Jenny A. Burkholder
Jenny Burkholder is a writer and teacher who lives and works in Pennsylvania. The former Montgomery County Poet Laureate, she has published a poetry chapbook Repaired (Finishing Line Press, 2016), and her poems have appeared in The Calendula Review, 2River View, North American Review, Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing, The Maine Review, New American Writing, The Spoon River Poetry Review, and Glimmer Train, among others.
CPC Readings
Wednesday, September 18, 2002
with Deborah Cummins, Janice Harrington, and John Mann
The Art Institute of Chicago
Poetry by Jenny A. Burkholder
In my new red high heels, a Rolex with a face of a hundred tiny diamonds, and my new black leather dress snuggled around my hips, I plan to smoke three cigarettes. First one I’ll light with a plastic Bic lighter, rough around the edges from opening too many beer tops, and inhale deeply