Jim Hart

Poet

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Jim has published poems in literary journals including Poetry Salzburg Review, Epicenter, The Blind Man's Rainbow, Nerve Cowboy, The Aurorean, Pulsar (England), Red Owl Magazine, Caveat Lector, Quantum Leap (Scotland), Blue Collar Review, Poetry Depth Quarterly, Nomad's Choir, The Main Street Rag, Haight Ashbury Literary Journal (Vol. 26 #1), Pegasus (Spring 2006), Pegaus (Winter 2008), Shemom (2 poems), The Poet's Pen, Haight Ashbury Literary Journal (Vol. 27 #1), PKA's Advocate, Illumen, Tapestries, West Ward Quarterly, Art Times, Iconoclast, Between Kisses, Waterways, Sam's Dot Publishing, Circus Maximus, Reflections of the Inward Silence, Dragonfly, Cornucopia, Tracings of the Valiant Soul, Kwil - 2006 (Canada), Kwil - 2007 (Canada), Pralaton Literary Journal, Bear Creek Haiku and Quaker Life.

            Jim's poem "The Tie That Binds" which appeared in the April 2007 issue of Between Kisses has been included in the anthology "Wondrous Web Worlds".

                           Jim has also written and published the music and lyrics for “Parisian Midnight”

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York where he still resides with his wife, Sue son, Chris and daughter Ali.  Jim began his career as a drummer in rock and blues bands such as “Hobbit,” “Reign,” “Horse” and other groups before becoming a member of the New York City Department of Sanitation where he spent thirty years. Beginning in a local garage and working his way through the ranks to hold positions as the Deputy Director of Public Affairs and the Director of Correspondence for the Sanitation Police.

In 2004 Jim retired from city service to pursue his first love – Poetry.

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"Brooklyn Street Scene" Photo by Jim Hart