Mike Jurkovic

Poet, Spoken Word Artist

Wallkill, NY
New York US
Email: 
[email protected]
Website: 
mikejurkovic.substack.com/

Author's Bio

2025-2027 Ulster County Poet Laureate. Published globally. Little reportable income.

Collections: Circling Planes (Bushwhack Books, 2026). Buckshot Reckoning, mooncussers, AmericanMental, (Luchador Press 2023, 2022, 2020); haiku collections Monet’s Bamboo (CAPS Press, 2025) Blue Fan Whirring (Nirala Press, 2018) Anthologies include: Poets For Harris Anthology, (Viewless Wings Press, 2024); Calling All Poets 25th & 20th Anniversary Anthologies, (CAPS Press); Reflecting Pool: Poets & the Creative Process (Codhill Press, 2018); Like Light: 25 Years of Poetry & Prose (Bright Hill Press, 2018); WaterWrites: A Hudson River Anthology, and Riverine: Anthology of Hudson Valley Writers (Codhill Press, 2009, 2007) A 2016 Pushcart nominee. President Calling All Poets Series. Co-chair of the Music Fan Film Series, Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale, NY. CD reviews online All About Jazz and lightwoodpress.com  Host, NuJazzXcursions, Mondays, 9-11 a.m. WVKR-FM 91.3 Vassar College. He loves Emily most of all.

 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikesjazzpoetry...

Youtube:   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaBbZU...

Substack: https://mikejurkovic.substack.com/

Blue Sky: @mjpj55.bsky.social

Instagram: mooncusser55

Calling All Poets:  https://callingallpoets.net/

 

Publications & Prizes

Poetry

Anthologies:
WaterWrites (Codhill Press, 2010)
,
Riverine: Anthology of Hudson Valley Writers (Codhill Press, 2007)
,
Will Work For Peace (Zeropanik Press, 2000)
Journals:
The Main Street Rag
,
South Carolina Review

Spoken Word

Performances:
Albany Poets Showcase ()
,
Albany Wordfest ()
,
Calling All Poets ()
,
Cornelia Street Cafe ()
,
Poets Speak Loud ()

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Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Vonnegut Kerouac Anne Tyler Heller Steinbeck Dylan Guthrie Joni Mitchell
What I'm reading now: 
Bully Pulpit by Doris Jearns Goodwin, Weed The People by Bruce Bartlett, Democracy In Chains by Nancy MacLean

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
The Bronx, NY
New York
Raised in: 
The Bronx, NY
New York
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Last update: Jul 23, 2026