Timothy Ogene was born and raised in Nigeria. His poems have appeared in Poetry Quarterly, Contemporary Literary Review India, Underground Voices, How Matter’s Friday Poetry Pulse, Haggard & Halloo, 2010 Arvon International Poetry Competition Anthology, Writing Raw, Snake Skin, Deathly Romantic Magazine, Ovi Magazine, The Daily Observer and are forthcoming in The Earth Charter Global Oneness Book Project, The Poetic Bliss: An Anthology and other publications. He recently moved to Wimberley, Texas, after living in Robertsport, Liberia for almost two years.