This blog is authored by Matt Dioguardi.
When I first started to blog poetry, I used various pen names such as Marya Ophir and Tamara Knight. This was a bit of a continuation from an older poetry blog I’d started … these days most poems are by “matt at shadow of iris”.
If you’d like to know a little about me, I’m an American who has lived in Japan for 16 years. I am an English instructor. My hobby is writing. I am eternally working on the great novel — sometimes more, sometimes less.
I’ve been featured on the following (friend’s) blogs:
You can drop me a line at:
matt @ shadowofiris.com
You can also find me on facebook. I am always happy to make new friends. If you are on Facebook, then please don’t forget to follow, Shadow of Iris! 
All comments, criticisms, advice and so on are welcome!
