Poets

Harry Calhoun has had work published in hundreds of poetry journals and more than a dozen books and chapbooks over the past three decades. His career has included Pushcart nominations, two Sundress Best of the Net nominations and publications in Abbey, Orange Room Review, Flutter Poetry Journal, Faircloth Review, Thunder Sandwich, Lily and others. Book publications have included I knew Bukowski like you knew a rare leaf and The Black Dog and the Road. In 2011, Flutter Press published his chapbook The Insomnia Poems. 2012 was an exceedingly good year, with the publication of the limited-edition chapbook Maintenance and Death, the chapbook of love poems, How Love Conquers the World, and the collection of poems from the ‘80s and ’90s called Retro, Maintenance and Death has now gone to a second edition. The chapbook Failure is Unimportant came out on Flutter in 2013 and a full-length poetry book, Alarmed in Space and other poems, has been accepted by Unbound Content for release in early 2015. Harry lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife Trina and his dogs Hamlet and Harriet.

Sandy Benitez is the founder and editor of Flutter Press and Poppy Road Review. She's been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Dzanc's Best of the Web, and Best of the Net. Sandy has authored six poetry chapbooks and has appeared in three anthologies. 

She resides in Southern California with her husband and their 2 children.

Tom Pescatore can sometimes be seen wandering along the Walt Whitman bridge or down the sidewalks of Philadelphia's old Skid Row. He might have left a poem or two behind to mark his trail.

His first novel the Boxcar Bop is available now from RunAmok Press.
  
Tom's blogsite, A Magical Mistake

Teacher, compere, performer and poet, Winston Plowes spends his days fine-tuning background noise and rescuing discarded words. These are re-sculpted over a glass of wine into magical poetry birds he releases by night to fly to new homes in journals and online destinations worldwide.
 
He lives in a floating home in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire UK, were he tries to persuade his black cat, ‘Fatty’ that it’s a good idea for her to do the same.
 
Find out more about his work at his website here – www.winstonplowes.co.uk

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Visit 'Random Acts of Poetry' and learn about Winston's commemorative microchap, 'Hebden's Bridges.' His five poems showcase aspects of life in Hebden Bridge, Calderdale in northern UK. Under his guidance and inspired formatting suggestions, this microchap presents his poems paired with sections of a map showing the town's canals and rivers. 

The Origami Poems Project was thrilled and honored to participate in the Hebden Bridge's summer 2017 Arts festival. The palm-sized microchaps were made available at this multi-faceted gathering during the event from 23rd June to 2nd July 2017. hebdenbridgeartsfestival.co.uk/

Martha Clarkson is a corporate designer and receives mail in Kirkland Washington.

She is a writer of poetry and fiction and is not adept at folding origami but glad to be part of this. Martha won best short story for Anderbo's 2012 contest and has notable mentions in "Best Non-Required Reading" two years in a row.

JD DeHart is a writer and teacher. He has been publishing poetry actively since 2012 and has taught students from the age of 4 to 40. Currently a high school English teacher, he is currently working on his PhD in Literacy Studies. His latest collection of poetry, A Five-Year Journey, has recently been released by Dreaming Big Publications.

DeHart blogs about books and authors at literacyworkandplay.blogspot.com

* 2023 Update: JD DeHart's poem The Sundown was nominated by the Origami Poems Project for the annual Pushcart Prize.
 

Steven Drenning Jr was raised and lives in Southern California.

Previously an atheist of atheists, and partaker of every which wind of philosophy, psychedelic drug, and striking vanity; in 2009 God chose to replace this man's inner man and affect him to be a seeker of Christ above all.

Now in every art, be it poetry, painting, music, dance, etc; Steven seeks the theological aesthetic; to point man toward Christ, and show His glory.

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