True human emotions inspire me to devote words that leave a lasting impression. At the age of fourteen I discovered the power poetry possessed my existence. Since then I have been writing and publishing on a steady basis. One of my ventures is POESY Magazine. A journal dedicated to linking the east and west coast poetry cultures. After I realized I had spent my whole life in New England, I left for Santa Cruz, California in the winter of 1999 after I felt the creative vibrations immersing from the community. I have admired the efforts Lawrence Ferlinghetti (another east coaster) has put forth and the risk he has taken in name of the word. Other poetic influences include: Jim Carrol, Gerald Stern, John Ashberry, Bukowski, Frank O'Hara, Lou Reed and many of the small press writers I come into contact with each day. I admire A.D. Winans who published Second Coming Magazine and Press for over 17 years and continues a welcoming presence in the small press with his poetry. RD Armstrong continues to be the hardest working Editor in the small press with his Lummox Journal.

Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in Communications Studies from Colby-Sawyer College, Qualified to be a Member of the Council for Literary Magazines and Presses. Poesy is archived at the University at Buffalo Library, Buffalo, NY and the University of Wisconsin-Madison