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Mike Jurkovic
2025 Ulster County Poet Laureate. Host of NuJazzXcursions, WVKR 91.3FM Vassar College
About Me
2025 Ulster County Poet Laureate. Poetry, prose and music reviews have been published globally but
with little reportable income. Full length collections include Buckshot Reckoning, mooncussers,
AmericanMental, (Luchador Press 2023, 2022, 2020); haiku collections Monet’s Bamboo (CAPS Press,
2025) Blue Fan Whirring, (Nirala Press, 2018); Anthologies include: Poets For Harris Anthology,
(Viewless Wings Press, 2024); Calling All Poets 25th & 20th Anniversary Anthologies, (CAPS Press);
Reflecting Pool: Poets & the Creative Process (Codhill Press, 2018); Like Light: 25 Years of Poetry &
Prose (Bright Hill Press, 2018); WaterWrites: A Hudson River Anthology, and Riverine: Anthology of
Hudson Valley Writers (Codhill Press, 2009, 2007) A 2016 Pushcart nominee, Mike is President of
Calling All Poets, now in its 26th year in the Hudson Valley. Serves as co-chair of the Music Fan Film
Series, Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale, NY. CD reviews appear online at All About Jazz and
lightwoodpress.com Featured poet: London, Paris, San Francisco, Seattle, LA, NYC, Albany, Baltimore,
Philadelphia. The Rock n Roll Curmudgeon appeared in Rhythm and News Magazine, 1996-2003.
Chronogram, 2003-2007. Van Wyck Gazzette, 2013-2022. Elmore Magazine, 2013-2017. He is the
Monday 9am-10:30am host of NuJazzXcursions, WVKR-91.3FM Vassar College.
He loves Emily most of all.
My preferred album format: CD/Vinyl
