2025 Ulster County Poet Laureate
Mike Jurkovic
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Poetry, prose and music reviews published globally 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) 2016 Pushcart nominee; President, Calling All Poets, celebrating 26 years in the Hudson Valley. Co-chair, Music Fan Film Series, Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale, NY. CD reviews online at All About Jazz and Lightwood 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. Hosts NuJazzXcursions, Monday 9-10am, WVKR-91.3FM Vassar College. He loves Emily most of all.
Upcoming Events
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Laureates & Friends
At Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main Street, Beacon NY
Three Poets Laureate and Three Friends read their work. This event introduces the three new Poets Laureate from Dutchess, Ulster, and Rockland County along with three poets who are the “friends” of this evening’s event. Poets are: Ruth Danon, Mike Jurkovic, Juan Mobili, Catherine Gonick, Jordan Davis, Mary Lou Buschi.
Date: Saturday, July 26, 2025
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Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic Featuring Mike Jurkovic
At Caffe Lena, 47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs NY
Caffè Leno’s Poetry Open Mic will feature a performance by 2025 Ulster County Poet Laureate Mike Jurkovic reading with Nick Bisanz on guitar and effects.
Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2025
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Poetry As Protest & Political Action
At Kingston Library, 61 Crown Street, Kingston NY
Ulster County Poet Laureate Mike Jurkovic presents a community discussion about poetry and protest.Date: Saturday, August 23rd
Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm
Previous Ulster County Poet Laureate
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Kate Hymes
2023 - 2024
Kate Hymes is a writer and poet living in New Paltz. She has led Wallkill Valley Writers workshops for over twenty years. Writers who have written with her have dubbed her the story doula. Her poems have been published in national and regional anthologies, most recently mightier: Poets for Social Justice, published by Calling All Poets, 2020. She is currently working on poems inspired by the history of people of African descent in New Paltz and Ulster County.
