James K. Zimmerman is a widely-published, award-winning poet. You can purchase his book of poetry, “Little Miracles”, from Passager Books here. “Little Miracles” is also available on Amazon here. If you prefer, you can purchase “Little Miracles” directly through PayPal for $18 (including shipping within the US) by clicking this link: PayPal
James K. Zimmerman’s second book of poetry, “Family Cookout”, is the winner of the Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook Competition from The Comstock Review. You can purchase “Family Cookout” directly for $14 (including shipping within the US) by clicking this link: PayPal. It is also available on eBay if you prefer — eBay — and on Amazon here — Amazon
NOTE: If you are interested in purchasing both books at the same time, the total cost is $28 (including shipping within the US). You can do so by clicking this link: PayPal
Both books are also available at The Village Bookstore, 10 Washington St., Pleasantville NY 10570 and at Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop, 141 Front St., Brooklyn, NY 11201. Please support your local independent book store!
January, 2018: JKZ will be reading poems on Thursday, February 15, 2018, at 6 PM at The Pocantico Center, an organization supported by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. A Q&A, and book-signing will occur after the reading. Refreshments will be served. Website for TPC: The Pocantico Center.
December, 2017: JKZ’s poem, “Fog on the 180 (Kings Canyon)” won the Edwin Markham Prize for Poetry from Reed Magazine.
November, 2017: Four poems are published in The Worcester Review — Vol. XXXVIII, #1&2. Copies can be purchased on the journal’s website. Here’s the link: The Worcester Review
October, 2017: James K. Zimmerman won the Pat Schneider Award from Amherst Writers & Artists. He participated in a reading sponsored by AWA in Amherst, MA, and the poem, “Wild Mushrooms,” has been published in Peregrine. Here’s the link: Amherst W&A
September, 2017: Two more poem have been posted by Bibliotekos, in their “Poems of Witness” series. One addresses violence and hate crimes against people of color; the other speaks to the genocide of Rohingya people in Myanmar. The link: Poems of Witness
December, 2016: Six poems and one short prose piece have been published on Bibliotekos as part of their “Protest Series” — a group of writings addressing current sociocultural and political issues in the US. Here are the links: Bibliotekos Protest Series and More Protest Series. You can read one of the posted poems, “Hero Worship”, below.
May, 2016: “Family Cookout”, the title poem of the book, has been posted as a featured poem in the May issue of Winning Writers. Here’s the link: Winning Writers
And check out the links on the “Poetry” page for other poems on other sites.
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SCHEDULE OF READINGS
January, 2018: JKZ will be reading poems on Thursday, February 15, 2018, at 6 PM at The Pocantico Center, an organization supported by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. A Q&A, and book-signing will occur after the reading.
A video of the reading at St. Francis College on 3-16-16 is now posted on YouTube: Reading at St. Francis College 3-16-16
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And here’s a “teaser” — one of the poems included in “Little Miracles”:
Side Trip
I seek an occasional
side trip to the universe
next door
the next slice in
the cosmic loaf
of bread
there, crows do not
say “caw” nor sneezes
“a-choo”
it is unearthly still
no language to ruin
thought
no heavenly bodies
to memorize
the words
and there, god is a magic
wand to a violin
an open hand
to a hungry dog
or perhaps
to a lurking trout
an angler’s passing fly
© 2011 James K. Zimmerman
All Rights Reserved
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Teaser #2 — A poem from “Family Cookout”:
All Saints’ Day
he pops
a wheelie on
his scooter in
the driveway
to him it’s a monster
Harley, the muddy
smudges on his arm
tattoos of angels
flaming swords
and “Mom”
he drops
the scooter
swaggers into
the kitchen
to take a swig
of OJ straight
from the bottle
and a fistful
of candy
heaven is open
for business
once again
© 2014 James K. Zimmerman
All Rights Reserved
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Teaser #3 — A poem from the Bibliotekos website:
Hero Worship
thirty-gallon garbage
bags, home on the broken
dog-shit sidewalk
black ones tied with rags
savings bank for nickel-
deposit bottles and cans
shopping cart of sweat-
stained shirts, torn pants
year-old magazines
laceless shoes
any change
to spare, brother?
buy you something to eat?
(won’t help you feed
your habit)
I could use a hero
oh — can’t do that
but here:
(hand in pocket
singles snug
between fives, tens
and twenties)
here’s a buck
thank you, brother
bless you
walking on, venti
latte, house and car
two-hundred-dollar
shoes
quicker step
a hero
