Paul Shepard, Neighbor

I grew up in Cazenovia, NY and moved to Jamaica Plain about two years ago.  It&#39;s here that my parents met and here that I was conceived -- so I feel a bit like a fish swimming upstream to spawn.<br>Boston is the most ancient city I&#39;ve ever been to, and I&#39;m fascinated by its history and its unique culture. 

I am primarily a poet, and my work has appeared in Lux, The Bard Papers, and A Light in April.  My essays have appeared in The Moderator and BJSS (Bard Journal of Social Sciences).  Patch.com has afforded me my first experiences in journalism, for which I am very grateful.  The line between creative writing and reportage is far blurrier than I once thought -- as Ezra Pound said, &#34;Poetry is news that STAYS news!&#34; 

Politically, I am neither Democrat nor Republican.  I am interested in ideological fringes (I think that the Tea Party has a lot of potential); I voted for Obama and have trouble approaching politics realistically.  When I&#39;m not writing, I&#39;m most likely playing guitar, singing drawing, researching things of personal interest, eating, drinking, or asleep.