Gregg Rowe, (non de plume for Dale Gregory Rowe), was born in Dawson Creek, British Columbia (Canada) on March 12th, 1960.  He has hitch-hiked across Canada, stopping along in cities and towns to seek employment to earn his way and now resides in St-Agathe-des-Monts Nord, Québec (Canada, for tax purposes.

In his twenties he studied Fine Arts at Vanier College in Ville St-Laurent, Québec.  He is now a Professional Student at Concordia University in Montréal, Québec, enrolled in a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and English Literature Program.  At the speed of his studies he will graduate when he is 77 years old.

Gregg started writing poetry at the age of ten, dabbling in journalism at the age of sixteen and a published poet and journalist by the time he graduated from high school at the age of eighteen.  His journalism experience came in handy when he was appointed "Special Reporter" for The Link, Concordia`s University student newspaper in 1995.

That same year his first short 15-minute play. "Two Good-byes" was produced an performed at the Stornaway Gallery in Montréal starring Géraldine Doucet (Snapshot Productions) and Tony Calebretta (Plateau Productions) and directed by Terry Donald (Centeur Theatre).

In 2004 and 2005, Gregg was appointed Writer-in-Residence at Trinity College in Hartford. Connecticut (USA)

Gregg saw his writing career start to take off.  His work has appeared in "Tracy Dion Cooper", (2012) a anagram for Concordia University and a class anthology; and in "101 Lentos", (2013) an anthology devoted to the poetry form called "The Lento"

In 2013 and 2014, Gregg published his two books of poetry "Poems for Mother" (2013) and "Angels in Disguise Series" (2014)  He is currently working on his third book of poetry "Flight of an Exocet" coming out in August 2015.

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(5 replies, posted in Free Verse Poets)

"Rhythm underlies everything."

Rhythm is what gives you your meter and beat in the poem.
The lines can be long or short
If you line change at the wrong moment in the poem the reader loses the beat and Rhythm
Therefore you lose them
That is why Rhythm unlies everything.

Gregg Rowe

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(12 replies, posted in Literary Fiction)

Once you have grasped the rules, as a writer, it is your job to find a way to break them and pave new roads on the writing path,

Hi and Bonjour
I joined this site two days ago.
(1) What type of writing (romance, horror, science fiction, etc.) do you like to do?
Presently I am a published author of two poetry books and working on my third for publication this spring.  I have also a poem included in an international anthology of Lentos; all these can be viewed in my bookshelves.
Though my published works are poetry and my writings presently are essays for University courses,  I am starting to look at writing short stories, a novel (the first draft is written), and a memoir (recording historical research notes now).
Most of my past writings over the last thirty years are political articles on social issues affecting women and abused children and a community advocate for HIV/AIDS prevention.
(2) When did you start writing?
I started writing forty-one years ago at the age of fourteen:  by the time I graduated from high school I had a bit of published journalism and published poetry under my belt to enter the world of independence from my folks.
(3) Who are a couple of your favorite authors?
Tennessee Williams, Joseph Conrad, Edgar Allen Poe, Oscar Wilde, Stephen King, Margaret Laurence, Margaret Atwood
(4) What's a fun or quirky fact about you?
Not fun nor quirky but a fact:  I was diagnosed with HIV in 1987...which means half my life I have lived with a chronic illness.