"Filling in the New Address Book"
The page NPR created when Garrison Keillor read this poem on the air for his "The Writer's Almanac" show. Scroll all the way down--mine is the last poem on the page. If you have RealAudio, you'll be able to click a tab to hear Mr. Keillor read it aloud.
http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/programs/2003/04/21/
"Upon Hearing that Baseball is Boring to America's Youth"
This poem was printed in SportsFan Magazine to promote a reading I had with Edwin Romond, Christopher Parker, and Susanna Rich at the Yogi Berra Museum in Little Falls, NJ, in 2003.
http://www.sportsfanmagazine.com/sfm/articles.html?id=257
"For the Children of the World Trade Center Victims"
I still don't know what to say about this poem, but it was put online by Art Pride NJ, so here it is.
http://artpridenj.com/gallery/stories/bjward.pdf
"Trash"
Originally published under the title, "White Trash," this is an earlier version of a poem that appears in Gravedigger's Birthday.
http://www.longshot.org/ls21/bj_ward.htm
"In Defense of Syracuse's Loose-Knitted Sky"
This poem is from my first book, "Landing in New Jersey with Soft Hands."
http://www.thediagram.com/cc/ward.html
"Jimmy Vivino and Bruce Springsteen at Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ"
A poem published in Painted Bride Quarterly's issue #72--the all music issue. In case you don't know PBQ, it's a terrific journal, available online (obviously) with a print edition released annually. Without exception, every issue exhibits exciting and refined editorial decisions.
http://pbq.drexel.edu/archives/issues/issue72/poetry/Jimmy-Ward.html
"Cuckoldom"
From the September 2006 issue of Poetry Magazine. This site (the online extension of the journal itself) has a very thorough "Poetry News" section that is updated regularly.
http://www.poetrymagazine.org/magazine/0906/poem_178557.html
"Emperor"
A page set up by my friend Anna Evans and associated with an absolutely fantastic group of South Jersey/Philadelphia area writers, The Quick-n-Dirty Poets.
http://www.quickanddirtypoets.com/ward.htm
"Gravedigger's Birthday" (title poem from my most recent book)
A page maintained by the incredible folks of the louderARTS project in NYC. They've been kind enough to host me for a couple readings over the last few years.
http://www.louderarts.com/poets/ward/
"Burying Father" and "New Jersey"
Two "Gravedigger's Birthday" poems appending Tina Kelley's NEW YORK TIMES article that appeared January 4, 2009. (Scroll down below the two fine Joe Weil poems.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/nyregion/new-jersey/04poemswebnj.html?ref=long-island
"The Photographer's Divorce" and "Development"
From the October 2009 issue of the monthly magazine, INSIDE JERSEY, published by the good folks at the Star-Ledger.
http://sections.nj.com/SS/Page.aspx?sstarg=&facing=false&secid=69950&artid=1168825
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