Jim Bourey

Jim Bourey is an old poet who lives on the northern edge of the Adirondacks. He has two full poetry collections, Out There and Back Again (2023) and The Distance Between Us (2020) both from Cold River Press. He also collaborated with Linda Blaskey on Season of Harvest (2022 Pond Road Press) and with Jack Mackey, Isabelle Bohls, and Linda Blaskey on Our Various Selves (2025 Cold River Press). His chapbook, Silence, Interrupted (Broadkill Press) appeared in 2015. His work is also in many journals and anthologies. He was awarded a NY State Council on the Arts grant for 2026. He can often be found in dimly lit rooms reading poetry aloud.