last section of the earlier Dandelion Dreams and Other Poems, where he speaks extensively on subjects such as faith and doubt. Rainer Maria Rilke plays a considerable influence on this work, as Steinhardt dissects and searches for the meaning of life. The poem "The Jacob Ladder," is a strong example of Steinhardt's declarative imagery: We are counted once/To climb the rungs/'til limbs give way/(Or sight diminished)/To the extent/We are blind to the heights/We might have gained/Through clouds and sky/On our standing-rung;/When, having properly/Reached a destiny,/(We should have seen)/We step off in faith/(Or jump forward)/In our unfolding—/As a sprinter who springs/And finds his pace/In the gait of a level run—/And the ultimate/Finish-line. Other poems, such as the title poem "Sleeping with Rilke" and "Atlantis Rising," are avant-garde and narrative, reminiscent of Richard Wilbur's earlier description of Steinhardt's poems as being exploratory in nature. In 2011 Steinhardt began to appear in several television segments on KPLR Channel 11 in St. Louis. These included biographical remarks pertaining to several St. Louis authors such as Howard Nemerov and Tennessee Williams. Presently Steinhardt is writing almost exclusively fiction, and divides his time between Florida and St. Louis. Bibliography The Painting Birds (1988) Voices: Poems from the Missouri Heartland (1994) (editor), B.J. Thomas: Back/Forward (1994), Dandelion Dreams and Other Poems (1999) Guardian of Grief: Poems of Giacomo Leopardi (2008) (editor) Standing Pelican: Key West Poems & Stories (2009) Papa's Big Fish: Stories of Youthful Adventure at the Hemingway's in Key West (2010) Letters to Ryan (2010) Sleeping with Rilke: Poems & Prayers (2010) External links Plowhaus Artist's Cooperative, September 29 – October 21, 2007 Shadowland Exhibit, https://web.archive.org/web/20110727180644/http://lists.plowhaus.org/pipermail/plowhaus-patrons_lists.plowhaus.org/2007-September/000014.html, http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-the-pier-at-key-west/, http://www.pw.org/content/edward_steinhardt, https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000624/http://www.versesandvoices.org/pages/poets/poets%20resident.html, http://thesecretofsalt.wordpress.com/3/, http://www.westendword.com/NC/0/1481.html, http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=books&sc3=fiction&id=112290&pf=1 http://www.georgetowneart.com/pages.php?content=news.php&navGallID=News http://www.margaretnewman2011.blogspot.com http://www.margaretstreetbooks.com http://www.missouribooks.org/node/557 http://www.kplr11.com/videobeta/204aa938-352a-4346-8fb7-1f0c3a3176cc/News/April-Is-Poetry-Month http://www.kplr11.com/videobeta/b6b2536d-c158-4e3d-84a0-5e524c154e6b/News/Howard-Nemerov http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/11/03/new-in-november/ References Washington University Arts & Sciences Center for the Humanities, Missouri Center for the Book, "The Tragedy of Bosnia-Hercegovina" The Advertiser-Courier (August 23, 1994) "Anybody Home? The South Lawn Incident" The Advertiser-Courier (September 20, 1994) "Merry Christmas Sarajevo" The Advertiser-Courier (December 14, 1994) B.J. Thomas: Back/Forward (1994), “Dreams Fulfilled,” The Washington Missourian (1999), “Coming to Terms,” St. Louis Public Library (March 2002), “Algebra of Love,” Secret of Salt: An Indigenous Journal (2006), “Hell's Hammers: Tennessee Williams' First Visit to Key West,” Secret of Salt: An Indigenous Journal (Issue 3, 2007), “From Dodwells Road, Friends, Frost and the Love Lost: Richard Wilbur's Recollections of Key West,” Secret of Salt: An Indigenous Journal (Issue 3, 2007) 1961 births