John Burroughs reads Bloodshot at Feed the Gays in 2009 – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr9mNet9LYI

John Burroughs reads his poem “Bloodshot” on 4/4/2009 at the 1st annual Feed the Gays
— a benefit at Union Station for the Cleveland State University GLASA scholarship fund

Video/editing by Ken Kitt, courtesy of Poetry Vidz

An early version of this poem, entitled “Rapists,” appears in JB’s chapbook Bloggerel

Read the text here: http://crisisblog.crisischronicles.com/2009/03/22/rapists-aka-bloodshot.aspx

Irish Song (by Gina Tabasso) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4gCiyRCnQs

“Irish Song” written and performed by Gina Tabasso

Read by the author on 17 March 2009 (St. Patrick’s Day) during Lix and Kix VI
at the Bela Dubby Art Gallery and Beer Cafe at 13321 Madison Ave. in Lakewood, Ohio

Video appears courtesy of PoetryVidz – camera & editing by Ken Kitt

We recommend the following chapbooks by award winning northeast Ohio poet Gina Tabasso:
Front Lines (2009, Pudding House Publications),
Disrobing (2003, Pavement Saw Press), and
From Between My Legs (1995, New Spirit Press)

For her biography and contact information, click here.

Bipolar Fairy Tales (by Lisa Vicious™) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuHzpVs8x7w

“Bipolar Fairy Tales” written and performed by Lisa Vicious™
Recorded on 25 April 2009 during Saturday Night at the Poet’s Haven 
at Visible Voice Books in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio

Video appears courtesy of PoetryVidz – camera & editing by Ken Kitt

BIO: Detroit native Lisa Vicious is “a loser,” “a real piece of work,” “a genius” — “If Nick Cave and Leadbelly fucked a baby into Lydia Lunch, she’d be Lisa Vicious!” Love her or hate her, you’ll feel her punch when she speaks on love, loss, abuse, seduction, and addiction. A definite vicious Aries, Lisa is a force of nature destroying to create one storm at a time.


Find more at www.viciousaries.com and www.lisavicious.net

Lisa Vicious™ will be a featured poet during Lix and Kix XI on 18 August 2009
at the Bela Dubby Art Gallery and Beer Cafe in Lakewood, Ohio (at 7 pm)

A Love Poem (by Gina Tabasso) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kLriugLD7Q

A Love Poem written and performed by Gina Tabasso

Read by the author on 2 May 2009 during the Jawbone poetry festival
at John Brown’s Tannery River Park on Summit Street in Kent, Ohio

Video appears courtesy of PoetryVidz – camera & editing by Ken Kitt

award winning northeast Ohio poet Gina Tabasso is the author of three chapbooks:
Front Lines (2009, Pudding House Publications),
Disrobing (2003, Pavement Saw Press), and
From Between My Legs (1995, New Spirit Press)

To read her biography, click here.

A Poem for the Negro Leagues (by Steve Abbott) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgk9EiFwoVw


A Poem for the Negro Leagues written and performed by Steve Abbott

Read by the author on 2 May 2009 during the Jawbone poetry festival
at John Brown’s Tannery River Park on Summit Street in Kent, Ohio

Video appears courtesy of PoetryVidz – camera & editing by Ken Kitt

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Poet and educator Steve Abbott of Columbus, Ohio is editor of the anthology
Cap City Poets: Columbus and Central Ohio’s Best Known, Read, and Requested Poets
published in 2008 by Pudding House (www.puddinghouse.com)

His writing has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies
as well as two Pudding House chapbooks:
A Short History of the Word (1996) & Greatest Hits, 1982-2003 (2006)

Occupation (by Steve Goldberg) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTtSPee3Du4


Occupation by Steve Goldberg

Read by the author on 2 May 2009 during the Jawbone poetry festival
at John Brown’s Tannery River Park on Summit Street in Kent, Ohio

Video appears courtesy of PoetryVidz – camera & editing by Ken Kitt
find more at http://www.youtube.com/user/poetryvidz


Steve Goldberg is a techno-geek, Dilbert cubical escapee, blogger, a bodhisattva wannabe, and tongue-tied tattler of timid tomes. Launching into a new experiment in neo-beat bohemianism, Steve has been published in 30/25th’s Not Just Any Versiaries, an email in the talent-rich ArtCrimes 21, Rabbits Over Clevyland, Jim Lang’s Bag-o-Zines, the e-zine TheCityPoetry.com, and Animals Without Backbones (Green Panda Press). He has been a featured reader at many Cleveland area venues, and has participated in the Language Foundry’s 24 hour poetry marathon and Gallery Ü-Haul’s Mix: 24 hr Art program. In a poorly veiled attempt at self-promotion, he has also been interviewed on local poetry radio show, Wordplay, by renowned poet George Bilgere. Steve also organizes a monthly poetry free-for-all at the Literary Café (every 2nd Thursday) in the historic Cleveland neighborhood of Tremont.


Check out his blog at www.whatsinthebag.us or befriend him at www.myspace.com/baggeroh.

Cheese (by T.M. Göttl) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxBc-feobjc

“Cheese” by T.M. Göttl, all rights reserved

Read by the author at Cleveland’s Literary Cafe on 12 March 2009

Camera & editing by Ken Kitt, courtesy of PoetryVidz
http://www.youtube.com/user/poetryvidz


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Order T.M. Göttl’s acclaimed poetry collection Stretching the Window here
To check out T.M. Göttl’s www.buffalozef.net artist page, click here
Visit T.M. Göttl on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/tmgottl

Get your poetry fix at the Literary Cafe (1031 Literary Road, in Cleveland)
on the second Thursday of every month from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Shotgun (by Dianne Borsenik) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbHm-LsXbpI

Shotgun (c) 2009 by Dianne Borsenik, used with permission

Recorded live during a Lix & Kix performance at Union Station in Cleveland
for “Feed the Gays,” a Cleveland State University GLASA scholarship fundraiser

Camera & editing by Ken Kitt, courtesy of PoetryVidz
http://www.youtube.com/user/poetryvidz

find Dianne at http://www.myspace.com/poetofthelotus
and http://www.myspace.com/lixandkix

Buy her chapbook HardDrive/SoftWear for $5 from Crisis Chronicles Press

Dianne also co-hosts the Lix and Kix monthly music/poetry event
every 3rd Tuesday at the Bela Dubby Art Gallery & Beer Cafe in Lakewood, Ohio

Life’s Too Short to Live in Ohio (by Katie Cutshaw) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc2puGsGJzI


“Life’s Too Short to Live in Ohio” © 2009 by Katie Cutshaw

Read by the author during the Hessler Street Fair poetry contest finals at
Mac’s Backs Books in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 13 May 2009

Camera & editing by Ken Kitt, courtesy of PoetryVidz

We Only Borrowed This House & 3 Political Poems by David Baratier – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwbmkpuz4Xk


We Only Borrowed This House and Political Poems #1, 2 & 4 by David Baratier

Read by the author on 2 May 2009 during the Jawbone poetry festival
at John Brown’s Tannery River Park on Summit Street in Kent, Ohio

Video appears courtesy of PoetryVidz – camera & editing by Ken Kitt

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Poet David Baratier is the founder and editor of Pavement Saw Press
Many of his works are available at http://pavementsaw.org/pages/editor.htm
Befriend him on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/davidbaratier