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Mike Jurkovic
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2025 Ulster County Poet Laureate

politics poetry pathos radio host visual artist

https://mikejurkovic.substack.com/
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Be bold. Be brave.: Lessons from a visit to the Resistance Museum matternews.org/voices/be-bo...
Be bold. Be brave.: Lessons from a visit to the Resistance Museum – Matter News
The catalog of harm keeps growing, with new pages added every day. But we are not afraid.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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What a great night at Beahive in Beacon last night! Poems, Protest, discussion. this is what democracy looks like!

Cmon by this evening. Give us your voice! Silence is not an option!

#newpaltzny #poetrycommunity #nokings #nokingsprotest #protestpoetry #freespeech #poetrycommunity #hudsonvalley
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Calling All Poets First Friday 11/7/25

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Calling All Poets First Friday 11/7/25
YouTube video by Calling All Poets Series 2025
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November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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the chores of fools my
payday the glory of thieves
comforts my final hours

#haiku #haikuforyou #haikudaily #haikuprompt #micropoetry #poetry #blueskyhaiku #haikupoets #poetsofbluesky #haikuyou
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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#poetry #poetrycommunity #livepoetry #spokenword #openmic #HudsonValley #poets #Poetry #freespeech #poetryperformance #openmicpoetry
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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a little review/interview w/your truly

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#poetry #Poetry #micropoetry #blueskypoetry #spokenword #poets #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetrybooks
A Chat with Mike Jurkovic
Poet Laureate, among other things
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October 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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catskill lightning flays
vague sky dark tomorrows loom
all my nets are torn
October 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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at a loss for words
bereft of verbs grim poet
chastened bleak adrift

#haiku #haikudaily #haikuprompt #haikuart #haikupoet #Poetry #poetry #poetrylovers #micropoetry #haikuonbluesky #poetsofbluesky
October 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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callingallpoets.net/home/board-b...

#poetrycommunity #poetrylovers✒️ #spokenword #spokenwordpoetry #poetsandwriters #livepoetryreading
#poetry #poets #featuredpoets
Calling All Poets - Login
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October 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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the noise of dreams at
dusk the road a void of
our escaping light

#haikupoetry #haiku #haikudaily #haikupoetscommunity #micropoetry
#haikuaday #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetsandwriters #haikuart
#Poetry #poetsofbluesky #haikuofbluesky
#haikuprompt
October 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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#jazz #jazzonbluesky #jazzmusic #jazzfan #jazzlovers #freejazz #jazzcommunity #jazzmusic #jazzers #allaboutjazz
Patricia Brennan: Of the Near and Far album review @ All About Jazz
Patricia Brennan: Of the Near and Far album review by Mike Jurkovic, published on October 24, 2025. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!
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October 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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the slow going of
things dust has forgotten my
ever current days

#haiku #haikuprompt #haikudaily #haikuofbluesky #poetry #Poetry #micropoetry #haikuart #haikupoets

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October 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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a righteous force street
fighting seraphim prevent
the cruel king’s rise

#nokings #nokingsprotest #nokingsinamerica #savedemocracy #freespeech #dumptrump #occupyeverything #haiku #haikuprompt #haikupoetry #micropoetry #poetsandwriters #poetry #Poetry #poetsofbluesky
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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October 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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into the headwinds
our chants for democracy
loudly ascending

#freespeech #nokings #nokingsinamerica #nokingsprotest2025 #democracynow #indivisible #haikudaily
#haiku #haikupoetry #haikuprompt #micropoetry #haikudaily
October 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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mikejurkovic.substack.com/p/congas

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congas
congas in the alley
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October 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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your footsteps  I walk
new paths  each day fathers  sons 
your footsteps  these days

#haiku #haikupoems #micropoetry #haikuprompt #haikuyou
#blueskyhaiku #poetsofbluesky #Poetry #poetry #haikuart
October 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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she has created
a home full of love for that
I thank her dearly

#poetry #Poetry #blueskypoetry #haiku #haikudaily #haikuprompt #micropoetry
October 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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these woods  we walk  a
graveyard vast  the dead unknown 
their work  done at last 

#haïku #haikupoetry #haikuartist #haikuprompt #dailyhaïku #micropoetry #poetsandwriters #poetsandartists #blueskyhaiku #haikubluesky #substackwriter #substackhaiku #substackpoetry #poetsofbluesky #poetry #Poetry
October 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Featuring Betty MacDonald & an expanded open mic. . .
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October 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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olde sturbridge crimson
gold gold gold umbra orange
haloes yellow wild

#haiku #haikyuu #poetrycommunity #poetsandwriters #poetry #haikupoetry #micropoetry #haikuprompt #autumnleaves #autumnvibes🍁 #poetry #Poetry #haikubluesky
October 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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I dream of perp walks
moonshine menace the sundry
gods that roam so free

#haïku #haïkupoetry #micropoetry #poetrycommuníty #Poetry #poetsandartists #substackpoets
October 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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wild owl magic courts
shadow moon coyote cries
nocturne in B flat

#haiku #haïku #haikupoetry #haikuartist #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #micropoetry #poetsofinstagram #poetsandwriters #poetsofbluesky #Poetry #haikuofbbluesky
October 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Dicktown they
two new poems
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October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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ow savage the coup
these recent days whitewash the
verbs we use for blood

#haikuartist #haikuprompt #haiku #haikuarts #poetsandwriters #haikuonbluesky #poetsofbluesky #dailyhaiku #haikuandyou
October 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM