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John Burroughs
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Recent US Beat Poet Laureate
Founding editor, Crisis Chronicles Press
Vice President, Ohio Poetry Association
Hillbuckeye. Skeptic. Creative. Better woke than asleep.
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From the Wick Poetry Center: "Finish the polishing touches on your manuscripts because the 2026 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, judged by Camille Dungy, is open for submissions! Visit our website for full eligibility and submission guidelines." www.kent.edu/wick/stan-an...
Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize | Wick Poetry Center | Kent State University
2026 STAN AND TOM WICK POETRY PRIZE$2,500 for a First Book of PoemsThis prize is offered annually to a poet who has not previously published a full-length collection of poems. The prize awards the win...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:04 PM
City Of Heroes
YouTube video by Billy Bragg - Topic
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January 29, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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See and hear Cincinnati poet Ellen Austin-Li tonight on Zoom! Her new book, Incidental Pollen, is fantastic. More info: www.facebook.com/events/91462...
The Muse's Mic: Ep 25. A conversation with Ellen Austin-Li
Event by SpoFest Poetry and Prose and Rick C. Christiansen on Wednesday, January 28 2026
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January 28, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Bart supervises another round of shoveling
January 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM
January 25, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Jesus didn't believe in America First.
January 23, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Around midnight
January 23, 2026 at 5:08 AM
My email is down. Looks like an Outlook outage and an excuse not to work.
January 23, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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The Ohio Poetry Association is very pleased to be a Community Partner for this special event featuring Ohio writers Roy Bentley, Cliff Treyens, Sandra Feen, and our immediate past president Chuck Salmons at Gramercy Books Bexley on January 29th. More info: gramercybooksbexley.com/event/2026-0...
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
If you're looking for new good books, check out these:

Old World Wings: Poems of Europe by A.M. Hayden - Windy Chicken Poet,
Watching the Potomac Burn by Carolyn Leigh Srygley-Moore,
The Things We Do to Protect Our Own by Jeff Weddle,
The Just Getting By Blues by Dan Denton.
January 11, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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Deep gratitude to Jennifer Browne for her inspiring workshop on "Making a Killer Serial" yesterday.

Next, the OPA is thrilled to be a Community Partner for this special event featuring David Baker with Julia Kolchinsky at Gramercy Books Bexley on 1/22. Info: gramercybooksbexley.com/event/2026-0...
January 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
January 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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A hearty congratulations to our 1st vice president, Dr. Susann Moeller, for being appointed the first-ever Poet Laureate of the city of Worthington. worthington.org/2420/America...
January 7, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Thrilled to have just picked up this new painting by Emma Anderson.

You may recall that another Anderson painting appears on the cover of my book Rattle and Numb.

www.instagram.com/emma_anderso...
January 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Venezuela is about twice the size of Iraq, one and a half times the size of Ukraine, and about 1.4 times the size of Afghanistan.
January 4, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Fighting darkness with darkness only reinforces darkness.

Wishing us all more light in 2026.

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Turn on Your Love Light (2019 Remaster)
YouTube video by Grateful Dead - Topic
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January 1, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I look forward to participating in @lityoungstown.bsky.social's free Winter Writing Camp on February 28th, where I'll present a generative workshop, "Beat Writer's Block," about using inspiration from Beat authors to jumpstart your stalled writing. Register at www.lityoungstown.org/winter-writi....
Winter Writing Camp | Lit Youngstown
Winter Writing Camp is a fun day for writers ages 5 and up, no experience necessary.
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December 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Jolly good new arrivals. Thank you!

Medi(t)ations by Chris Stroffolino,
A Strange Summer by Chris Vannoy,
Brian Fugett: Poems,
Lonesome Traveler by Jack Kerouac,
City Lights Review #1,
The New Bohemia by John Gruen.
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Check out OPA Ambassador Manuel Iris on the Rattlecast tonight! www.facebook.com/events/25837...
December 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Sun King (Remastered 2009)
YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic
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December 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM