https://williamwardbutler.com/home daily 1.0 2026-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55de4aaee4b04e9d1062d385/1655935335589-AOOYU4Y2M3593QDOM5H2/80892.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55de4aaee4b04e9d1062d385/1fd1af0b-6701-4f61-9630-f4960d319749/SmallerForWebsite.jpg Home - William Ward Butler is the poet laureate of Los Gatos, California. He is the author of the chapbook Life History from Ghost City Press. A finalist for The Arkansas International’s C.D. Wright Prize for Poetry and Terrain.org’s Annual Poetry Contest, his recent poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Bennington Review, Denver Quarterly, Five Points, Hunger Mountain, Switchyard, and other journals. He is the co-creator of Frozen Sea, an online poetry journal publishing exceptional work from early-career poets in a mobile-friendly format. He is also a poetry reader for TriQuarterly, the literary magazine of Northwestern University. Photo by Nicholas Nichols https://williamwardbutler.com/publications daily 0.75 2026-02-12 https://williamwardbutler.com/press daily 0.75 2026-03-15 https://williamwardbutler.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55de4aaee4b04e9d1062d385/165d4169-2053-4a04-8285-20530de53fc8/Screen+Shot+2023-09-08+at+10.18.49+PM.png Contact - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://williamwardbutler.com/high-school-consulting daily 0.75 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55de4aaee4b04e9d1062d385/165f031c-eef2-4860-ae7e-5b0b3d5047ef/WWB_Headshot.jpg High School Consulting I am an 8th grade English teacher at Saint Andrew's Episcopal School in Saratoga, and the current poet laureate of Los Gatos. I have a master’s in education from UC Santa Cruz and have been teaching for over 5 years.