Meet the Poets

Jeff Stanford

Jeff has been typing poems since October 2016. He sees life through the lens of story, always wondering what the Author may be writing today in the lives of people around him. Currently, he is studying in Limerick, Ireland, where small robins sing and storm clouds roll through and life has a different rhythm. His poetry often rhymes and tells tales of goodness, hope, absurdity, simplicity, and life.

Mark Petersen

Mark has been an active street poet since the summer of 2016. He lives in Christiansburg, VA. Thanks to a brief stint in Harlan County, Kentucky as a coal miner, his poems often evoke his connection to those terrains, with a sensual appreciation and idyllic visions of heaven. His poems are mostly free verse; the paper, his place to play with ideas unhindered. He is not impressed by speed or excess: the best things are hidden and subtle.

Joseph Jablonski

Joseph, aka The Walking Mall Poet has been Winchester, VA's street poet for the past year and has been published in collections in Virginia and New York. His poetry often revolves around the themes of infinity and eternity, often seizing on the idealism of the beautiful moments in our lives and striving to make even the smallest of requests shine like the sun.