Richard Osler (65) is an experienced poetry writing facilitator and workshop leader who leads more than one hundred writing retreats and workshops a year in the U.S. and Canada. His poems have been published in the U.S. and Canada. His full-length collection, Hyaena Season, was published by Quattro Books, Toronto in the Fall of 2016. His chapbook, Where the Water Lives, was published by Leaf Press in 2012.  His website, which includes his poetry blog published  about forty times a year, can be seen at recoveringwords.com.