Marshall James Kavanaugh

Marshall James Kavanaugh (1987 - ) is a dream laborer of words and various art forms used to create poetic dream spaces for his readership to explore. His works contain a culture driven attempt at documenting the creative activism of his generation. Over the years, he has taken his poetry to streets, art galleries, and performance venues around the country. In 2017-2020, he co-organized a series of readings across the country with a variety of performers under the moniker, Poets For Peace.

Beyond these community events, as a full time performer, Kavanaugh creates stream-of-subconscious inspired poetry on demand for the general public as Dream Poet For Hire. Equipped with a Smith-Corona Skyriter, he sets up in public spaces around Philadelphia and writes on-the-spot poems on any topic. He has published two collections of short stories, several small chapbooks of travel fiction, and two collections of haikus with the small press, A Freedom Books. His most recent poetry book, Travel By Haiku: Volumes 6-10, Far Out On The Road With Friends (released March 2021) is a modern ode to the community found on the road, with collaborative haikus written by six navigators of its far reaches over the course of three separate road trips.

He currently divides his time between travel and writing a novel about the first trip he took out to the West Coast. ​When he is not on the road he usually can be found in the Philadelphia area with his two cats building large TV installations.

You can keep up with his travels and various projects on his website at www.marshalljameskavanaugh.com