Aaron Ozment was born in Royal Oak Michigan and currently resides in Kagoshima, Japan where he studies classical Japanese music and poetry. His previous works have been published in the Asahi Shinbun Newspaper, and in The Journal of The International University of Kagoshima. He developed a love of Japanese poetry at an early age, and majored in Japanese Literature as an undergrad. Having researched a great deal of western poetry during his time in graduate school, he was inspired to experiment in classically inspired poems within the western tradition.