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Roy J. Beckemeyer

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Breese, Illinois, The United States

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Roy Beckemeyer is from Wichita, Kansas. His poems have appeared in a variety of journals including Beecher’s, The Midwest Quarterly, Kansas City Voices, The North Dakota Review, Straylight, Mikrokosmos, Coal City Review, I-70 Review, and The Bluest Aye, and in anthologies such as “Begin Again: 150 Kansas Poems,” (Woodley Memorial Press, 2011) and “To the Stars through Difficulties: A Kansas Renga,” (Mammoth Press,2012). He has also participated in multi-media art projects such as artist Jennifer Rivera’s “Between the Lines” series of abstract paintings inspired by poems (Albrecht-Kemper Museum, 2013). He was the Kansas Authors Club Poet of the Year for 2013, won first place in the Beecher’s 2014 Poetry Contest, and won the Springfield Write ...more

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	365 Days: A Poetry Anthology by James Benger (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Roy J. Beckemeyer (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dan Pohl (Editor) 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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