Dicko King was born at the old Carney Hospital in South Boston, and raised in St. Margaret's parish in Dorchester during the last of the grand and mythical eras presided over by tribes of feral children--when adventures could be had beyond the watchful eyes of a mother or father, and despite strictures and wounds inflicted by priest or nun. Dicko's poems have appeared out of nowhere, some of them published in Prime Number, Cactus Heart, Portland Review, and Straylight. He is a finalist for The Louise Bogan Award.