John Burroughs, U.S. Beat Poet Laureate 2022-2023

09/26/2022

If you can't attend in person in Cincinnati, this event will also be broadcast on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kc-mrqDosH9M4tyF86ptizLG5maImTQ5h. :)

One week away & one day away! Join us next Tuesday at Sitwell's Coffee House for our featured poet, John Burroughs, U.S. Beat Poet Laureate 2022-2023! Bring a poem to share during the open mic!

If you're out of town, you can listen in via Zoom. Here's the registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kc-mrqDosH9M4tyF86ptizLG5maImTQ5h

09/19/2022

Very much looking forward to returning to the Queen City, Cincinnati, to read for Poetry Night at Sitwell's on October 4th. So many good poets in that area!

09/11/2022

Thank you again, Portsmouth, New Hampshire! Our two days in your fair city were wondrous, the Wednesday reading was excellent through and through and I totally neglected to take photos, but I'm so grateful Jessica Purdy captured and shared this one.

Immense gratitude to the Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program and all my friends and the new folks I met and heard.

Special shouts out as well to Erine Leigh, Maggie Dietz, Mike Nelson, Diannely Antigua, Claire Conroy, Bruce Pingree, S Stephanie, Shelley Chernin, Joanie Sullivan, Myles Burr and Thom Dough, the Press Room and Portsmouth Book and Bar [I'm sure I'm missing someone (sorry!)] for making the time sparkle and shine.

09/07/2022

Thrilled to be back in Portsmouth, reading tonight with Maggie Dietz at The Hoot Poetry Reading hosted by Poet Laureate Diannely Antigua and the Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program.

08/27/2022

National Beat Poetry Festival and more in September!

So much to look forward to!

The blog home of nationally touring author and Ohio Beat Poet Laureate John Burroughs, whose latest book is Rattle & Numb: Selected and New Poems.

08/05/2022

2022 Blues and Jazz Festival program.pdf

So looking forward to performing alongside several stellar poets this Saturday as part of 100 Thousand Poets for Change at the 30th Annual Erie's Blues & Jazz Festival!

08/02/2022

Congratulations to all the Poet Laureate Fellows, especially Cleveland's own Raymond McNiece! Thanks for the work you do.

We're pleased to announce the 2022 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellows, 22 individuals who have been named poets laureate of states, cities, and counties across the U.S. and who will lead civic poetry programs in their communities. They will each receive $50,000 for a combined total of $1.1 million: https://poets.org/announcing-2022-poet-laureate-fellows

08/02/2022

Thank you, Yalie! It was wonderful to see and hear you there. I love the poems you shared, especially "Mother's Rules." On our way out of town yesterday we stopped at Downbound Books and each picked up a copy of your book.

06/30/2022

Many thanks to Athens Poet Laureate Wendy McVicker! I've been enjoying her sidewalk poem posts and feel incredibly honored that she chose one of mine this time.

This poem appears in my book Rattle and Numb: Selected and New Poems, 1992-2019, published by Venetian Spider Press and available here: https://bookshop.org/books/rattle-numb-selected-and-new-poems-1992-2019/9781732679467.

Ohio poet John Burroughs, whom I've had the pleasure of hanging out with recently, gives us this little gem, from his collection Rattle & Numb (Venetian Spider Press, 2019). Enjoy — before the rain comes…

06/18/2022

Performing June 21st in Evansville, Indiana!

One last reminder! Looking forward to seeing Indiana friends. My first reading in that state since 2017.

The blog home of nationally touring author and Ohio Beat Poet Laureate John Burroughs, whose latest book is Rattle & Numb: Selected and New Poems.