Roger Fanning (born 1962 Millington, Tennessee) is an American poet. He teaches in the low-residency Warren Wilson MFA program out of Goddard College. He lives in Seattle with his wife and son. His work is noted for its ironic sincerity and exaltation of the mundane. Goddard College is a private, liberal arts college located in Plainfield, Vermont, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Goddard College currently operates on an intensive low-residency model. Goddard is nationally and internationally recognized for its leadership in educational innovation, its deep commitment to the ideal of democracy and for its active efforts to live consciously as stewards of the earth.