John Biguenet's work appears in many places, including Contemporary Poetry in America. A PEN/O. Henry prize winner, he has published ten books and had six plays widely produced, with his books and plays translated into a dozen languages. His new play, Broomstick, the confessions of a witch entirely in rhymed iambic pentameter, was a nominee for the American Theatre Critics Association's Steinberg Award for best new American play and a Los Angeles Times Critics' Pick.

Other poems by John Biguenet in Verse Daily:
November 22, 2022:   "Confession" "I complained, in my heart, when you coughed through the night..."

Other poems on the web by John Biguenet:

John Biguenet's Website.

John Biguenet on Twitter.

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Other poems by Five Points in Verse Daily:
March 8, 2024:   "The Creation of Angels" by Bruce Bond
February 25, 2024:   "Abandon" by Jesse Lee Kercheval
February 23, 2024:   "When I listen, I can hear" by Jean Nordhaus
February 22, 2024:   "Happiness" by Lewis Meyers
February 19, 2024:   "Covid Leads The Procession To Woodlawn Cemetery" by Cynthia Parker-Ohene
January 25, 2020:   "Grackle" by George Kalogeris
January 24, 2020:   "Errors of Beauty" by Ann Townsend
January 23, 2020:   "The Anchors Speak" by Terese Svoboda
May 2, 2019:   "'On the Bodies of Women'" Ina Conradie
April 29, 2019:   "Brother" Lisa Julie
September 2, 2016:   "Charolais" by John Kinsella
August 31, 2016:   "When I Had Died" by Cynthia Huntington
February 9, 2016:   "Funeral in Vermont" by Andrea Hollander
November 21, 2015:   "Ode to Chronic Insolvency" "I lived in an apartment..."
November 20, 2015:   "Ascension" by Philip Levine
March 31, 2015:   "Mrs. Cavendish and the Learning Curve" by Stephen Dunn
March 30, 2015:   "Passing Phase" by Stephen Dunn
November 9, 2013:   "The Rescue" by Chelsea Rathburn
February 7, 2011:   "Casals" by Gerald Stern
September 8, 2010:   "Converted Church" by Medbh McGuckian
December 15, 2009:   "The Opening" by Philip Schultz
May 14, 2009:   "Contentment" by Jane Hirshfield
May 12, 2009:   "Storm Catechism" by Kim Addonizio
November 19, 2008:   "Guess Work" by Christopher Buckley
November 18, 2008:   "When I Was the Muse" by Kate Daniels
November 17, 2008:   "Dog & Father" by Sam Pereira
May 26, 2008:   "Death by Wind" by Gerald Stern
November 11, 2007:   "Disciplines" by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
November 7, 2007:   "Heart Poem" by Mary Oliver
November 5, 2007:   "Easeful Death" by Kim Addonizio
March 18, 2006:   "After a Month of Rain" by Linda Pastan
October 28, 2005:   "Gone" by Malena Mörling
October 27, 2005:   "Fears" Rodney Jones
October 26, 2005:   "Flamingo Film" Dave Smith
October 24, 2005:   "October Storm" David Baker
May 8, 2005:  "Riding" Robert W. Hill
May 5, 2005:  "Vessel" Cecily Parks
May 2, 2005:  "Heavenly" Mary Oliver
October 23, 2004:  "Unsound Ship" by Medbh McGuckian
September 19, 2003:  "No Shelter" by Ann Townsend

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