August 3, 2025

jason b crawford

John Doe is a passionate poet whose work explores the depths of human emotion and experience.

jason b. crawford (They/He) born in Washington DC and raised in Lansing, MI, is the author of Year of the Unicorn Kidz. Their second collection, YEET! is the winner of the Omnidawn 1st/2nd Book Prize and will be published Fall 2025.

Many times, I have called for the rain

to be a lover, but oh how I forget its face

when it comes.

I truly believe every poem operates from a space of desire. Every poem has an object desiring something, that is not always coinciding with love or romantic feeling.