Up from the Ashes — Back and Better than Ever!

Thanks to a pretty vicious attack from spambots (imagine the digital equivalent of brain tumors), currently I’m in the process of rebuilding the BGP website. Going through the damage done to the previous CMS’ database was like editing footage from the L.A...

A Word About Poetry (observations on publishing poetry books)

NOTE: The following thread is comprised of bulleted highlights from answering questions about publishing poetry books (real trade paperback or hardcover poetry books, not the saddle-stitch chapbooks you get at Kinko’s or OfficeMax). I didn’t bother quoting...

What was the motivating factor that caused you to begin to write?

> What was/is the motivating factor that caused you to begin to write? (from a question originally posted on BWRC Collective) There were three main factors that caused me to start writing seriously as a form of expression: At the age of 7, I discovered a love for Art...

Air-Raid Kids

“Air-Raid Kids” At my desk staring out of a top floor window, I watched bombers pimpin’ like Cadillacs on the ave, cruisin’ through a late fall afternoon between screamin’ fighter jets spiralin’ angry gang signs in precision war...