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john compton is a gay poet who lives with his husband josh & their dogs & cats.
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house as a cemetery - Rebel Satori Press [nominated for the national book award]
house as a cemetery - Rebel Satori Press [nominated for the national book award]
house as a cemetery - Rebel Satori Press [nominated for the national book award]
Join john Ccompton on a poetic journey with 'house as a cemetery.' Discover the hope he brings through his unique expression.
FlowerSong Press: my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store
FlowerSong Press: my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store
FlowerSong Press: my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store
my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store, by john compton is, among other things, a clear-eyed examination of the body, its hungers, desires, shames, and pains. It’s a book of desires fulfilled, thwarted, and manipulated. The poe
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melancholy arcadia — Small Harbor Publishing
melancholy arcadia — Small Harbor Publishing
how we liberated what secrets we modified — Etched Press
how we liberated what secrets we modified — Etched Press
Etched Press, based in San Franciso, founded in Wilmington, North Carolina is a micro press that publishes chapbooks of poetry and anthologies.
i saw god cooking children / paint their bones — Blood Pudding Press
i saw god cooking children / paint their bones — Blood Pudding Press
This Poetry Books item by BloodPuddingPress has 19 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Medina, OH. Listed on Feb 23, 2026
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John Compton has 15 books on Goodreads with 286 ratings. John Compton’s most popular book is the castration of a minor god.
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poets & writers
john compton (b. 1987) is a gay poet. he lives in a nonexisting town in kentucky which still holds its name, with his husband josh; their dogs, cats, & mice. his books are: my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store" published with Flowersong Press (dec 2024); & house as a cemetery published with Rebel Satori Press (march 2026), which is nominated for the national book award, the eric hoffer award, and will be nominated for the publishing triangle awards.
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untitled — plague circus press
untitled — plague circus press
twelve poems – ONE ART: a journal of poetry
twelve poems – ONE ART: a journal of poetry
(Write it!)
five poems — Blood+Honey
five poems — Blood+Honey
by john compton “—the neurologist explains: / nerves / in your nose / remember something dead / & the putrid scent / are their memories…”
study of figure xii – Dodo Eraser
study of figure xii – Dodo Eraser
mother throws herselfinto the river drags across the currentlike a buoy blood advances into a weird love storywith the water —mothergrows daisies on the bankwhere she washed up after a dreadfulswim…
study of figure xiii - La Rotonde Review
study of figure xiii - La Rotonde Review
by John Compton
side effects to pain — Burial Magazine
side effects to pain — Burial Magazine
side effects to walking — small orange journal
side effects to walking — small orange journal
study of figure vii — poems for persons of interest
study of figure vii — poems for persons of interest
october 1989: caverna hospital, horse city, ky — some words
october 1989: caverna hospital, horse city, ky — some words
the musical of the bell jar – As It Ought To Be
the musical of the bell jar – As It Ought To Be
the musical of the bell jarshe plays with the soundin her mouthtongues the note aroundlike a two-ton stonetrying to dislodgethe musicfrom her throat.a cricket hidits songunder a trapdoorwhere a tur…
[he preys me down] — The Cattle
[he preys me down] — The Cattle
poetry suite #1 featuring ewen glass, j.d. smith, andrew k. peterson, and john compton
three poems — SHINE
three poems — SHINE
Poetry lovers, I'm pleased to shine the spotlight on new poetry by the talented John Compton. Thank you, John, for sharing your words with the SHINE international poetry community!
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lamentations 3:32 — bull
lamentations 3:32 — bull
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