Dianne Borsenik is cofounder of the popular Lix & Kix Poetry Extravaganza and the Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest series, and is a member of the Ohio Poetry Association, the Haiku Society of America, and the Academy of American Poets. In 2011, she founded NightBallet Press, and has published over 30 poets from across the United States. Borsenik is active in the Cleveland, Ohio poetry scene and reading circuit; her poetry has appeared in numerous and varied publications and places, including the Worldwide Hippoetry Anthology 2010, the Wick Poetry Center's "Speak Peace-American Voices Respond to Vietnamese Children's Paintings" project, Amy Mothersbaugh Roos's Studio 2091, Inside the Old House (a Dark Shadows fanzine), Journal of the Dark magazine, Lyricist Review, Malevolence, Kuca od stakla (Serbia), Sivullinen (Finland), the 2001 Poet's Market, Under the Armchair (Canada), Naturally Magazine and the anthology Naked Verses, "Growing Up: Persons, Places and Things"- a dramatic presentation by Cleveland State University's "Mirror of the Arts" program, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Gaze"-a visual poetry collaboration in the Gypsy Art Show (online), S. A. Griffin's The Poetry Bomb project, and in the "Genesis of Evil" program performed by actor Jonathan Frid (who played the character of Barnabas on television's Dark Shadow series). Her poems have appeared in text and video on John Burroughs's Crisis Chronicles Online Library, and her poem "Lovechild" rode the buses and trains of Cleveland as part of the RTA Moving Minds Project in 2008. In February 2011, Borsenik and poet John Burroughs coproduced Snoetry 2, a record-breaking marathon involving over 100 poets reading for 150 hours nonstop. Chapbooks include HardDrive/SoftWear (Crisis Chronicles Press), Blue Graffiti (CCP), Cravings (recycled karma press), Bad Ink (Writing Knights Press), and Fortune Cookie (Kattywompus Press). In 2012, Borsenik won second place in her first ever slam competition, and first place in her second slam. In April 2013, she won second place in the 2nd Annual Poesies Slam Competition, and in May 2013, she won first place in the Best Cleveland Poem Competition. She has traveled and read with poetry partner John Burroughs from Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Detroit, Michigan to Erie and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in West Virginia, and throughout Ohio. She continues to seek publication in journals, magazines, chapbooks, and anthologies, and is willing to travel for readings. She believes in the musicality of language and the originality of expression in poetry.

Bad Ink (Writing Knights Press, 2012), Cravings (recycled karma press, 2012), Fortune Cookie (Kattywompus Press, 2012), Blue Graffiti (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2011), HardDrive/SoftWear (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2009)

Hip Poetry 2012 (Wind Publications, 2012), Vending Machine 2: Poetry for Change (The Poets Haven, 2012), Vending Machine 3: Poetry for Change (The Poets Haven, 2012), Writing Knights Press 2011 Anthology (Writing Knights Press, 2012), Fuck Poetry (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2011), HORUS : Hi road glyphics of are you us (Green Panda Press, 2011), Rising In Hope (recycled karma press, 2011), Best of 2010 (Ohio Poetry Day Association, 2010), Crab Lines Off The Pier (Indigo Dreams Publishing, 2010), Vending Machine: Poetry For Change (The Poets Haven, 2010), Water Me Well (Green Panda Press, 2010), What I Knew Before I Knew (Pudding House Press, 2010), The World According To Goldfish- Vol. II Sight (Goldfish Press, 2009), The New Haiku (Snapshot Press, 2002), The Poet's Reference Book (Blaxland TAN, 1999), Growing Up: Persons, Places, and Things (Cleveland State University Press, 1998), Red Moon Anthology (Red Moon Press, 1997), The Magnetic Poetry Book of Poetry (Workman Publishing, 1997), Haiku World: An International Poetry Almanac (Kodansha International, 1996), Voices of Cleveland (CSU Poetry Center, 1996), One Breath (Haiku Society of America, 1995), Dreams Wander (Haiku Society of America, 1994), Celebration- The 1985 Edward A Fallot Poetry Competition Winners (Rainbow Books, 1985), The Best of The Editor's Desk (Rainbow Books, 1984), Flyin' High- The 1983 Edward A Fallot Poetry Competition Winners (Rainbow Books, 1983)

A Handful Of Stones, A Trunk of Delirium, A Wise Woman's Garden, Admit Two, ant ant ant ant ant, Avocet, Barefoot Grass Journal, Blue Unicorn, Breakfast All Day, Broken Teeth, Brussels Sprout, Candelabrum, Cicada, Cock Amok and Crowing, Common Threads, Covert Poetics #5, Crisis Chronicles Online Library, Curious Rooms, Dasoku, Deep Cleveland Junkmail Oracle, Eviscerator Heaven, Frogpond, Grasslands Review, Guerilla Pamphlets, Haggard and Halloo, Haiku Spirit, Hessler Street Fair Anthology, Hummingbird, Iota, Ko, Libido, Lilliput Review, MiPOesias, Mnemosyne, Modern Haiku, Muddy River Poetry Review, Nerve Cowboy, Persimmon, Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel, Poet's Haven Gallery, Pudding Magazine: The International Journal of Applied Poetry, Rosebud, Roswell Literary Review, Rusty Truck, Ship of Fools, Skylark Magazine, Slipstream, South By Southeast, Stoneflower, The Cartier Street Review, The City Poetry, Troubadour 21, Walt's Corner, Woodnotes Haiku Magazine, Zygote in My Coffee

