Wayne Miller

Wayne Miller is the author of six poetry collections, including We the Jury (Milkweed, 2021) and The End of Childhood, which is forthcoming in March 2025. His awards include the UNT Rilke Prize, two Colorado Book Awards, a Pushcart Prize, an NEA Translation Fellowship, six individual awards from the Poetry Society of America, and a Fulbright to Northern Ireland. He teaches at the University of Colorado Denver, co-directs the Unsung Masters Series, and edits Copper Nickel.

  • On History

    His father’s boss was a Millerite—
  • Stages on a Journey Westward

    All the mapmakers in history
  • EVERY MAP IS AN ISLAND

    I turned away from the paper
  • The Mind Sliding

    around inside the scene: