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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...

joniermcintire
Feb 26, 20212 min read


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...

joniermcintire
Nov 9, 20202 min read


“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...

joniermcintire
Oct 1, 20201 min read
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...

joniermcintire
Sep 10, 20201 min read


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...

joniermcintire
Aug 7, 20201 min read


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...

joniermcintire
Jul 31, 20202 min read
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!

joniermcintire
Jul 11, 20201 min read
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...

joniermcintire
Jul 8, 20201 min read


Art Box
Artists in Toledo create even when resources are scarce. While we maintain our spaces between each other this summer, The Arts Commission...

joniermcintire
Jun 29, 20201 min read


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...

joniermcintire
Jun 16, 20201 min read
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...

joniermcintire
Jun 6, 20201 min read


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...

joniermcintire
Jun 1, 20201 min read
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...

joniermcintire
Jun 1, 20203 min read
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...

joniermcintire
Apr 4, 20201 min read
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....

joniermcintire
Mar 23, 20202 min read
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...

joniermcintire
Feb 11, 20201 min read
After millions of years of evolution, I still can’t get this right
Clearly, I am not destined to become the next guru of website development. So I’m going to keep this nice and simple until clarity and...

joniermcintire
Feb 11, 20201 min read
Digging in the Dirt
While I have a lot of research to do about how to post products and accept payments here, my mind is racing with ideas. Printmaking and...

joniermcintire
Jan 16, 20201 min read


In the beginning
she wasn’t sure where the path would take her, but she knew it could only move forward. Here’s where my website begins. Where I move from...

joniermcintire
Jan 14, 20201 min read
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