J.D. Scrimgeour: A poet in High Street Park

J.D. Scrimgeour: A poet in High Street Park

* Recently, I caught up with the poet J.D. Scrimgeour, the current poet laureate of Salem, Ma. He has a new collection of poetry/prose out, Poet in High Street Park: Prose & Poetry for Modern Salem (Loom Press). According to his website: “Poet in High Street Park is a love song to Salem, Massachusetts, by a writer who has grounded himself in the everyday realities of living in the city for the past 30 years, from playgrounds to classrooms to bal…