John Roche is a New Mexico poet. His books include Road Ghosts, The Joe Poems, On Conesus, and Topicalities. He's also edited a number of anthologies, taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Michigan State, and holds an MA from the University College Dublin, Ireland.

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John Roche - Albuquerque Poet and Author of Road Ghosts

Sergeant George Linen Jr aka Fresh Linen is author of the poetry collection Before the Streetlights Come On. He has appeared on the TEDxUniversityofEssex stage, teaches at Airmen Leadership School, and is currently serving in the U.S. Air Force stationed in Germany.  Find Fresh Linen: https://freshlinencreates.com Before the Streetlights Come On book: https://freshlinencreates.com/buy-my-book/ols/products/bookmark-the-infamous-warning  A Breath of Fresh Air Poetry Scholarship: https://freshlinencreates.com/scholarship-winners  Fresh Linen on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Geofreshlinen/ If you'd like to be a guest on the show or have questions, you can email at penandpoet@gmail.com.  To help support the show, you can visit the show's Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/penandpoetpodcast?fan_landing=true  Follow the show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PenAndPoetPodcast

Fresh Linen - author of Before the Streetlights Come On

Matthew Marroquín is a Salvadorian-American slam poet, Education for Service Scholar, and student at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa. Marroquín is a theatre and media performance student and author of Guanaco Binge, a collection of poetry published by Read or Green Books.  You can find Matthew Marroquín and all his information here: https://linktr.ee/vida_marroquin You can find his book and all the books from his publisher, Read or Green Books LLC here: https://readorgreenbooks.com/order-here If you'd like to be a guest on the show or have questions, you can email at penandpoet@gmail.com.  To help support the show, you can visit the show's Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/penandpoetpodcast?fan_landing=true  Follow the show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PenAndPoetPodcast  

Matthew Marroquin - Author of Guanaco Binge

Melissa May is author of Up Is So Near and Sparklefat which was originally published by WordsDance Press. She has been featured on Button Poetry with at least one of her videos having over 900,000 views. If you'd like to be a guest on the show or have questions, you can email at penandpoet@gmail.com.  To help support the show, you can visit the show's Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/penandpoetpodcast?fan_landing=true  Follow the show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PenAndPoetPodcast

Melissa May - Author of Up Is So Near

Bracha Goetz is a poet and author of 40 children’s books written in rhyme poetry. Goetz graduated from Harvard with a BA in Psychology and Social Relations. She is also author of a memoir for grown ups called Searching for God in the Garage. You can find her work on Amazon.

Bracha Goetz - Author of 40 Children's Books of Poetry

Nolan P. Holloway Jr. is a poet from Atlanta Georgia and author of 3 collections of poetry including Life Between the Words. He is also cohost of a radio show called The Real Level Up and is a voice over artist with a background in business management. 

Nolan P Holloway - Author of Life Between the Words

Tamara Kaye Sellman is a journalist by trade and a writer of prose and poetry. She's been nominated two times for the Pushcart Prize, the John S Burroughs Prize and is first place winner of the Dr O Marvin Lewis Essay Award. She's author of Intention Tremor, of which the proceeds will be donated to the Accelerated Cure Project.

Tamara Kaye Sellman - Author of Intention Tremor

Season 3 of Pen and Poet is being recorded as we speak and includes interviews with many contemporary poets including Tamara Kaye Sellman and Harvard Graduate and children's book author Bracha Goetz. The first episode drops August 19th!

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Jennifer E. Hudgens is a poet out of Oklahoma and is working on her MFA at Oklahoma State University. She is the author of several books including “Girls Who Fell In Love With War” through Swimming with Elephants Publications and her latest “Bear” which is self published. She’s been published in numerous places including Literary Orphans and Rag Queen Periodical.

Jennifer E Hudgens - Oklahoma poet and author of Bear

Bill Nevins is a New Mexican poet who is also an educator, social worker, journalist, and farmer. He is author of the book Heartbreak Ridge and other poems out with Swimming with Elephants Publications and his poetry can also be found in countless places like Central Avenue, The Rag, Maple Leaf Rag.

Bill Nevins - New Mexico poet and author of Heartbreak Ridge

Chibbi is a poet, actor, singer, and make up artist currently residing in San Antonio TX. He is the author of two books at the moment, Where the Wild Things Grow and Otro/Patria. And he is the founder of Laredo Border Slam, which started in 2010.

Chibbi Orduna - Texas Poet and author of Otro/Patria

Bassam was a rapper, then page poet, then spoken word artist from Toronto, and is now the National Director for speakNORTH, formerly Spoken Word Canada. They are the National Poetry Slam Champion at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in 2016 with the Guelph (pronounce Gwealth) Poetry Slam team, Canadian Individual Poetry Slam finalist in 2017, and has two books out by Swimming with Elephants Publications “disaster in die * an overdose sunrise” and “bliss in die / unbinging the underglow” and a collection through GenZ Publishing “_nil:/per.OS: seppuku|smiles & songs for sarah”, and a proud Auntie.

Bassam - Toronto Poet and Author of bliss in die / unbinging the underglow

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