John Burroughs

John Burroughs is a northeast Ohio poet and publisher who co-founded the monthly Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza and yearly Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest. He is the author of many chapbooks including 6/9: Improvisations in Dependence [2009, Crisis Chronicles Press], Electric Company [2011, Writing Knights Press], Water Works [2012, Recycled Karma Press], Barry Merry Baloney [2012, Spare Change Press] and It Takes More Than Chance to Make Change [2013, The Poet's Haven]. His first full-length poetry collection, The Eater of the Absurd, was published in late 2012 by NightBallet Press. For around a decade leading up to the turn of the millennium, John served as a full-time playwright and occasional music director in residence for the Ministry of Theatre at Marion Correctional Institution. In 2007, his blog was ranked number 1 in several categories on MySpace. After that, John won the first poetry slam he ever competed in, formed Poetry Elyria and a loose association called Poets of Lorain County, served as webmas