Dianne Borsenik is cofounder of the popular monthly Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza at Bela Dubby in Lakewood, Ohio. She has been a member of the Ohio Poetry Association, the Cleveland Pudding House Salon, and the Haiku Society of America, is active in the Cleveland poetry scene and reading circuit, and seeks publication in journals, anthologies, and chapbooks. Some of the diverse publications/places that her poetry has appeared in include the Worldwide Hippoetry 2010 anthology, the NEO Poets Field Guide, the Wick Poetry Center's "Speak Peace – American Voices Respond to Vietnamese Children’s Paintings" project, Amy Mothersbaugh Roos's Studio 2091, Heather Schmidt's new online Haiku journal Black Dahlia, the 1997 Burnished Pebbles Calendar, Inside The Old House (a Dark Shadows fanzine), In Touch newsletter, Journal of the Dark magazine, Lyricist Review, Malevolence, Naked Verses (anthology published by Naturally magazine), Naturally magazine, Nite-Writer's International, Reflections (Dark Shadows chapbook), Kuca od stakla (Serbia), Sivullinen (Finland), Songwriter's Monthly: City Life, the 2001 Poet's Market, Under The Armchair (Canada), Growing Up: Persons, Places, and Things, a dramatic presentation by Cleveland State University's "Mirror of the Arts" program, the Cleveland Plain Dealer ("Magnetic Feel For Poetry", January 09, 1998), the Angel's Nest Video Poem (Halkoem) project, "Gaze" (a visual poetry collaboration in the Gypsy Art Show, S. A. Griffin's The Poetry Bomb project, LCCC's Parallax, Dr. Ink, the Cleveland Heights Observer, and in the Genesis Of Evil program performed by actor Jonathan Frid (who played the character of Barnabas Collins on television's Dark Shadows). Her poems have appeared in text and video on John Burroughs's Crisis Chronicles Online Library, and also on Chris Madoch's Cock Amok and Crowing, on Kevin Eberhardt's Rounding Of The Stone, Joy Leftow's Poetry, and Gillena Cox's Lunch Break blogs, and in the Cleveland Poetics Blind Review Friday blog. Her signature poem "Lovechild" rode the buses and trains of Cleveland as part of the RTA Moving Minds 2008 Project, and her poem "HardDrive/SoftWear" was chosen for the 2009 RTA Sculpture Garden Project. Several of her poems were included in Le Pink-Elephant's 2009 Bookmark Series and Pinata Project, and a large number of her poems are available as downloadable podcasts on Vertigo Xi'an Xavier's The Poet's Haven website. Borsenik and Elyria poet John Burroughs were cofounders and coproducers of the annual "Snoetry- A Winter Wordfest" poetry events; Snoetry 2, a record-breaking marathon involving over 100 poets reading for 150 hours nonstop, was held in February, 2011. A 2009 chapbook collection, HardDrive/SoftWear, was published by Crisis Chronicles Press, and is available by mail order from Crisis Chronicles. A new chapbook, "Braless" (Blasted Press) was published in 2011, and new manuscripts were accepted by Kattywompus Press, Recycled Karma Press, and Writing Knights Press for publication in 2012. In August of 2011, Borsenik founded NightBallet Press, a small, independent poetry press interested in the musicality of languange and the originality of expression, with a commitment to excellence. To date, she has published eight chapbooks and ten broadsides, by poets from California to New York.

Blue Graffiti (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2011), HardDrive/SoftWear (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2009)

Vending Machine 2: Poetry for Change (The Poets Haven, 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, 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

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)