#introduction i’m a teacher and poet living in bangkok, thailand. interests include (in decreasing order of current ardor) formal #poetry - especially #petrarchan #sonnets, #JRPGs, #theravada & #zen #buddhism, #prehistory & #history, #sourdough bread, #linguistics, grand #opera, abolishing capital letters, and japanese #ceramics. left the u.s. in 2000 for germany, malaysia, japan, and thailand. poetry ebooks at alexguentherpoetry.wordpress.com.