Peter Weltner

Peter Weltner

Peter Weltner

Peter Weltner is a prolific author and poet with an impressive bibliography. His work has appeared in multitudes of anthologies, magazines, and journals, and he has collaborated several times with artist Galen Garwood. He is a graduate of Hamilton College and Indiana University, and he taught for thirty-seven years at San Francisco State University. He lives with his husband Atticus in San Francisco.

Cover for THE OUTERLANDS by Peter Weltner. An abstract painting, with large, sweeping brushtrokes in the foreground, depict a horizon.

The Outerlands – Peter Weltner – 2012

Cover for TO THE FINAL CINDER by Peter Weltner. An abstract mix of line art and painting. A figure amongst a possible word stands beside an arched door.

To the Final Cinder – Peter Weltner – 2013

Cover for STONE ALTARS by Peter Weltner. A lone statue, or perhaps even a person locked in the stillness of meditation, is surrounded by water which reflects only this figure. A ring of stone keeps this calm water from spilling out into the surrounding hazy clouds.

Stone Altars – Peter Weltner – 2015

Cover for THE RETURN OF WHAT'S BEEN LOST, Stories and Poems by Peter Weltner. A lone, rail-thin and shadowed nude figure stands centered before an abysmal darkness.

The Return of What’s Been Lost – Peter Weltner – 2016

The horizon of a sea stretches out before us. Below the image reads: The Light of the Sun Become Sea, Peter Weltner

The Light of the Sun Become Sea – Peter Weltner – 2017

Vespers on Point Reyes – Peter Weltner – 2019

In the Half Light, Poems by Peter Weltner

In the Half Light – Peter Weltner – 2020