a native of southern New England, bloodflower has been publishing his singular yet provocative poesy since his teens, leading to publication in The New England Anthology of Poetry. bloodflower is an accomplished composer and multi-instrumentalist and has exhibited his photography with the Sixth Street photography workshop, and his artwork has been displayed in galleries worldwide. In 2016-17 bloodflower created and curated a music spoken word salon at Adobe books, entitled Kassidat, which will enter its third year in 2019. bloodflower likes to consider himself a kind and humane being in an increasingly dehumanizing and corrupt world and is looking forward to the demise of democracy and Christianity in his lifetime.