Neil Carpathios

{{short description|American poet}}

Neil Carpathios (born 1961 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American poet.,{{cite web|url=http://www.mainstreetrag.com/N_Carpathios.html|title=Playground of Flesh|publisher=Main Street Rag|accessdate=13 September 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119143923/http://www.mainstreetrag.com/N_Carpathios.html|archivedate=19 January 2012}} professor,{{Cite web |url=http://shawnee.edu/off/tlc/publications.html |title=Shawnee State University - Teaching and Learning Center |access-date=2011-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225085637/http://shawnee.edu/off/tlc/publications.html |archive-date=2011-12-25 |url-status=dead }} weekly newspaper columnist,{{cite news|url=http://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/pages/archives|title=Archive |newspaper=Portsmouth Daily Times|accessdate=1 June 2018}} and monthly radio program host. His poetry is known for vivid imagery and rich metaphors. His books include Beyond the Bones,{{cite book | isbn=978-0-578-03310-5 | title=Beyond the Bones | last1=Carpathios | first1=Neil | date=August 2009 | publisher=Futurecycle Press }} At the Axis of Imponderables,{{Cite book |isbn = 978-0-9743070-5-3|title = At the Axis of Imponderables: Poems|last1 = Carpathios|first1 = Neil|year = 2007| publisher=Quercus Review Press }} Playground of Flesh,{{Cite book |isbn = 1-59948-043-3|title = Playground of Flesh: Poems|last1 = Carpathios|first1 = Neil|year = 2006| publisher=Main Street Rag Publishing Company }} In the Womb of Kisses, and I the Father.

He currently teaches English and is the Coordinator of Creative Writing at Shawnee State University.{{cite web|url=http://www.shawnee.edu/|title=Home - Shawnee State University|website=Shawnee.edu|accessdate=1 June 2018}} His poetry column in The Portsmouth Daily Times is called "Let's Talk Poetry," in which he encourages the appreciation of poetry by showcasing work by local poets in the Southern Ohio region, where he now resides.

Carpathios received his B.A. at Ohio State University in 1983 and attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he received a M.F.A. in 1986. He also taught creative writing at Walsh University{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_NJIAAAAIBAJ&pg=1498,1658656&dq=neil-carpathios&hl=en|title=Young Writers' Workshop|date=22 October 2006|work=The Vindicator|accessdate=14 September 2011}}