John Burroughs,
a.k.a. Jesus Crisis, is a pacifist, poet, playwright, musician, composer, bibliophile, and seeker in Elyria, Ohio.
Co-founder (with Dianne Borsenik) of the monthly Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza and the annual winter wordfest known as Snoetry, John is also the
founding editor and publisher for Crisis Chronicles Press and a regular contributor to the Cleveland
Poetics and Ohio Poetry Association blogs. Since 2011 he has served as the OPA's webmaster pro tem.
John founded a loose association called Poets of Lorain County, under whose auspices he's hosted regular open mic and
featured poet events at the Avon Lake Public Library and the Lorain Arts Council's
737 Gallery, as well as the PoetryElyria series at Jim's Coffeehouse and Diner, the Scott M. Duncan
Photography studio and other venues in his hometown.
John's work has appeared on stages in four states, as well as in numerous journals, and he is the author of six poetry chapbooks, including:
3/24/2009 7:25 PM
chris wrote:
Interesting poem.. very short.. But it's made me stop and sit here thinking for several minutes... I like the title.. but wonder if actually using the "Lie Bull"...for the title might not be better... because I like that. It's very definitive and has punch to it.. But you always write things the way you do for a reason.. so I know that.
This looks like something that was written early on while you were in prison. I haven't been able to go look any where on your blog for a date,, but seems to be before you went to Marion.. Reply to this
3/24/2009 7:35 PM
Jesus Crisis wrote:
Thanks, Chris! I was free on bond when I wrote this. "Li/able" alludes to "Lie Bull" while adding an allusive dimension the latter lacks: "Li/able" as a contraction of "lie able." The horrid lie someone was able to tell meant I was liable to end up in prison a few months after I wrote it. Reply to this
Interesting poem.. very short.. But it's made me stop and sit here thinking for several minutes...
I like the title.. but wonder if actually using the "Lie Bull"...for the title might not be better... because I like that. It's very definitive and has punch to it.. But you always write things the way you do for a reason.. so I know that.
This looks like something that was written early on while you were in prison. I haven't been able to go look any where on your blog for a date,, but seems to be before you went to Marion..
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Thanks, Chris! I was free on bond when I wrote this. "Li/able" alludes to "Lie Bull" while adding an allusive dimension the latter lacks: "Li/able" as a contraction of "lie able." The horrid lie someone was able to tell meant I was liable to end up in prison a few months after I wrote it.
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Ron Praeger , Dianne Borsenik and Charles Robert Hice like this.
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I love when so little can say so much!!!
excellent!
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Thank you, Susan!
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my psychological lapels on my suit of me are far too wide and varied to be labeled by others not me.
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