Author Description

The poems provide an ample proof that the poet is full of powerful imagination and profound feelings. The style in all these poems is quite simple devoid of any artificial vocabulary. BIO Alex O. Bleecker is a teacher & poet originally from New Jersey. After receiving his BA from Wesleyan University, he taught in New York City for ten years before traveling in Asia and moving to Seattle, where he received his MFA in Creative Writing. A founding member of the Seattle-based RE DRUM poetry collective and co-founder of the Breadline performance series, his work has appeared in various print and online journals. His chapbook Found in a Cord was published in 2005. This is his first full-length collection of poems. He currently lives & teaches in Taiwan.