“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 Libraryand Lakeside Books displayed “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)”, was 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.
“We’ll Never Have Paris.”
2019
no. XII.
“The Beckoning of the Sacred Willows.”
2019
, no XII. May 2019.
“Lost Soul.”
2019
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
Issue 16 Launch
“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 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.