John Burroughs & JJ Haaz perform Can Do at Snoetry – 1/16/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVgL8hzYAkk

The poem Can Do written by John Burroughs
Music written and performed on 10-string guitar by JJ Haaz

Filmed during Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest — a Lix and Kix production
at the Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in North East, Pennsylvania on 16 January 2010
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

About The Artists:

JJ Haaz is a guitarist, composer, web/graphic designer, journalist and music instructor based in Cleveland, Ohio.  His CDs include Live & Crazy, Studio Cutz (with Jackie Warren) and Dead & Back!!! (with the JJ Haaz band).  For more information, please check out his website: http://jjhaaz.com.

John Burroughs is the founder and editor of the Crisis Chronicles Online Library and co-founder of both the Lix & Kix Poetry Extravaganza and Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest.  Discover probably more than you’ll ever want to know about him at http://crisischronicles.com.

Berwyn Moore reads at Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest – 1/16/2010

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

Berwyn Moore, Poet Laureate of Erie County, Pennsylvania
reads two poems — “Tweezing the Bones” and “Pins and Needles” —
from her book O Body Swayed [Cherry Grove Collections, 2009]

Filmed during Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest — a Lix and Kix production
at the Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in North East, Pennsylvania on 16 January 2010
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)
About the author:

Berwyn Moore, the current (and first ever) Poet Laureate of Erie County, Pennsylvania, is the author of two full-length poetry collections: Dissolution of Ghosts [Cherry Grove, 2005] and O Body Swayed [Cherry Grove, 2009].  Her work has been anthologized in Common Wealth: Poets of Pennsylvania [University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005] and Life on the Line [Negative Capability Press, 1992], and has been published in a wide array of journals including Alehouse Press, Bellevue Literary Review, Cimarron Review, Comstock Review, JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association, Kansas Quarterly, Margie, Nimrod, Poetry Northwest, River Walk Journal, Runes: A Review of Poetry, Shenandoah, Southern Review, and Wild Violet.  For more information, see http://www.pw.org/content/berwyn_moore.


  

Jean Brandt and Wendy Shaffer at Snoetry 2010 – part one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wTbqUJaXE4

Poetry written and performed by Jean Brandt and Wendy Shaffer
(all rights reserved by the poets)

Filmed during Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest — a Lix and Kix production
at the Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in North East, Pennsylvania on 16 January 2010
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

Jean Brandt has been a participant and supporter of local Cleveland arts,
music and poetry for more than 20 years. She is fortunate for and
humbled by the wealth of talent she has found in her hometown.

Wendy Shaffer has an MFA in writing fiction from BGSU, but has concentrated
almost exclusively on poetry since the late 80’s. She is proud to
be one of two cat ladies on her Cleveland west side ghetto street.

On Wednesday 5/19/2010 at 7 pm, Wendy Shaffer & Jean Brandt will be featured poets during
the Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza at Bela Dubby, 13321 Madison Ave. in Lakewood, Ohio

For more, see http://webilo.wordpress.com

Jean Brandt and Wendy Shaffer at Snoetry 2010 – part two

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mn5YZf8HMU

Poetry written and performed by Jean Brandt and Wendy Shaffer
(all rights reserved by the poets)

Filmed during Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest — a Lix and Kix production
at the Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in North East, Pennsylvania on 16 January 2010
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

Jean Brandt has been a participant and supporter of local Cleveland arts,
music and poetry for more than 20 years. She is fortunate for and
humbled by the wealth of talent she has found in her hometown.

Wendy Shaffer has an MFA in writing fiction from BGSU, but has concentrated
almost exclusively on poetry since the late 80’s. She is proud to
be one of two cat ladies on her Cleveland west side ghetto street.

