BERNARD HICKS, also known as Bsolid the Poet, is Bronx born and proudly Harlem-reared. He likes to think of poetry as a gift of humanity, the soul of our nature, and the language of the arts.
VIRGINIA WALKER has been a finalist for Suffolk County Poet Laureate. Her poetry has been published in Long Island Quarterly, South Fork Naturalist, The Nassau Review, Pegasus, Minetta Review, and various anthologies.