Damian Ward Hey has published poems, most recently, in The RavensPerch, The Literary Parrot, e·ratio, Neologism, Jerry Jazz Musician; and Rat’s Ass Review.  He has also published with Heroin Love Songs; Cajun Mutt Press; Voices from the Fire; Black Flowers; Madness Muse Press; Formidable Woman Sanctuary; The Rye Whiskey Review; and They’re Conspiring against the Alien Buddha.  His poems appear in three anthologies: Birth - Lifespan Vol. 1. (Pure Slush); Poets with Masks On (Melanie Simms, ed.); and easing the edges: a collection of everyday miracles (d. ellis phelps, ed.).  Hey has a BA in English from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Stony Brook University.  For the past 25 years, he has been a professor of English on Long Island and is the founding editor of Stone Poetry Quarterly. stonepoetryjournal.com.