PW Covington writes in the Beat tradition of the North American highway.

     Born in the High Desert, near the end of Historic Route 66, PW is a 100% Service-Connected Disabled Veteran. Between time spent wandering and exploring, time spent incarcerated in County Jails and State Prisons, along his wayward path from Pensacola to Puget Sound, he has found work as a deckhand on oilfield supply vessels, as airline ground crew, and as a retail store-detective. He has worked day labor construction in the Las Vegas housing boom and has volunteered at the Standing Rock protests. Covington has worked as a mental health peer facilitator and General manager of a franchised pizza restaurant.
     Covington has been invited to share his work from Woodstock, New York to the Havana International Poetry Festival in Cuba. He has captivated and engaged audiences from the headwaters of the Rio Grande River in Colorado to Brownsville, in the Rio Grande Valley of Deep South Texas.
     Originally assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base, in Albuquerque, in uniform during the early 1990’s, PW has lived in the International District of New Mexico’s largest city, full time, since 2017.
     Covington has been invited to share poetry with local Grateful Dead tribute bands, during public performances, and often works on locally produced television and film projects such as Better Call Saul and The Cleaning Lady.
     His latest collection of poetry, is malepoet., published in 2021, by woman owned, woman run, Gnashing Teeth Publishing.