APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH.HOLLY E. BURGESS’S POEM “WITH BATED BREATH (IN MEMORY OF GREG)” ON DISPLAY APRIL 16-30TH, 2026 AT
LAKE GENEVA PUBLIC LIBRARY (918 W Main St, Lake Geneva, WI 53147)
“Poetry is like air. It’s one of the necessary things. Everyone benefits from poetry. And, as you know, poetry is international.”
April is National Poetry Month
For National Poetry Month (April), Lake Geneva Public Library and Lakeside Books are displaying “With Bated Breath (In Memory of Greg) in The Community Poetry Walk (April 16-30th, 2026).
Holly E. Burgess’s Announcement of her poem, “With Bated Breath (In Memory of Greg)”, is being displayed in the Community Poetry Walk (April 16-30th) organized by Lake Geneva Public Library and Lakeside Books.
Published poetry
“With Bated Breath (In Memory of Greg).”
2024, 2026
Lake Geneva Public Library & Lakeside Books. National Poetry Month Celebration: The Community Poetry Walk. 16-30 April 2026.
Marquette Literary Review, no XVI, 29. April 2024.
“We’ll Never Have Paris.”
2019
Marquette Literary Review, no. XII.
“The Beckoning of the Sacred Willows.”
2019
Marquette Literary Review, no XII. May 2019.
“Lost Soul.”
2019
Marquette Literary Review, no. XII.
“From Selma to Ferguson.”
2019
Straylight Literary Arts Magazine, vol. 13, no. 1, 32.
“On My Ancestors’ Backs.”
2019
Straylight Literary Arts Magazine.
Poetry readings
“With Bated Breath (In Memory of Greg)”
2024
Marquette Literary Review Issue 16 Launch
Marquette University
“From Selma to Ferguson”
2015
Death and All His Friends Conference
English Department
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Video of Holly E. Burgess reciting her poem, “With Bated Breath (In Memory of Greg)”, an ode to her late father, at the Marquette Literary Review Issue 16 Launch in April 2024.
Video of Holly Burgess reciting her poem, “With Bated Breath (In Memory of Greg)” originally published in Marquette Literary Review. On the second anniversary of her father, Greg Burgess’s passing, Holly reflects on the significance of the poem and how her father’s life.