John Burroughs
@jburroughs.bsky.social
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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Founding editor, Crisis Chronicles Press
Vice President, Ohio Poetry Association
Hillbuckeye. Skeptic. Creative. Better woke than asleep.
https://linktr.ee/johnburroughs 🏳️🌈
Today at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, sponsored by the Ohio Poetry Association: attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/13881294. Walk-ins welcome.
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Today at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, sponsored by the Ohio Poetry Association: attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/13881294. Walk-ins welcome.
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Join us on November 15th at the South Euclid library for our FREE Get Sharp! Poetry Publishing Conference, sponsored by the Ohio Poetry Association. Register at attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/13881294
Meet our workshop leaders: Geoff Anderson, Michael Salinger, Susan Grimm, and Dianne Borsenik.
Meet our workshop leaders: Geoff Anderson, Michael Salinger, Susan Grimm, and Dianne Borsenik.
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Join us on November 15th at the South Euclid library for our FREE Get Sharp! Poetry Publishing Conference, sponsored by the Ohio Poetry Association. Register at attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/13881294
Meet our workshop leaders: Geoff Anderson, Michael Salinger, Susan Grimm, and Dianne Borsenik.
Meet our workshop leaders: Geoff Anderson, Michael Salinger, Susan Grimm, and Dianne Borsenik.
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New on our blog! So many thanks to our NW Ohio Regional Poet Ambassador, Sandra Rivers-Gill: ohiopoetryassn.blogspot.com/2025/11/opa-...
OPA Ambassadors Report: NW Ohio with Sandra Rivers-Gill
The northwestern part of Ohio has been all the buzz of events and accolades all around. In the ars poetica sphere is a chyron, moving and pe...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
New on our blog! So many thanks to our NW Ohio Regional Poet Ambassador, Sandra Rivers-Gill: ohiopoetryassn.blogspot.com/2025/11/opa-...
It was a distinct pleasure to read with Susan Nusbaum and be part of such a warm and bright group of folks at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, New York, last night. Thanks so much to Ryki Zuckerman for hosting (and taking these photos).
Viva the Literary Café at CFI!
Viva the Literary Café at CFI!
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It was a distinct pleasure to read with Susan Nusbaum and be part of such a warm and bright group of folks at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, New York, last night. Thanks so much to Ryki Zuckerman for hosting (and taking these photos).
Viva the Literary Café at CFI!
Viva the Literary Café at CFI!
I was happy to discover these seven issues of The Smith from the early '70s at Paper Peddlars in South Euclid last week. The Smith was published by poet Harry Smith in New York from 1964 to 1974. These are special issues 10, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22-23, and 29. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S...
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I was happy to discover these seven issues of The Smith from the early '70s at Paper Peddlars in South Euclid last week. The Smith was published by poet Harry Smith in New York from 1964 to 1974. These are special issues 10, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22-23, and 29. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S...
Poet David Adams reads at Protect Geauga Parks' Heroes of Conservation event this afternoon.
November 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Poet David Adams reads at Protect Geauga Parks' Heroes of Conservation event this afternoon.
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Join us November 15th from 10 to 4:30 at the Cuyahoga County Public Library's South Euclid-Lyndhurst branch for our free Get Sharp! 2025 Ohio Poetry Publishing Conference. Registration and more details at attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/13881294.
Sponsored by the Ohio Poetry Association.
Sponsored by the Ohio Poetry Association.
November 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Join us November 15th from 10 to 4:30 at the Cuyahoga County Public Library's South Euclid-Lyndhurst branch for our free Get Sharp! 2025 Ohio Poetry Publishing Conference. Registration and more details at attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/13881294.
Sponsored by the Ohio Poetry Association.
Sponsored by the Ohio Poetry Association.
A marvelous night of poetry yesterday at the McConnell Arts Center, hosted by @ohiopoetry.bsky.social, spearheaded by Susann Moeller and emceed by Zach Hannah. I donated Crisis Chronicles Press titles by Ohio-connected authors as prizes. Thanks to everyone who came out!
October 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A marvelous night of poetry yesterday at the McConnell Arts Center, hosted by @ohiopoetry.bsky.social, spearheaded by Susann Moeller and emceed by Zach Hannah. I donated Crisis Chronicles Press titles by Ohio-connected authors as prizes. Thanks to everyone who came out!
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Thursday 10/30 at the Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington, hosted by the Ohio Poetry Association.
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Witch's Brew Poetry Open Mic | McConnell Arts Center
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October 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Thursday 10/30 at the Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington, hosted by the Ohio Poetry Association.
