John Morgan was born in Manhattan and grew up in Houston. After bouncing around Europe and Asia, he headed back to New York, where he got detoured 37 years ago.

He has worked on freighters and at odd jobs while writing poems and stories in his spare time.

He is the inventor of the fictional Poet Laureate of Middleton, Everett Littlemore, who reputedly lived in a hut on Tiedeman Pond. John had two of Everett�s poems published in Light Quarterly, after 7 years of submissions. After the editor got over his pique at being hoaxed, he began publishing John�s poems in his own name.

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The Madtown Poetry Open Mic, hosted by Ron Czerwien at Mother Fool's Coffeehouse, welcomes all forms of poetry. Each month a featured reader is showcased for 15-20 minutes, followed by the open mic. Readers in the open mic are invited to read their original work for up to five minutes. Sign up starts at 7:00pm and the event begins at 8:00pm.

For over ten years Ron hosted poetry readings as well as an open mic at Avol's Bookstore in Madison. His poems have appeared both on-line and in print journals. His manuscript, "The Office of Uncomfortable Admissions," received an honorable mention in the Concrete Wolf Chapbook Contest. Ron serves on the board of The Council for Wisconsin Writers, and sells used and out-of-print books on-line under the name Avol's Books LLC. If you have questions about the open mic, call Ron at 608-255-4730, or email him at avols@chorus.net.