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John Mark Green is an IT tech by profession, but writing is his true passion. His poems have appeared in publications such as Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper, River Poets Journal, Tuck Magazine, The Urban Howl, Thought Catalog, Elephant Journal, Psychology Today, and more. His poem "Burn Our Masks at Midnight" appears in the international bestselling book Leadership from the Inside Out by Kevin Cashman. Brene Brown quotes John in her book Atlas of the Heart.

Using various social media platforms, he grew a following for his poetry both in the U.S. and internationally. His writing covers a broad range of topics, including love and romance, overcoming abusive relationships, nature, and personal growth. His writing challenges the reader to see the ...more

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	The Light You Need: Words of Hope And Encouragement by Christy Ann Martine (Goodreads Author), John Mark Green (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 39 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	She Had a Very Inconvenient Heart: A Tale of Love and Magic 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taste the Wild Wonder: Poems 4.25 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Light You Need II: Romantic Love Poetry by Christy Ann Martine (Goodreads Author), John Mark Green (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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New children's poetry book coming soon!

I'm happy to announce that my second book of poetry for children will be released soon.

A Horse Is in My House Again is filled with whimsical funny poems, and includes artwork by the same cartoonist who illustrated I Met A Woolly Mammoth.

I had a blast writing the poems for this collection and am looking forward to sharing it with young readers.

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Poetry as Survival (The Life of Poetry: Poets on Their Art and Craft)

by Gregory Orr

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Psyche and Singularity: Jungian Psychology and Holographic String Theory

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Living in Flow: The Science of Synchronicity and How Your Choices Shape Your World

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“Toxic people attach themselves like cinder blocks tied to your ankles, and then invite you for a swim in their poisoned waters.”
― John Mark Green

tags: drowning, dysfunctional-relationships, poisoned, toxic-people, toxic-relationships

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“One by one she slew her fears, and then planted a flower garden over their graves.”
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tags: empowered, empowered-living-for-women, fears, flowers, overcoming-the-past, positive-quotes, strong-women, victorious, warrior, woman

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“The self-righteous scream judgments against others to hide the noise of skeletons dancing in their own closets.”
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tags: hypocrisy, hypocrites, hypocrites-judge, judging-others, judgmental, scream, skeletons-in-the-closet

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“You are not the darkness you endured.
You are the light that refused to surrender.”
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“Let's just sit quietly and listen to the secrets the rain wants to tell us.”
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“Never judge a heart by its scars.”
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“You make me feel at home in my own skin, and that is one of the greatest gifts anyone has ever given me.”
― John Mark Green

tags: acceptance, authenticity, belonging, gift, home, love, love-quotes, relationship, relationship-quotes

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“When life gets dark, that's when stars appear among us. Shine bright, beautiful ones. Throw light from your burning hearts.”
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No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more

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