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More books brought home in recent daze:
Asylum by Jill Bialosky,
A Gathering of Poets ed. by Maggie Anderson & Alex Gildzen,
Blind Horse by Jeanne Bryner,
Grief Songs by Jack Foley,
Wade in the Water by Tracy K. Smith,
Clamor by Elyse Fenton.
Asylum by Jill Bialosky,
A Gathering of Poets ed. by Maggie Anderson & Alex Gildzen,
Blind Horse by Jeanne Bryner,
Grief Songs by Jack Foley,
Wade in the Water by Tracy K. Smith,
Clamor by Elyse Fenton.
October 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
More books brought home in recent daze:
Asylum by Jill Bialosky,
A Gathering of Poets ed. by Maggie Anderson & Alex Gildzen,
Blind Horse by Jeanne Bryner,
Grief Songs by Jack Foley,
Wade in the Water by Tracy K. Smith,
Clamor by Elyse Fenton.
Asylum by Jill Bialosky,
A Gathering of Poets ed. by Maggie Anderson & Alex Gildzen,
Blind Horse by Jeanne Bryner,
Grief Songs by Jack Foley,
Wade in the Water by Tracy K. Smith,
Clamor by Elyse Fenton.
I'm pleased that two of my poems will appear in North Coast Voices 2025: Poems of the Great Lakes, edited by Chuck Joy and M Scott Douglass for Main Street Rag Publishing. So many good poets between these covers. Advance sale discount price is only $10 at mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/nort...
October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I'm pleased that two of my poems will appear in North Coast Voices 2025: Poems of the Great Lakes, edited by Chuck Joy and M Scott Douglass for Main Street Rag Publishing. So many good poets between these covers. Advance sale discount price is only $10 at mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/nort...
Still time to register for November 15th's Get Sharp! 2025 Ohio Poetry Publishing Conference, featuring workshops by Dianne Borsenik, Geoff Anderson, Michael Salinger, and Susan Grimm; hosted by the Ohio Poetry Association at the South Euclid library. FREE. attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/13881294
Get Sharp! 2025 Ohio Poetry Publishing Conference
Free and open to all poets
attend.cuyahogalibrary.org
October 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Still time to register for November 15th's Get Sharp! 2025 Ohio Poetry Publishing Conference, featuring workshops by Dianne Borsenik, Geoff Anderson, Michael Salinger, and Susan Grimm; hosted by the Ohio Poetry Association at the South Euclid library. FREE. attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/13881294
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New on our blog! So many thanks to our SW Ohio Regional Poet Ambassador, Manuel Iris: ohiopoetryassn.blogspot.com/2025/10/opa-...
OPA Ambassadors Report: SW Ohio with Manuel Iris
Exciting news from Carolyn Kesterman — her debut poetry collection , In the Space Between Songs , is coming out November 12, 2025 ! The pa...
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October 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
New on our blog! So many thanks to our SW Ohio Regional Poet Ambassador, Manuel Iris: ohiopoetryassn.blogspot.com/2025/10/opa-...
Thanks so much to @belindasubraman.bsky.social and BeatLife magazine for the conversation! ♥️
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John Burroughs: US Beat Poet Laureate (2022-2023)
YouTube video by BeatLife
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October 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Thanks so much to @belindasubraman.bsky.social and BeatLife magazine for the conversation! ♥️
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Meta is one of them, as are Google, Apple, Amazon. What are they getting for their money?
Remember when we migrated to Facebook because it promised to never have ads?
Now my FB feed is flooded with ads from Republican politicians. Makes me miss Farmville.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Remember when we migrated to Facebook because it promised to never have ads?
Now my FB feed is flooded with ads from Republican politicians. Makes me miss Farmville.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Here are the donors contributing to Trump’s White House ballroom
Companies such as Google, Amazon and Meta are on the list of donors to the planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom. The East Wing has been demolished as part of the project.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Meta is one of them, as are Google, Apple, Amazon. What are they getting for their money?
Remember when we migrated to Facebook because it promised to never have ads?
Now my FB feed is flooded with ads from Republican politicians. Makes me miss Farmville.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Remember when we migrated to Facebook because it promised to never have ads?
Now my FB feed is flooded with ads from Republican politicians. Makes me miss Farmville.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Next up - October 26th on Zoom - My friend Carolyn Srygley-Moore is celebrating the launch of her new book, Watching the Potomac Burn, hosted by Dane Ince, and I'm happy to be one of the poets reading in support. Join us!
Details: www.facebook.com/events/15274...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Next up - October 26th on Zoom - My friend Carolyn Srygley-Moore is celebrating the launch of her new book, Watching the Potomac Burn, hosted by Dane Ince, and I'm happy to be one of the poets reading in support. Join us!
