R. J. Keeler was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and grew up in the jungles of Colombia. He holds a BS in Mathematics from North Carolina State University, an MS in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, an MBA from the University of California at Los Angeles, and a Certificate in Poetry from the University of Washington. An Honorman in the U.S. Naval Submarine School, he was Submarine Service (SS) qualified. He is a recipient of the Vietnam Service Medal, Honorable Discharge, and a Whiting Foundation Experimental Grant. He is a member of IEEE (technological society), AAAS (scientific society), and the Academy of American Poets. A former Boeing engineer.

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R. J. Keeler
20503 80th Lane SW, Vashon, WA 98070
robert.j.keeler@ieee.org 206.679.7279

My poetry collection "Detonation" was published in 1Q2020. My second collection “The invention of the Snowman” is due out in mid-2020.

Artistic Statement : Does not subscribe to the cattle-prod paradigm of poetry. May tend to melancholy. Humor trumps everything. My submission stands on its own merit, hence no mention of awards or publications.