Michael Ratcliffe

Michael Ratcliffe is a poet and geographer based on Catoctin Mountain near Emmitsburg, Maryland. His work often draws on landscape, spirituality, and everyday observation. His poems have appeared in Gargoyle, Peacock Journal, Fourth and Sycamore, and Maryland in Poetry. His poetry chapbook, Landscapes and Observations, was published by Fallen Tree Press in 2025, and the press nominated one of his poems for a Pushcart Prize.