John Popielaski (born 1968 in Port Jefferson, New York) is a contemporary poet from Portland, Connecticut. To date, he has published two compilations, Contemporary Martyrdom and A Brief Euereka for the Alchemists of Peace. He also teaches English at Xavier High School in Middletown, Connecticut.
John Popielaski attended the State University of New York at Stony Brook and American University. His profile in the back of Contemporary Martyrdom refer...
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John Popielaski (born 1968 in Port Jefferson, New York) is a contemporary poet from Portland, Connecticut. To date, he has published two compilations, Contemporary Martyrdom and A Brief Euereka for the Alchemists of Peace. He also teaches English at Xavier High School in Middletown, Connecticut.
John Popielaski attended the State University of New York at Stony Brook and American University. His profile in the back of Contemporary Martyrdom refers to him as, "an itinerant teacher and seasonal laborer;" he in fact worked several years as a mover, a lobsterman, and assisting a tropical biologist before teaching English in Mississippi, New York City, and now at Xavier High School in Connecticut. Prior to discovering that his passion was teaching, John entertained the idea of becoming a lawyer, however he was disillusioned with the endless monotony of paperwork that the job would entail. Many of his poems have been published in literary journals, and he has been the recipient of a...
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