Live Poetry: Jonah Frankel, “Jasper Jonosky,” John Wojtowicz, Woody Woodger & Daniel Zehner

Wednesday August 19, 2026 – 7pm ET

Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street

Jonah Frankel: “Jonah would say he lives through art. He thinks his writing is beautiful even when it is not. Sometimes it is. His use of form and flow in his pieces is always inspired by music. His poems are informed by real life experience. To keep art inspired he has to take in more bullshit than he pumps out. The world is gross, the summer is hot and the winter is cold. Either way the good stuff is outside.”

“Jasper Jonosky “Jasper Jonosky is a rat bastard who lied and cheated his way here.” (Jonah thinks Jasper is super good [and beautiful] – modern beatnik type shit)

John Wojtowicz grew up working on his family’s azalea and rhododendron nursery and still lives in the backwoods of South Jersey. Publications include: Rattle, New Ohio Review, Waxing & Waning, Gigantic Sequins, and Driftwood. His chapbook, No Lightsabers in the Kitchen, was selected as a winner of the 2025 Poetry Box Chapbook contest. When not writing poetry, he enjoys monitoring bluebird boxes, flipping horseshoe crabs, and rolling around in the yard. Find out more at: www.johnwojtowicz.com

Woody Woodger is a trans femme profesional slut anarcho-commie dorkazoid who’s too terrified to heat treat her hair and hopes the cat ears distract from that.Her poems have appeared in WMN Zine, DIAGRAM, RFD, and peculiar, and have been nominated for Best of the Net and Pushcart prizes. She has two chapbooks, postcards from glasshouse drive  and Puberty 2. She currently lives on Lenni-Lenape and Poutaxat land and you can find her on Instagram @lovlyno1.

Daniel Zehner has had poems and haiku published in Paterson Literary Review, Schuylkill Valley Journal, The Main Street Rag, Lips, the Aurorean, New Jersey Bards Poetry Review, US 1 Worksheets,  Frogpond, several Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthologies, and many Moonstone Arts Center anthologies.  He recently received an Honorable Mention in the 2025 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards sponsored by the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College and has had a poem included in Speaking For Everyone, An Anthology of “We” Poems edited by Eric Greinke.  He has had a collection of poems accepted for publication by Finishing Line Press due for release in October 2026.  He is a retired trial lawyer living in New Jersey.

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