Roy Akiyamo
Roy Akiyamo is a native of Bucks County, PA, and he has been writing poetry and stories for over thirty years. He’s been published in River Heron Review, Karla’s 13 New Hope Poets, Apiary Magazine, Bucks County Writers Magazine, New Zealand’s Billstickers Cafe Reader, Bucks County Herald and others. He has studied at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Bucks County Community College. To paraphrase Einstein, he believes that imagination is more important than knowledge. Roy is also a United States Army veteran, and he served as a medic in the Middle East and other places. Roy Word Smith (as he is known among his poetry colleagues) has been a long time facilitator and docent of multiple poetry readings and series, including the New Hope Poets and Writers Group.