I am happy to announce that another re drum poem, “ARREST,” is now live thanks to The Writing Disorder.
Author: Greg

Visiting with a group of photographers from Lake Washington Institute of Technology.










During a recent visit to poet Charles Potts.

Taken in May 2022.
New publication: SPREAD #75
I am pleased to announce my poem “Old Benches” has a home in the new issue of SPREAD, the monthly poetry zine published by Chris Dusterhoff. For copies and subscriptions, email spankstra@hotmail.com.
New event: View.Point.2
I’m excited to announce an event for the summer solstice: View.Point.2!
New review: Boat People
My second contribution to Exacting Clam is now live.
New review: Kim Vodicka’s Dear Ted
My monthly review in North of Oxford features Kim Vodicka’s Dear Ted.
Last weekend, I had the pleasure to read with fellow Hand to Mouth poet Teri Zipf at Walla Walla’s Grandma’s Kitchen.
Narrative Bio
I’ve been writing and creating across time and space between Maine and Washington for the last two decades. I live on Duwamish and Coast Salish land, and work at Lake Washington Institute of Technology in Kirkland.
From Charles Potts:
Teri Zipf of Walla Walla will be joined by Greg Bem of Issaquah, Washington, in a pubic reading of their poems, both from new books published in Walla Walla by Hand to Mouth Press.
I don’t normally review books of prose, but when I do I go all out.
I am excited to announce I have a new review of Nicole Sarrocco’s Casino Lounge Gospel in Chris Dusterhoff’s SPREAD, a free poetry pamphlet found throughout Seattle.
A rather terrible recording from April 23, 22.
From the Ellensburg area.









