John Yamrus
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Jane Crown's Poetry Radio
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since 1970 john has published upwards of 1,300 poems in hundreds of magazines around the world. in march, his 20th book, CAN'T STOP NOW! will be published. selections of john's work have been translated into several languages, including spanish, swedish, italian, french, japanese and romanian.
john lives in pennsylvania with kathy, his wife of 35 years, and their dog abby. later next year a collection of john's dog poems from over the course of his career will be published. that book is tentatively titled "bark".
to quote the late Todd Moore, in an essay he wrote on John's work, titled BLIND GENIUS AND WILD LUCK,
"The poetry of John Yamrus demands more attention. There is real blood in this man’s work."
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