  We derive pomeron vertex operators for bosonic strings and superstrings in
the presence of D-branes. We demonstrate how they can be used in order to
compute the Regge behavior of string amplitudes on D-branes and the amplitude
of ultrarelativistic D-brane scattering. After a lightning review of the BCFW
method, we proceed in a classification of the various BCFW shifts possible in a
field/string theory in the presence of defects/D-branes. The BCFW shifts
present several novel features, such as the possibility of performing single
particle momentum shifts, due to the breaking of momentum conservation in the
directions normal to the defect. Using the pomeron vertices we show that
superstring amplitudes on the disc involving both open and closed strings
should obey BCFW recursion relations. As a particular example, we analyze
explicitly the case of 1 -> 1 scattering of level one closed string states off
a D-brane. Finally, we investigate whether the eikonal Regge regime conjecture
holds in the presence of D-branes.