Details: www.facebook.com/events/15274...
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Details: www.facebook.com/events/15274...
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What a fantastic event last night at Gramercy Books Bexley featuring Ohio's three Poets Laureate so far, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Dave Lucas, and Amit Majmudar. We are so fortunate to have had such good people serving in the position.
Photos courtesy of the amazing @karigunterseymour.bsky.social
Photos courtesy of the amazing @karigunterseymour.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What a fantastic event last night at Gramercy Books Bexley featuring Ohio's three Poets Laureate so far, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Dave Lucas, and Amit Majmudar. We are so fortunate to have had such good people serving in the position.
Photos courtesy of the amazing @karigunterseymour.bsky.social
Photos courtesy of the amazing @karigunterseymour.bsky.social
One of many highlights at this past weekend's @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival was the Saturday evening featured reading by Lauren Camp, Todd Davis, and Kortney Morrow. So many thanks to Karen Schubert and her team for making this one of the best fests ever!
October 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
One of many highlights at this past weekend's @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival was the Saturday evening featured reading by Lauren Camp, Todd Davis, and Kortney Morrow. So many thanks to Karen Schubert and her team for making this one of the best fests ever!
Thank you, @mothergusa.bsky.social, for your hard work on this excellent project. I'm thrilled to have a poem included alongside the work of so many fantastic writers!
OPA has collaborated with America's River Roots to create a public poetry project that builds into our Ohio: The Body Poetic initiative. This digital flipbook anthology was created by our President, @mothergusa.bsky.social, who coordinated our Oct 10th Freedom Center event: midd.me/aspt
Anthology of The River Roots Poets 2025 : simplebooklet.com
Anthology of The River Roots Poets 2025 : simplebooklet.com
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October 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Thank you, @mothergusa.bsky.social, for your hard work on this excellent project. I'm thrilled to have a poem included alongside the work of so many fantastic writers!
From the Lit Youngstown Fall Lit Fest:
A Little Devil in America by Abdurraqib;
Swan Wife by Wagner;
Coffin Honey and
Household of Water, Moon & Snow by Davis;
Breakdown by Bonta;
Tomas Tranströmer Comes to Ohio by Miltner;
The Many Hundreds of the Scent by McCrae;
One Turn Around the Sun by Seibles
A Little Devil in America by Abdurraqib;
Swan Wife by Wagner;
Coffin Honey and
Household of Water, Moon & Snow by Davis;
Breakdown by Bonta;
Tomas Tranströmer Comes to Ohio by Miltner;
The Many Hundreds of the Scent by McCrae;
One Turn Around the Sun by Seibles
October 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
From the Lit Youngstown Fall Lit Fest:
A Little Devil in America by Abdurraqib;
Swan Wife by Wagner;
Coffin Honey and
Household of Water, Moon & Snow by Davis;
Breakdown by Bonta;
Tomas Tranströmer Comes to Ohio by Miltner;
The Many Hundreds of the Scent by McCrae;
One Turn Around the Sun by Seibles
A Little Devil in America by Abdurraqib;
Swan Wife by Wagner;
Coffin Honey and
Household of Water, Moon & Snow by Davis;
Breakdown by Bonta;
Tomas Tranströmer Comes to Ohio by Miltner;
The Many Hundreds of the Scent by McCrae;
One Turn Around the Sun by Seibles
Thanks to @mothergusa.bsky.social for this photo of me reading my protest poem "What They Did" on the opening night of this weekend's @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival. Such a full and fulfilling several days!
October 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Thanks to @mothergusa.bsky.social for this photo of me reading my protest poem "What They Did" on the opening night of this weekend's @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival. Such a full and fulfilling several days!
The Lit Youngstown Fall Literary Festival kicked off with a glow.
October 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The Lit Youngstown Fall Literary Festival kicked off with a glow.
Grateful to get some great art in the mail from Victor Clevenger!
October 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Grateful to get some great art in the mail from Victor Clevenger!
Ekphrastacy is a series of artist talks + poetry readings held regularly in the Heights Arts gallery, in conjunction with our special exhibitions, where Cleveland-area writers are invited by the Heights Poet Laureate respond to installed artworks with poems.
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Rolling Open Call for Poets – Heights Arts
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October 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Ekphrastacy is a series of artist talks + poetry readings held regularly in the Heights Arts gallery, in conjunction with our special exhibitions, where Cleveland-area writers are invited by the Heights Poet Laureate respond to installed artworks with poems.
www.heightsarts.org/open-calls/r...
www.heightsarts.org/open-calls/r...