John Yamrus

you ready for this?

he says,

looking at me,

and

i say:

why not?

and i

walk on stage

with

my poems

and my books

and

the little

that’s left of my soul.

John Yamrus is widely recognized as master of minimalism and the neo-noir in modern poetry. In a career spanning more than 50 years as a working writer, he has had nearly 4,000 poems published in books, magazines and anthologies around the world. His writing is often taught in college and university courses. Three of his more than 40 books have been published in translation.