On Wednesday 5/19/2010 at 7 pm, Wendy Shaffer & Jean Brandt will be featured poets during
the Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza at Bela Dubby, 13321 Madison Ave. in Lakewood, Ohio

For more, see http://webilo.wordpress.com

tj jude at Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest – 1/16/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rlh8CLVXY0

Poet and surrogate soul tj jude reads selections of his work
(all rights reserved by the poet)

Filmed during Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest — a Lix and Kix production
at the Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in North East, Pennsylvania on 16 January 2010
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

Find tj jude at http://www.myspace.com/tjjude and
read his novel stain at http://tjjude.blogspot.com

Dianne Borsenik & JJ Haaz at Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest – 1/16/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLaw8O_51F8

Poetry written and performed by Dianne Borsenik
Music written and performed on 10-string guitar by JJ Haaz

Filmed during Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest — a Lix and Kix production
at the Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in North East, Pennsylvania on 16 January 2010
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

About The Artists:

JJ Haaz is a guitarist, composer, web/graphic designer, journalist and music instructor based in Cleveland, Ohio.  His CDs include Live & Crazy, Studio Cutz (with Jackie Warren) and Dead & Back!!! (with the JJ Haaz band).  For more information, please check out his website: http://jjhaaz.com.

Dianne Borsenik, former flowerchild and current redhead, is active in the Cleveland poetry scene. Her poems have appeared in Slipstream, Rosebud, Ship of Fools, Nerve Cowboy, The Magnetic Poetry Book of Poetry, Haiku World: An International Poetry Almanac, Eviscerator Heaven, Deep Cleveland Junkmail Oracle, Voices of Cleveland, and Naturally magazine; her chapbook HardDrive/SoftWear was published in 2009 (Crisis Chronicles Press). Both the 2008 and 2009 Cleveland RTA poetry projects included her poems, and actor Jonathan Frid (“Barnabas” on Dark Shadows) used 3 of her poems on tour in “Genesis of Evil.” She has performed her poetry in venues throughout Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.

Dan Smith (part two) at Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest – 1/16/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgjctDib6EU

Part two of Cleveland author Dan Smith‘s featured reading on 1/16/2010
(all rights reserved by the poet)

Filmed during Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest — a Lix and Kix production
at the Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in North East, Pennsylvania
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

Dan Smith’s book Crooked River is available from deep cleveland press

See Dan Smith 6/16/2010 at 7 p.m. in Lakewood, Ohio, when he will be a featured poet during
the Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza at Bela Dubby Gallery & Cafe (13321 Madison Avenue)

Dan Smith (part one) at Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest – 1/16/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb5k_F3aGlc

Part one of Cleveland author Dan Smith‘s featured reading on 1/16/2010
(all rights reserved by the poet)

Filmed during Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest — a Lix and Kix production
at the Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in North East, Pennsylvania
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

Dan Smith’s book Crooked River is available from deep cleveland press

See Dan Smith 6/16/2010 at 7 p.m. in Lakewood, Ohio, when he will be a featured poet during
the Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza at Bela Dubby Gallery & Cafe (13321 Madison Avenue)

Monica Igras at Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest – 1/16/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvNC-O-ISaw

Poetry written and performed by Monica Igras of Erie, Pennsylvania
(all rights reserved by the poet)

Filmed during Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest — a Lix and Kix production
at the Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in North East, Pennsylvania on 16 January 2010
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

Check out Monica Igras’s appearance on the Enhanced Poetry CD Live @ the Jive
available at http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZX7HHH

On Friday 4/16/2010, Monica will be the featured poet during Poetry Scene at the 
Erie Book Store, 137 E 13 St. in Erie. The event begins at 6:30 pm with an open mic.

T.M. Göttl at Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest – 1/16/2010 – part two

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrURqvng0lE

Poetry written and performed by T.M. Göttl

Filmed during Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest — a Lix and Kix production
at the Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in North East, Pennsylvania on 16 January 2010
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

About The Author:

T.M. Göttl, a member of the Buffalo ZEF creative community, won first place the first time she competed in a poetry slam, and she’s been heard on 91.3 WAPS and 89.7 WOSU radio. Her work has appeared online and in print, in publications such as Pudding Magazine, Verse Wisconsin, Common Threads, The Hessler Street Fair Poetry Anthology, Opium Press, The Poet’s Haven, and others. Her first full-length collection, Stretching the Window, was published in 2008.

Find T.M. at http://www.buffalozef.net/artists/tmgottl.