Snoetry 3 and a Half (2013), Poetry in the Woods- Shaker Heights, OH (2012), Temple of Tolerance (2012), Artomatic 409 (2011), Colin Lively Show- Blogtalk Radio (2011), In Verse w/ Lorain Arts Council- Lorain, OH (2011), Lix and Kix, Bela Dubby- Lakewood, OH (2011), PoetryElyria- Elyria, OH (2011), Poets of Lorain County (feature) , Avon Lake Library- Avon Lake, OH (2011), Poets South of I70 (feature), Abrio's Brick Oven- Athens, OH (2011), Pumpkin Hollow (feature) - Bellville, OH (2011), Snoetry2- A World Record Event- Elyria, OH (2011), Temple of Tolerance (feature)- Wapakoneta, OH (2011), "Feed The Gays" (feature)- Cleveland, OH (2010), Barnes and Noble Books (feature)- Westlake, OH (2010), Brunswick Art Works Poetry Series (feature) , Dunkin' Donuts- Brunswick, OH (2010), Burning River at Mac's Backs (feature) - Cleveland Heights, OH (2010), Burroughs & Borsenik at Sterling Spencer Memorial Sculpture Garden- Richwood, WV (2010), Columbus Arts Festival (feature) - Columbus, OH (2010), Downtown Poets at New Beginnings (feature) - Marion, OH (2010), First Mondays at The Alcazar (feature)- Cleveland Heights, OH (2010), Jawbone Festival- Kent, OH (2010), Lix and Kix, Bela Dubby- Lakewood, OH (2010), Ohio Poetry Association Annual Picnic (feature) - Marion, OH (2010), Peace & War Summit Intergenerational Poetry Reading- Cleveland, OH (2010), Poems For Bread - Cleveland Heights, OH (2010), Poetry Super Highway Blogtalk Radio (2010), PoetryElyria (feature) - Elyria, OH (2010), Pudding House Book Launch and Reception- Cleveland Hts, OH (2010), Snoetry- A Winter Wordfest (feature)- North East, PA (2010), Sunday Brunch Invasion with Angelheart and Frankie Metro- Online Blogtalk Radio (2010), The Poetry Forum at the Rumba Cafe (feature) - Columbus, OH (2010), Trenchcoat Manifesto w/ Burroughs & Borsenik at Visible Voice- Cleveland, OH (2010), Write On! at Phoenix Coffee Cafe (feature) - Cleveland Heights, OH (2010), Writer's Lounge at Dreamers Bar and Grill (feature)- Parma, OH (2010), As We Speak, Bela Dubby (feature) - Lakewood, OH (2009), Barking Spider Tavern- Cleveland, Ohio (2009), Beat Cafe Poetry Series (feature)- Warren, MI (2009), Brewed Awakenings- Toledo, OH (2009), Brunswick Art Works Poetry Series, Buehler's-- Brunswick, OH (2009), Burning River at the Morgan Conservatory- Cleveland, OH (2009), Burning River at Visible Voice- Cleveland, OH (2009), Deep Cleveland at Borders Books (feature)- Strongsville, Ohio (2009), Feed The Gays" (feature) - Cleveland, Ohio (2009), Jawbone Festival- Kent, Ohio (2009), Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe (feature)--North East, PA (2009), Lix and Kix, 806 Martini and Wine Bar - Cleveland, OH (2009), Lix and Kix, Bela Dubby- Lakewood, Ohio (2009), Lix and Kix, Visible Voice Books- Cleveland, Ohio (2009), Mint Jam 09 (feature)- St. Johns, MI (2009), Pumpkin Hollow-Lix & Kix (feature)- Bellville, OH (2009), RTA Poetry-Sculpture Project (feature)- Cleveland, OH (2009), Sweet Epiphany (feature) - Detroit, MI (2009), The Collingwood Arts Center (feature) - Toledo, OH (2009), The Poet's Haven (feature), Phoenix Coffee Co. - S. Euclid, OH (2009), Tres Versing the Panda- Cleveland, Ohio (2009), Twysted Thursday- Euclid, OH (2009), Waterloo Arts Festival-- Cleveland, Ohio (2009), Wordplay- WJCU radio- Cleveland, OH (2009), Barking Spider Tavern- Cleveland, OH (2008), Huron Boat Basin- Huron, OH (2008), Jim's Coffeehouse (feature)- Elyria, OH (2008), Joe Sundae's- Sandusky, OH (2008), Lix and Kix (feature), 806 Martini and Wine Bar - Cleveland, OH (2008), Mac's Backs (feature)- Cleveland, OH (2008), Madison Rose Books- Lakewood, OH (2008), Northrops Books (feature)- Olmsted Falls, OH (2006), Mac's Backs-(feature) Cleveland, OH (1998), Borders Books (feature) - Fairlawn, OH (1997), Mac's Backs (feature) - Cleveland, OH (1997), Hessler Street Fair (feature) - Cleveland, OH (1996), Mac's Backs (feature)-Cleveland, OH (1996), Haiku Chicago- Joint Haiku Conference (1995)