way Things Are.

 

Born in Toronto, Canada, Ed received his B.A. in journalism from Texas Western College in 1959 and worked as a copy-writer for 25 years with Debruyn-Retting Advertising. He was also a passionate chess-player and lived in El Paso, Texas with his wife Kay.

 

In his work, Ed “journeys past our ordinary world to where there is complete amusement in watching cats at play, serene beauty in a perfect line of chess pieces, and utter absurdity in the existence of cellular phones, as if our very being depended on them.” He reminds us to “call forth the simple passions we hold beneath our pretense, and for a moment. . . to just relax.”