John Hart was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas, and currently lives in Orlando, Florida, where he teaches at Full Sail University.

His poems have appeared in numerous journals, including The Antioch Review, Barrow Street, The Hopkins Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, New South, The Southern Review, Verse Daily, and Washington Square Review, among others.

He studied English and poetry at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and the University of Florida, where he earned his MFA.