About John

John A. D’Arco was born in Chicago, Il. (1944). He grew up on the Near West Side of the city, an enclave for Italian American immigrants. John became a lawyer and a State of Illinois Legislator, ending his career as Assistant Majority Leader of the Illinois State Senate. (1992)
Some of his poems are political in nature and his prior political experience makes the poems more poignant. His goal as a poet and philosopher is to communicate the commonality that binds us and to express precepts that make us think about who we are as a people and as individuals. John moved from Chicago to Florida in 1995 and presently resides in Fort Lauderdale, FL.