My poem appears in Stormwash: Environmental Poems, Volume 2 (released this week!)

Good to receive my contributor's copy of Stormwash: Environmental Poems, Volume 2 (Seaker Press). My poem "Potential Energy" appears in it. Thank you to editor Hiromi Yoshida for doing this important work. The book release happens this Thursday, October 9th, at Backspace Gallery in Bloomington, Indiana.

Info: Stormwash: Environmental Poems Showcase

Contributors also include Susan Kay Anderson, J.I.B., Jonathan S. Baker, Tony Brewer, Mary M. Brown, Chris Dean, John Epic, Jessica Reed, April Ridge, Kerry Trautman, Nick Wentzel, and many more.

My new chapbook, Awash, released today as part of Pure Sleeze Press' summer drop

My latest chapbook, Awash, dropped at 1 a.m. from Pure Sleeze Press, alongside chaps by John Dorsey, Jason Ryberg, Scott Laudati, and Tony Brewer! A very limited edition. Collect them all at

puresleezepress.bigcartel.com.

Poems in Awash:

Faithwalking
Darshan
Shaktipat
Bilateral Heart Moon Resolution
Aura
Beacon
Hunger
A Wait, A Final Fall
Deluge
Critical Condition
A Superior Stimulant
But for Now
Potential Energy
Selkie

ISBN: 979-8-88596-400-5. 

So much gratitude to Jonathan S Baker, K Arizona, and Antoine Ball of Pure Sleeze.

Video: WPLS Celebrating Justin Hamm's Poet Baseball Card Series (18 Oct 2023)

On October 18th, Dustin Brookshire's Wild and Precious Life Series presented a Zoom reading by several poets who've been featured in Justin Hamm's Poet Baseball Cards. Here is video of that event:

I had the honor of being one of the readers, along with Traci Brimhall, Mary Biddinger, Sandra Marchetti, Curtis Crisler, Rick Campbell, Tony Brewer, Michael Meyerhofer, Jack Bedell, Alexis Sears, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Francine Witte, and Marcus Wicker. Around the 25:30 mark, I read two poems: "So Much for Saving" and "Tenacity."

Wild and Precious Life Series presents Poet Baseball Cards, 10/18 on Zoom

Join the Wild and Precious Life Series via Zoom on 18 October for a celebration of Justin Hamm's Poet Baseball Cards project. Featured poets will include Mary Biddinger, Sandra Marchetti, Rick Campbell, Tony Brewer, Michael Meyerhofer, Jack Bedell, John Burroughs, Alexis Sears, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Francine Witte, Marcus Wicker, Traci Brimhall and Curtis Crisler.

Tune in at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83498613088. 7:30 p.m. Eastern.

Email justinhamm2002@yahoo.com to order Poet Baseball Cards.

February 1st in Bloomington, Indiana: Burroughs, Hawkins & ORTET

My next live event is February 1st at the Backspace Gallery in Bloomington, Indiana, with the fabulous Joan Hawkins and music by ORTET. Many thanks to the Writers Guild at Bloomington and my friend Tony Brewer! For more info, see https://www.facebook.com/events/888305615712558.

My July, August & September 2022 Readings

I am so looking forward to seeing friends and sharing poetry at the following special events in the next several weeks.

16 July 2022 beginning at noon near Richwood, West Virginia
The Baber Mountain Poetry Festival will feature poets and musicians from throughout the Appalachian region. Baber Court, 26261. 

30 July 2022 in Portsmouth, Ohio
Noise Complaint at the Warehouse will feature live music by D.J. Everman, Commercial Television, and Soft Pain, plus poetry by Dianne Borsenik, John Burroughs, and Tony Brewer. 2134 Gallia Street Apt. B, 45662.

31 July 2022 at 6 p.m. in Cincinnati, Ohio
Word of Mouth Cincinnati presents a reading by John Burroughs plus open mic at MOTR Pub, 1345 Main Street, 45202.

2 August 2022 at 5:30 p.m. in South Euclid, Ohio
South Euclid poets including Doc Janning, Raja Belle Freeman, Amy Kesegich, Shelley Chernin, Michael Ceraolo, Adrian Schnall, Amanda Terman and John Burroughs will read during the annual Bexley Bash at Bexley Park, 1630 Wrenford Road, 44121.

