September Poet of the Month Deborah Tosun Kilday
Editor’s Note: We are so please to feature our Debbie in the September 2025 issue of BeatLife. Debbie among other accomplishments is a total inspiration...
August Poet of the Month Paul Richmond
Biography: Paul Richmond was awarded Beat Poet Laureate by National Beat Poetry Foundation for, MA 2017-2019, USA 2019-2020, & Lifetime 2022. Performs nationally and internationally,...
July Poet of the Month Virginia Shreve
Biography: Born in Nitro, West Virginia. Lived many places, including NJ, MN, TX, FL, and Budapest. Had 4 brothers. Still had to mow the lawn....
June Poet of the Month Sandra Feen
Biography: Sandra Feen was inducted as the 2022-2024 Ohio Beat Poet Laureate by the National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc. She co-hosts the monthly online creative...
Poet of the Month Bengt O Björklund
Biography: All I do today is a result of all my years spent in Turkish prisons late sixties early seventies. I wrote my first poem...
Poet of the Month Chris Vannoy
Biography: Chris Vannoy is a contemporary poet based in San Diego, California. As a member of a new generation of beat poets, he has spent...
Poet of the Month Chris Bodor
Biography: Chris Bodor is a first generation American. He was born in Connecticut to an English mother and a Hungarian father. During the past three decades, his...
Poet of the Month Lily Swarn
International Beat Poet Laureate International Beat Poet Laureate India 2023 -2024 and Caesar Vallejo award for literary excellence by UHE ,Lily Swarn, internationally acclaimed ,multilingual...
Poet of the Month RescuePoetix/Susan Justiniano
New Jersey’s Beat Poet Laureate Biography: RescuePoetix, Susan Justiniano, first Puerto Rican and woman Poet Laureate of Jersey City, NJ, found her performance voice in...
Poet of the Month Linda Bratcher Wlodyka
Massachusetts Beat Poet Laureate Linda Bratcher Wlodyka is the Massachusetts, Beat Poet Laureate, 2023-2025. She retired as an educator from Mt. Greylock Regional School District...