What A Week It Is!
To begin with, the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo is featuring me this week in their Artist Feature series. On Wednesday, I will be...
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joniermcintire
- Mar 28
- 1 min
As We Round The Corner Into Another National Poetry Month...
So many things are emerging! The daffodils are showing their bright faces, my chapbook is out and in the hands of readers, and I’m...
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joniermcintire
- Mar 18
- 1 min
Tonight’s the Night!
Semidomesticated book release reading is tonight and I cannot wait! Not only do I get to share this excitement with the very talented...
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joniermcintire
- Mar 3
- 2 min
It’s a new day, and I’m feeling good...
To begin with, here are three poems of mine that the incredible Malarkey Books shared… http://malarkeybooks.com/poetry/three-poems-by-jon...
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joniermcintire
- Feb 26
- 2 min
Don’t Call It a Comeback...
It’s more like a re-awakening. Whew, this winter has been weird and brutal! But the sun has returned to us and 2021 has already brought...
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joniermcintire
- Nov 9, 2020
- 2 min
Enough enough. And then some...
We need to talk. Or moreover, I need to tell you something that’s hard for me to tell you. The past few months have been emotionally...
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joniermcintire
- Oct 1, 2020
- 1 min
“October is a fine and dangerous season in America.” - Thomas Merton, from The Seven-Storey Mountain
Summer passed quickly and I’m back to working on the PopUp Black Lives Matter book. I have paper and poems selected, the order and a...
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joniermcintire
- Sep 10, 2020
- 1 min
A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On
After some weeks spent with family and travel, I return to the life I’ve been building and find some successes waiting for me. Three...
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joniermcintire
- Aug 7, 2020
- 1 min
Busy Weekend Ahead!
Tonight, planning an outdoor reading for late September. The trick will be in making it safe enough for anyone to attend, but I look...
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joniermcintire
- Aug 1, 2020
- 2 min
Finish each day and be done with it. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Oh July, you are one hot day dragging itself after another. But things got done. Two poets who are near and dear to me had their book...
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joniermcintire
- Jul 11, 2020
- 1 min
Quick Update
This is just to say I worked for over an hour on my website and learned absolutely nothing about how to design or manage a website. Enjoy!
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joniermcintire
- Jul 8, 2020
- 1 min
What a Week!
Let’s start with getting a spot on local radio… I had the incredible fortune to be featured on TONIGHT’s Homegrown Toledo Creatives, from...
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joniermcintire
- Jun 29, 2020
- 1 min
Art Box
Artists in Toledo create even when resources are scarce. While we maintain our spaces between each other this summer, The Arts Commission...
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joniermcintire
- Jun 16, 2020
- 1 min
PopUp Protest - Add Art
Call for artwork for PopUp chapbook… seeking visual art by artists of color, artwork limited to black and white to be included in limited...
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joniermcintire
- Jun 6, 2020
- 1 min
Support From Artists
Because of generous donations by marketing network Social B. Creative and by local artist/poet Adrian Lime, we are able to reimburse...
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joniermcintire
- Jun 1, 2020
- 1 min
Pop Up printing - Protest
- Call for submissions for new Pop Up chapbook specifically responding to the need to share what it is like to be a person of color in...
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joniermcintire
- Jun 1, 2020
- 3 min
Psychogenic Pandemic
At first, quarantine equated to time off. A momentary slow-down, like a fog-delay or snow day. Terrifying in its nature but with this...
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joniermcintire
- Apr 4, 2020
- 1 min
The Most Poetic Month of the Year
April is underway and with it comes the challenge to write a new poem each day. And so I undertake the challenge. My hope is that you are...
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joniermcintire
- Mar 23, 2020
- 2 min
Everything’s Gone Viral
Events are all on hold, the air is hesitation and anxiety, and my natural fear of entrapment is a very realized state of caginess....
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joniermcintire
- Feb 11, 2020
- 1 min
So much to look forward to...
A poem accepted in Thirteen Myna Birds (should publish later this month), readings later this month and in March, leading a poetry and...
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