6 August 2022 in Erie, Pennsylvania
Poetry during Erie's Blues & Jazz Festival will feature poets including Thasia Anne, Chuck Joy, Mabel Howard, Niecy Nicole, Dianne Borsenik, John Burroughs and an open mic at Frontier Park, 1501 W. 6th Street, 16505.

13 August 2022 at 4 p.m. - ONLINE
The Bronx Book Fair will present a reading by National Beat Poetry Foundation honorees including William F. DeVault, Dane Ince, Patricia Ince, Carlo Parcelli, Chryssa Velissariou, Ron Whitehead and John Burroughs, facilitated by Debbie Tosun Kilday.

2 thru 4 September 2022 in New Hartford, Connecticut
The National and International Beat Poetry Festival will feature poets from around the world and John Burroughs will be officially christened the U.S. National Beat Poet Laureate for 2022-2023.

10 September 2022 at 4 p.m. in Toledo, Ohio
Uncloistered Poetry presents readings by Pauletta Hansel, Mary Biddinger, Lylanne Musselman, Miles Budimir and John Burroughs, hosted by Lucas County Poet Laureate Jonie McIntire at The Attic, 1701 Adams Street, 43604.

Video: 4/6 Writers Guild Spoken Word Series

If you missed our 4/6 reading for the Writers Guild at Bloomington, here's video. I very much enjoyed sharing the bill with Tony Brewer, Jojo Compton and Catherine Sikora. In my first set, I read poems from Rattle and Numb. In my second set, I read poems from You Can't Trust It to Remain. And at the end I shared a poem from the new anthology I Thought I Heard a Cardinal Sing.

Writers Guild Spoken Word Series: https://fb.watch/cgnfxK4ceA/

April 6th: The Writers Guild at Bloomington presents Catherine Sikora, john compton, Tony Brewer & John Burroughs on Zoom & FB Live

 

I am very much looking forward to my next reading on April 6th at 6 p.m. Eastern for the Writers Guild Spoken Word Series. Tony Brewer, john compton and I will be the featured poets and Catherine Sikora will be the featured musical guest. The event will be broadcast live on Zoom and Facebook.

More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/686166579193714.

Many thanks to Tony Brewer and the Writers Guild at Bloomington.

Poetry Bonanza with Brewer, Baldinger, Plummer & Friends: 10/17 at Visible Voice

I'm happy to be joining these out of town poets for a reading on Sunday, October 17th, 1 p.m., at Visible Voice Books in Cleveland.

From the press release:

Join Brooke Nicole Plummer, Tony Brewer, Jason Baldinger, John Burroughs, Jeremy Proehl, Tom Raithe and more for a Sunday afternoon poetry bonanza. Open mic to follow!

Tony Brewer is a poet, live sound effects artist, and event producer. He is executive director of the spoken word stage at the 4th Street Arts Festival and president of the National Audio Theatre Festival. His books include: The Great American Scapegoat, Little Glove in a Big Hand, Hot Type Cold Read, Homunculus, and The History of Projectiles. Tony has been offering Poetry On Demand at coffeehouses, museums, cemeteries, churches, bars, and art and music festivals for over a decade, and he is one-third of the poetry performance group Reservoir Dogwoods.

 

Jason Baldinger is from Pittsburgh and looks forward to roaming the country writing poems again. His newest books are A Threadbare Universe (Kung Fu Treachery Press) and The Afterlife is a Hangover (Stubborn Mule Press). A History of Backroads Misplaced: Selected Poems 2010-2020 (Kung Fu Treachery) is forthcoming later this year. His work has been published widely across print journals and online. You can hear him read his work on Bandcamp and on lp’s by The Gotobeds and Theremonster.

Brooke Nicole Plummer is a poet from the Midwest. Here are some items listed in a newly developed faceted classification scheme that you may borrow from her “library”: (3D Printing Pen: +H1 :T1 =A1), (Camera: +H2 :T2 /O1), (Gardening Kit: +H3 =A2 /O2), (Green Screen: +H4 :T3), (Hiking Gear: +H5 =A3 /O3), & (Laptops with Hotspots: +H6 :T4). She is the author of Flyover, Compiled Nothings, Shaggy Frog, and Ceremonious, which was opportunistically released early while on a reading tour in Ohio (10/16-17 — many thanks to Tony Brewer & Tim Heerdink).

 

Visible Voice Books
2258 Professor Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
info@visiblevoicebooks.com