Robert Estes, who lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, got his PhD in Physics at UC Berkeley and had some interesting times using physics, notably on a couple of US-Italian Space Shuttle missions. His poems have been published by Cola Literary Review, The Moth, Gargoyle, Slant: A Journal of Poetry, Tipton Poetry Journal, Blue Unicorn, Masque & Spectacle, Constellations, Alba: A Journal of Short Poetry, and the anthology Moving Images: Poetry Inspired by Cinema, among others.