Lisa St John

Poet

Cottekill, NY
New York US
Email: 
lisachristinastjohn@gmail.com
Website: 
www.lisachristinastjohn.com/
Twitter/X: 
@lisacstjohn

Author's Bio

I write poetry and essays. I am working on a memoir. I have a BA in Secondary Education-English, an MA in Liberal Studies, and I am always in the process of accumulating various credits. I also have a random degree in visual arts. I want to find warmth in the cold world, beauty in horror. I search out images and shape them in an archetypal mold. I revel in the traditional form and take risks in experimental visions. Visual art is my forever muse, and I never tire of writing about the magic and power of art. I have a blog for my prose and photographs. I occasionally post audio versions of my poems because I feel strongly about the self as conduit. My poems are as much a part of me as my skin, scars and all.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Fish Anthology 2016 (Fish Publishing, 2016)
Book:
Swallowing Stones (Kelsay Books, 2023)
Chapbook:
Ponderings (Finishing Line Press, 2015)
Journals:
Broad River Review
,
Chronogram
,
Ekphrastic Review
,
Glassworks Magazine
,
New Verse News
,
Orchards Poetry Journal
,
Poets Reading the News
,
SWWIM Every Day
Prizes won: 

The poem “There Must Be a Science to This” won The Poet’s Billow’s Bermuda Triangle Contest and “Mowing the Lawn” was shortlisted for the Fish Poetry Prize and later published in Fish Anthology 2016.  Her poem “The Whens of Now” was selected as a finalist for the New Millennium Writings 44th Literary Awards. Her poem “Where is Ophelia’s Mother?” Won second place in the Sarah Lockwood Memorial Poetry Contest (2018).

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Oneida, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Oneida/Canastota, NY
New York
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Last update: Sep 04, 2023