The poems of Peter Meinke were written from the 1980's to present day. Most of his poems are on the shorter side, but this does not mean that they do not have great meaning hidden in them. Meinke has published during his career a total of eighteen short story and poem books. Those books have received numerous awards, such as The Piano Tuner, which won the 1986 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Many of his works have appeared in famous magazines, such as The New Yorker and The Atlantic.
Born in 1932 in New York, Peter Meinke is an American author and poet. Since 1966, he has resided in St. Petersburg, Florida with his wife. In the past, he has taught as a professor at Eckerd College for writing. Some of his newer works include: Unheard Music: Stories (2007), The Contracted World: New & More Selected Poems (2006), and Zinc Fingers: Poems A to Z (2000)
