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Janet Cannon's poems have been published in many literary journals such as the Berkeley Poetry Review, G.W. Review, William & Mary Review, and Texas Review--among others. She is the author of the following three published book/chapbooks:  The Last Night in New York (Homeward Press), Percipience (Cross Cut Saw Press), and Day Laborers (Plan B Press).

Among other teaching experiences, Janet has taught oral history writing workshops at the NYC Public Library (Chelsea Branch); and she has taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at The New School in NYC, and community colleges in New York and New Mexico. Janet has been an editor at Scholastic Books, and a technical writer and editor for several high-tech corporations. She is a graduate of the University of Iowa where she also did graduate work.


Square Bullet   For more information, see About Janet's Poetry.

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Collected Poems
        
      at six thirty sharp ListenImage       day laborers       fifth grade ListenImage       flawed algorithm       going home ListenImage      

gossip       hail to the jellyfish ListenImage       harry ListenImage       interlude ListenImage       kitchen noises


ling ling       lunch hour       maria ListenImage       memo to an angel       my high school student

      new city       no worries       now goes viral       ode to a window washer ListenImage       on the mesa ListenImage      


potluck ListenImage       really?       reasons       rush hour ListenImage       signing       street walker

the player       the primrose ListenImage       the weaver ListenImage       town voyeur       tradition ListenImage

      trebor ListenImage       two candles ListenImage       waning       would-be friend ListenImage       your war




Square Bullet   Women's History Month Reading         

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      Square Bullet   Janet's chapbook Day Laborers is included in the
            26th annual Poets House Showcase--Manhattan.
FORTHCOMING:

Paterson Literary Review
Passaic County Community College, Paterson, NJ
"his legacy" and "tonight's commute" (Spring, 2027)

JUST PUBLISHED:


United We Stand Anthology
  Kallatumba Press, San Francisco, CA 
"your war" (Fall, 2026)
    
    
                    SOME  RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

                                   SHIFT
                    Middle Tennessee State University
                    Murfreesboro, TN

                    Constellations
                    A Journal of Poetry and Fiction
                    Boston, MA

                    Adanna Literary Journal                    
                    Women and Politics
                    Manasquan, NJ

                    Poetry Month Anthology
                    New Brunswick Library
                    New Brunswick, NJ

Inlandia Journal
Inlandia.com


PoetryXHunger
PoetryXHunger.com


Healing a Fractured World                    
Kallatumba Press
San Francisco, CA

For All Anthology
Kallatumba Press
San Francisco, CA

Poetry Leaves Anthology
Waterford Public Library
Waterford, MI

Pinyon
Colorado Mesa University
Grand Junction, CO

Take a Stand: Art Against Hate
Raven Chronicles Press
Seattle, WA

Poets' Brigade Anthology
Kallatumba Press
San Francisco, CA

Riders on the Storm Anthology
Kallatumba Press
San Francisco, CA


OTHER  RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

    Day Laborers
Janet's chapbook published by Plan B Press     

Nebo: A Literary Journal
Arkansas Tech University

The Midwest Quarterly
Pittsburg State University

Tupelo Press
"Million-Line Poem", couplet

Southwestern American Literature
Texas State University

Oracle Fine Arts Review
University of South Alabama

Sin Fronteras:
Writers without Borders, Las Cruces, NM

Prism Review
University of La Verne

Poetry South
Mississippi University for Women            

Straylight 
University of Wisconsin-Parkside

Curbside Splendor
Chicago, IL

Rockhurst Review
Rockhurst University

In Plein Air 
Poetic License Press, Glencoe, IL

Red Coyote
University of South Dakota

William & Mary Review
College of William and Mary

Sandy River Review
University of Maine

The Hollins Critic 
Hollins University

Nuclear Impact...
Shabda Press, CA

Poets Brigade Anthology
San Francisco, CA

Four Chambers
Phoenix, AZ




 
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Janet Cannon, Iowa City, IA

* To learn more about some of Janet Cannon's poetry and publications, see: About the Poetry

* To see some of Janet Cannon's poetry performance and publicity images, see: Photos and Flyers
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