Jack Ridl (born April 10, 1944) is an American poet, and was a professor of English at Hope College.
Ridl graduated from Westminster College, Pennsylvania with a BA in 1967 and M.Ed., in 1970.
He lives in Laketown Township, Michigan, with his wife, Julie.
[2][3][4] His work has appeared in LIT, The Georgia Review, FIELD, Poetry, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, Gulf Coast, The Denver Quarterly, Chelsea, Free Lunch, The Journal, Passages North, Dunes Review,[5] and Poetry East.
Hope College has named its Visiting Writers Series for him.