Jennifer Bosveld

Poet

Columbus, OH
Ohio US
Website: 
www.puddinghouse.com

Author's Bio

Poet, essayist, publisher known for first using the term "Applied Poetry"--poetry applied to the times of our lives. Founder of Pudding Magazine, Pudding House Publications, Poets Greatest Hits national archive, presenting over 300 workshops nationally, including at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum, The Salt Palace, for Sunset Poets in CA, Rhino Workshop in Normal, IL, Indianapolis Writers Center, many years for the National Assn. for Poetry Therapy. 

Bosveld died at the age of sixty-nine on August 30, 2014.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Crude: Poems at the End of the Age of Oil (Pudding House Publications, 2010)
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Cap City Poets: Columbus & Central Ohio's Best Known, Read, and Requested Poets (Pudding House Publications, 2008)
,
Hunger Enough: Living Spiritually in a Consumer Society (Pudding House Publications, 2004)
,
Glass Works: Art Glass, Windows, Bottles, Marbles, and jars (Pudding House Publications, 2002)
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Pocket Poetry Parenting Guide (Pudding House Publications, 2000)
,
Prayers to Protest: Poems That Center & Bless (Pudding House Publications, 1998)
,
Coffeehouse Poetry (Bottom Dog Press, 1996)
Books:
Love Poems & Other Messages for Bruce Springsteen (Pudding House Publications, 2009)
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The Pudding House Gang (Pudding House Publications, 2009)
,
Jazz Kills The Paperboy: virtual journalism poems (Pudding House Publications, 2006)
,
Elastic Ekphrastic: Poetry on Art:/Poets on Tour in Galleries (Pudding House Publications, 2005)
,
From a Phone Booth in Paradise (Rank Stranger Press, 2005)
,
The Magic Fish: Poems on an Edward Boccia Sketchbook (Pudding House Publications, 2003)
,
Fresh Water: Poems from the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams (Pudding House Publications, 2001)
,
The Unitarian Universalist Poets: A Contemporary American Survey (Pudding House Publications, 1996)
Chapbooks:
Chapbook on the Making of the Chapbook (Pudding House Publications, 2008)
,
Free With the Purchase of a Spagheti Fork (Pudding House Publications, 1986)
Journals:
Chiron Review
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Gargoyle Magazine
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Heaven Bone
,
Rosebud
Prizes won: 

Ohio Arts Council Fellowship in Poetry, 1996. Pioneer Award from the Nat. Assn. for Poetry Therapy. I do not enter contests as a general rule.

More Information

Identifies as: 
Irish American
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Columbus, OH
Ohio
Raised in: 
Columbus, OH
Ohio
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Last update: Sep 04, 2025