john compton

Poet

Author's Bio

https://linktr.ee/poetjohncompton

book (publisher not in their directory)

• stranger in the attic of clouds [deadman's press ink]

chapbook (publisher not in their directory)

• the scalpel calms the grief [the grindstone]

• the side effect poems [crying heart press] [2026]

Publications & Prizes

Books:
house as a cemetery (Rebel Satori Press, 2026)
,
my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store (FlowerSong Press, 2024)
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the castration of a minor god (Ghost City Press, 2022)
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trainride elsewhere (Pressed Wafer, 2016)
Chapbooks:
the pain diary (Ethel Zine, 2026)
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my thirteen ways to commit suicide manifesto (Between Shadows Press, 2025)
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melancholy arcadia (Small Harbor Publishing, 2024)
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our trees speak in suburbian (Ghost City Press, 2024)
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blacked out borderland from an exponential crisis (Ethel, 2023)
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how we liberated what secrets we modified (Etched Press, 2023)
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to wash all the pretty things off my skin (Ethel, 2021)
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a child growing wild inside the mothering womb (Ghost City Press, 2020)
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i saw god cooking children / paint their bones (Blood Pudding Press, 2020)
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ampersand (Plan B Press, 2018)
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rust (Kindle Singles, 2018)
,
that moan like a saxophone (Kindle Singles, 2016)
Prizes won: 
  • pushcart nomination 2020: the men that made bonfires
  • pushcart nomination 2021: the every tree
  • pushcart nomination 2022: the waltz; or, how one becomes more clean

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Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
indie poets

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Disability, Illness/Wellness, Immigration, LGBTQ, Men, Mental Health, Naturalists/Environmentalists, Seniors, Teachers, Women
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
KY
Kentucky
Raised in: 
KY
Kentucky
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Last update: Feb 19, 2026