James Bertolino, Poet & Planetary Visionary

James Bertolino's poetry has been published in magazines, books, and anthologies internationally for almost 40 years, from "Drool" published in 1968 to his most recent, "Pocket Animals: 60 Poems" published in 2002 by Egress Studio Press. His work has been awarded the Book-of-the-Month Club Poetry Fellowship, the Discovery Award, a Hart Crane publication award, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, two Quarterly Review of Literature book awards and other regional and national prizes. He teaches creative writing at Western Washington University and has taught at Cornell Washington State, Universtity of Cincinnati and Williamette University. James has an MFA from Cornell University. Check out his website to purchase his publications through Egress Studio Press and for more information and free beautiful poetry greeting cards that you can copy & print directly from his website.


James' Poetry Archive:

Grammar (from "Pocket Animals" originally published 2002)

Impediment (from "Pocket Animals" originally published 2002)

Mountain Lullaby (2007- Originally published 1996)

Carrot  (2007)

What Water Says  (2007)

Be Not Immune  (2006)

My Sister's Daughter  (2006)

Soft Belly, Open Heart  (2006)

The Body Holographic (2005)

Nature's Poem (2005)

Wedding (Newly Revised 2005, Originally Written 1987)

Sequoia (New Poetry Winter 2004-05)

Out of Step (New Poetry Winter 2004-05)

Ladder (New Poetry Winter 2004-05)

To Be Loved By Nature (New Poetry Winter 2004-05)

Structure of the Universe (New Poetry Winter 2004-05)

Credo (from Greatest Hits 1965-2000)

Planet (from Jame's website)

Turnips from Poems Inspired by the Art of Philip McCracken