Ask the scientist up to his knees drumming/
on concrete with his paddle,/
making wild river jazz.
John Lane
John Lane is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Studies at Wofford College and was founding director of the college’s Goodall Environmental Studies Center. He is the author of over a dozen books of poetry and prose. In 2014 he was inducted into the SC Academy of Authors. He, with his wife Betsy Teter, is one of the co-founders of Spartanburg’s Hub City Writers Project.