When Emanuel Xavier, curator of the Bushwick Bohemia Beat Poetry column, announced last month that his monthly feature would be ending with his departure from the area, I felt it important not to allow the writing of Bushwick poets to lose a home here at Bushwick Daily.

Going forward, Chris Nold (that’s me), a longtime neighborhood resident, will be at the helm of a new monthly column, “The Z-Line: Bushwick Poetry,” featuring poems by local Bushwick residents. Poems can be about anything (not exclusive to Bushwick), but contributors must live within the greater Bushwick area or be a native to the neighborhood to be featured.

If you would like to be included in this monthly series, send 3-5 poems (10 pages max) to [email protected] with the subject “The Z-Line Poetry Submission.” Poems should be attached as Word documents, 10 point, Times New Roman font, double spaced and formatted as they should appear on the site if selected. Please include a brief 3-5 sentence bio and your personal relation to Bushwick. If submitting previously published work, please include appropriate publication credits. You’ll only receive an email if your poem is selected for publication.