Frank Higgins is a playwright and poet. His plays Black Pearl Sings!, The Sweet By'n'By and Gunplay: A Play About America, which had scenes read on Capitol Hill, have been produced around the country. His plays for young audiences include The Country of the Blind, an adaptation of the story by H.G. Wells. As a poet he has published the books Starting From Ellis Island and Ameri- can Haiku and Eating Blow sh. He taught for many years in the Young Audiences' program Artists-in-the-Schools in Missouri and Kansas. He teaches playwriting at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and is a member of the Dramatists Guild, and the Haiku Society of America.