LISTEN to my June 3rd, 2025 WIOX show (also a podcast!) featuring Hudson Valley poet Lisa St. John. Lisa reads from her book Swallowing Stones and discusses her life as a poet. Poet-At-Large Pamela Manché Pearce also appears on the show.
Lisa St. John is a writer living in upstate New York. She is the author of two poetry books, Ponderings (Finishing Line Press) and Swallowing Stones (Kelsay Books). She is a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee for her poem “War is a Human Child” from The Poetry Distillery. She won first place in Anthology’s 2024 Poetry Award for “Through the Membrane.” Lisa is published in journals such as 2Elizabeths, New Verse News, The Poet’s Billow, The Ekphrastic Review, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Light, and Entropy Magazine. Lisa believes that art is hope and that there is beauty in possibility. She is currently working on a memoir. Find out more atlisachristinastjohn.com. Also visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com and https://www.pamelampearce.com