Mark Jodon's poetry is influenced by his Southwestern Pennsylvania roots and his life experiences in Texas. Mark has been a featured and juried poet many times in the Houston Poetry Fest, as well as a juried poet in the Austin International Poetry Festival and guest poet at various poetry reading series. His poems are widely published in poetry journals. He is also the author of a limited edition chapbook, What the Raven Wants (Provision Press). He lives in Houston with his wife who encouraged him to write poetry.