JOHN CRAWFORD IS A RENOWNED POET. HE HAS FIVE NON-FICTION PUBLISHED VOLUMES ON VARIOUS WRITERS, INCLUDING TWO ON SHAKESPEARE'S CHARACTERS AND POETRY. IN 2012, HE RECEIVED AN ARKANSAS CITATION FOR VOLUNTEERISM, INCLUDING POETRY ORGANIZATIONS. IN 2018, JOHN ALSO RECEIVED A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM MARQUIS' WHO'S WHO OF LONDON