John Yamrus, Poet of Pennsylvania

Since 1970 John Yamrus has published 25 volumes of poetry and 2 novels. He exploded onto the national poetry scene after winning the prestigious Wakefield Poetry Prize. He has had more than 1,800 poems published in print magazines around the world. Selections of his poetry have been translated into several languages, including Spanish, Swedish, French, Japanese, Italian, Romanian, Albanian and Bengali. His poetry is taught in a number of colleges and universities. I ADMIT NOTHING from Epic Rites Press is his newest book. John’s advice to poets: read, write, read, edit, read, send for publications, read, and most of all, persist. Follow John, and buy the books, at http://www.johnyamrus.com