Missing Poet

Craig Arnold Reads "Asunder"



Craig Arnold Reads "Incubus"

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Craig Arnold (born November 16, 1967) is an American poet. His first book of poems, Shells (1999), was selected by W. S. Merwin for the Yale Series of Younger Poets. In 2005, he was awarded the Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize Fellowship in literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.He teaches poetry at the University of Wyoming.

As of April 30, 2009, Craig Arnold is missing on the small volcanic island of Kuchinoerabujima, Japan. He went for a solo hike to explore an active volcano on the island and never returned to the inn where he was staying. While Japanese law limits government-backed searches to three days, on April 30, 2009, the government agreed to extend the search an additional three days. Arnold was not found, and the search has now been picked up by the international NGO 1st Special Response Group.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Arnold

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From the Associated Press (5/7/09):
Team to look 1 more day for missing poet in Japan

CHEYENNE, Wyo. » A search and rescue team is preparing to look one last day for Craig Arnold, an acclaimed poet with Utah ties who's been missing on a small Japanese island for more than 10 days.

Arnold, an award-winning poet who earned his doctorate at the University of Utah, is a University of Wyoming assistant professor who's been working on a book about volcanoes. The 41-year-old went missing April 26 while hiking on a volcano on the island.

A handful of Japanese are still looking for him, along with four Americans from a nonprofit search-and-rescue organization called 1st Special Response Group. The Americans joined the search this week.

David Kovar with the organization says the team picked up Arnold's trail near a crater at the top of the volcano and followed it to an area with deep ravines.

He says the searchers on Friday -- Japanese time -- will use ropes to get into the rugged terrain.