NEWSFLASH: The Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza is moving to the third Wednesday of each month (see below for details) - and the new Crisis Chronicles Press publication Fu@k Poetry, featuring work by 40 or so no-b.s. poets from around the globe, is finally available by clicking here.
Featured readings and Lix and Kix events:


Just published on July 4th — a limited edition of 69 copies!
a steal at only three dollars (plus two for shipping) from
Crisis Chronicles Press
420 Cleveland Street
Elyria, Ohio 44035
Jesus Crisis Poetry Chapbooks:
Bloggerel, 2nd edition - by Jesus Crisis
Identity Crises - by Doug Manson, Jesus Crisis and Bree
6/9: Improvisations in Dependence - by Jesus Crisis
Recently published by Crisis Chronicles Press:
Hard Drive/Soft Wear - by Dianne Borsenik
Elyria: Point A in Ohio Triangle - by Alex Gildzen
Suburban Monastery Death Poem - by d.a. levy
The Bat's Love Song: American Haiku - by Heather Ann Schmidt
Coming Soon from Crisis Chronicles Press:
PITH - by Will Northerner
Fever Dreams and Other Poems - by Yahia Lababidi
The Hart of Cleveland: Early Poems - by Hart Crane
Poems in Crisis - by Langston Hughes
Transient Angels - by Heather Ann Schmidt
Offline - by Jesus Crisis
Shuts Up - by Jesus Crisis
New works by Kent Brown, Dianne Borsenik and others
And the inaugural issue of Fuck Poetry, an anti-censorship collection featuring work by forty poets - nearly half from northern Ohio and the rest from across the globe.
What you've missed recently:
January 16th 2010 (all day til midnight) - Lix and Kix (Dianne Borsenik and I) hosted Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest at The Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in the historic town of North East (near Erie), Pennsylvania. The day began with an hour of open mic at 1 p.m. then continue with live music and more than 30 featured poets from six states. We sprinkled in more open mic throughout the day.
December 15th (7 pm) - Lix and Kix at Bela Dubby featured Heather Ann Schmidt (here from Michigan to launch her new Crisis Chronicles Press chapbook The Bat's Love Song: American Haiku) and Nin Andrews (author of The Book of Orgasms and the newly published Southern Comfort from CavanKerry Press). An open mic followed.
November 13th
(8:30 pm) - at Borders Books (17200 Royalton Rd. in Strongsville), John
Burroughs, aka Jesus Crisis, was the featured reader during the Deep Cleveland Poetry Hour.
November 17th (7 pm) - Lix and Kix at Bela Dubby hosted three fine featured poets: Mnemosyne editor Jen Pezzo (aka Kerowyn Rose), MoonLit editor (and author of the vanZeno Press collection Emergency Contact) Claire McMahon, and (from Cincinnati) novelist (and author of the West End Press poetry collection Crow Call) Michael Henson. An open mic followed.
October 20th (7 pm) at the Bela Dubby Art Gallery and Beer Cafe (13321 Madison Ave. in Lakewood) - Lix and Kix (hosted by Dianne Borsenik and me) break the mold! Featured poet Ralph La Charity (from Cincinnati) and 10-string guitarist JJ Haaz will weave in and out of an experimental fu@k-the-format get-in-where-you-fit-in poetic open mic free-for-all on the Lix and Kix poetry series' one year anniversary.
October 17th (7 pm) at Visible Voice Books
(1023 Kenilworth Ave. in Cleveland) - Jane Rosenberg LaForge,
Christopher Bowen, Dianne Borsenik and I read for Burning River, as the
book launch celebration for After Voices continued.

poster by JJ Haaz
October 16th (7 pm) at the Morgan Conservatory (1754 E. 47th Street in Cleveland) - The first of two days of Cleveland readings hosted by Burning River (www.burningriver.info). I performed poetry accompanied by 10-string guitar master JJ Haaz. Jane Rosenberg LaForge from New York (we celebrated the release of her new chapbook, After Voices), Bree of Cleveland Heights' Green Panda Press, and Burning River's own Christopher Bowen were also featured.
September 15th 2009 - Lix and Kix at Bela Dubby in Lakewood, Ohio, featured poets the David Smith (a.k.a. Handsome Duke Deal from Los Angeles, CA) and Russ Vidrick (Cleveland, OH) were joined by musical guest Leah Lou. Open mic will follow.
September 8th 2009 - John "Jesus Crisis" Burroughs was one of several featured poets (including Black Poetic) during the Nia Coffeehouse's debut at the Karamu House in Cleveland. Vince Robinson and the Jazz Poets hosted -- sponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
September 5th 2009 - John "Jesus Crisis" Burroughs and Dianne Borsenik read from and signed their latest chapbooks at the Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in North East, Pennsylvania (near Erie) - with featured music by Chernaly.
18 August 2009 - Ra Washington, Kisha Nicole Foster and (from Detroit, MI) Lisa Vicious™ were our featured poets at the Bela Dubby Art Gallery and Beer Cafe in Lakewood, Ohio. Our ever-exciting open mic will follow. And free wi-fi is included.
15 August 2009 - Mint Jam '09 at the Crosby Mint Farm in St. Johns, Michigan. Click here to read more about it.
7 August 2009 - Jesus Crisis, Dianne Borsenik and Gina Tabasso were featured poets at Pumpkin Hollow Antiques & Cafe in Bellville, Ohio, emceed by Mark Hersman.
21 July 2009 - Celebrating our relocation to the Bela Dubby! Scheduled features were Cleveland's own Terry Provost (author of Compassionate Imperialism) and two poets all the way from New York state: Will Northerner and Kent Brown.
16 June 2009 - Ohio poets Patti O'Luanaigh and Clarissa Jakobsons were our featured performers for Lix and Kix 9 at Visible Voice Books in Cleveland.
19 May 2009 - Finally back in Cleveland after years of living abroad, legendary poets, publishers, artists and world travelers Steven B. Smith & Kathy Ireland Smith were our featured readers for Lix and Kix 8 at Visible Voice Books in Cleveland.





