John R. Birkbeck's E-Mail Address: jbirkbeck@hotmail.com
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I was a late bloomer, and had not published a poem until I was in my middle forties. Since then, I've published five books of poems, and have appeared in numberless magazines, web zines, journals, and anthologies, world-wide. Before I retired, I made my living, for over thirty years, as a scientific illustrator, and worked for Dr. James Van Allen for whom the radiation belts round the earth are named. Before that, I had spent eight years in the Air Force, and after that, wandering aimlessly, round the world, taking courses at universities in whatever place I'd settle into for a while, and work at low-paid, dead-end jobs until I finally went to work for James van Allen at the University of Iowa. I studied mostly literature and art at the universities, and still maintain a painting studio in downtown Iowa City. In retirement, I've found a new career in Television Production at a couple of local stations, In fact, I've just finished taping a reading by a WWII veteran who gave a reading about his experiences as a combat medic. This brings me down to this present moment as I type out this form, very happy to be a member of this wonderful group of poets. I think I've finally found my El Dorado!!

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2001-06-02 15:44:58
The Girl on the Flying Trapeze

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2001-06-16 11:06:40
Poems From a Peeping Tom

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2001-06-03 15:28:33
Iowa City, Je Reviens

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2001-06-17 15:21:00
The One-Legged Hopping Man

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2001-06-04 14:28:55
Conquistador Position

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2001-06-19 15:33:04
The Candidate

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2001-06-20 11:36:40
Bridesmaid

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2001-06-26 11:26:56
Of Love For Atlanta

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2001-06-29 15:51:13
Self Portrait

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2001-06-30 16:28:34
Carpe Diem, Kosovo

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2001-07-09 16:06:26
Astride The Frontier

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2001-07-11 15:53:41
It's Chivalry

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2001-07-12 15:45:17
Running For The 2:22

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2001-07-15 15:40:07
Spilled Seed

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2001-08-05 16:37:45
Painting Browns

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2001-06-18 16:12:02
Being Europed in Day-Mares

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2001-07-02 15:23:58
Brass In The Cement Age

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2001-07-05 14:43:39
Evening Indigo

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2001-07-13 16:23:44
Last Gig

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2001-07-22 15:09:58
Legacy Poem

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2001-08-21 15:54:24
Ivory Coast

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2001-08-30 16:55:10
Descent

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2001-10-01 16:13:44
New Moon

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2001-10-22 14:59:51
Migration

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2001-08-13 11:42:35
Yard Work

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2001-08-22 16:59:46
The Canadian Within

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2001-08-26 16:05:02
Horn Blowin' Blues

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2001-04-26 10:26:21
Religion Experience

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2001-04-27 11:13:42
No Name In Sarajevo

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2001-04-27 17:31:36
American Coins

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2001-07-21 12:47:41
I Never Know Where You Are

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2001-08-04 15:25:01
Place Pigalle

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2001-09-10 14:40:21
Confimation

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2001-09-24 16:15:14
Gallery Going, Going . . .

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2001-09-27 15:05:43
Singing With Wolves

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2001-10-28 16:44:31
Village Idiot

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2001-11-12 10:59:22
The Street Where We Used To Live

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2001-12-10 16:13:05
Hungarian Rhapsody

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2001-05-06 14:46:50
Nazi Princess

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2001-05-07 11:19:53
Carpathian Boogie

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2001-05-08 11:05:42
The Whipcord Woman

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2001-05-08 15:40:10
Of Love For Montreal

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2001-05-19 17:24:33
Montreal Lament

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2001-05-20 14:43:16
Fake Wedding

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2001-05-20 15:21:37
Leaving Ballymaroon

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2001-05-21 11:59:02
The Emigrant

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2001-05-22 17:01:20
Utopia

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2001-05-30 10:26:09
Rendezvous

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2001-05-31 11:47:47
Danse Fanatique

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2001-11-15 10:57:21
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