L. Ward Abel

L. Ward Abel, poet, composer and performer of music, teacher, lawyer, lives in rural Georgia, has been published hundreds of times in print and online, and is the author of Peach Box and Verge (Little Poem Press, 2003), Jonesing For Byzantium (UK Authors Press, 2006), The Heat of Blooming (Pudding House Press, 2008), Torn Sky Bleeding Blue (erbacce-Press, 2010), and the forthcoming American Bruise (Parallel Press, 2012). A short Selected Poetry has just been released through West Virginia College of Law.


  • Virginia by L. Ward Abel

    Virginia by L. Ward Abel

  • Water is shed |  L. Ward Abel

    Water is shed | L. Ward Abel

  • Two Seconds and Sweating by L. Ward Abel

    Two Seconds and Sweating by L. Ward Abel

  • Vane | L. Ward Abel

    Vane | L. Ward Abel