Ryan Gibbs is an English professor who lives in London, Canada. His over fifty published poems have appeared in Words Gathered (Canada), Last Leaves (United States), Travels & Tribulations (United Kingdom), Short Circuit (France), The Wild Word (Germany), Literature for the People (Malta), and Haiku Pond (Thailand). He also has works of fiction in Winter Enchantment (Australia) and Eyelands 10 (Greece). His children’s poetry has been included in the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness.
“Eden” was inspired in part by reading Milton’s Paradise Lost and in particular the concept of “the five watchful senses,” which I explored to create my own poem on the origin of sin.
