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Author Archives: Jennifer Neal

Scrolling Through Social Media in January

they’re only going
to keep turning it up

Posted byJennifer NealJanuary 10, 2021January 13, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:january, new year, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, social media, writer, writers, writing, writing community

New Published Works Page

Blog Update!

Posted byJennifer NealJanuary 4, 2021Posted inFlash Fiction, poetry, ProseTags:blog, Flash Fiction, poetry, published works, publishing, update

The End of 2020 + Announcement

It’s the last day of 2020.

Posted byJennifer NealDecember 31, 2020Posted inpersonalTags:2020, 2021, blog, new year, personal, poetry, publishing, the chamber magazine, update

You Must Wash Your Hands Until They Bleed

A poem written under quarantine.
My husband, unfortunately,
has Covid-19.

Posted byJennifer NealDecember 13, 2020December 14, 2020Posted inpersonal, poetryTags:covid 19, pandemic, poem, poet, poetry, poetry communityl, poets, quarantine, writer, writers, writing community45 Comments on You Must Wash Your Hands Until They Bleed

Winter Girl

They say the sky
is thinner from that high

Posted byJennifer NealDecember 1, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:december, poems, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, winter, writer, writers, writing, writing community

Thanksgiving Eve: A Poem

my blood can’t handle
any more apologies, insistence
on the right to celebrate
genocide…

Posted byJennifer NealNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:indigenous, native american, native american heritage month, ojibwe, pandemic, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, thanksgiving, writer, writers, writing, writing community2 Comments on Thanksgiving Eve: A Poem

Olivia

At first sight,
a pale baby bird

Posted byJennifer NealNovember 23, 2020November 23, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:olivia benson, poem, poetry, poetry community, svu, tv, writing, writing community

She’s Cosmic, Consistent

I think of loneliness
& laser beam precision

Posted byJennifer NealNovember 17, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community

Poem — “Open”

Remember winter, Madonna’s
Immaculate Collection album,
Megaman III, a false sense of
innocent security

Posted byJennifer NealNovember 12, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:memory, nostalgia, poem, poet, poetry, poetrycommunity, poets, winter, writer, writers, writing, writing community

Valued: A Poem

in their eyes we are worth
what we can do for them

Posted byJennifer NealNovember 5, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, value, writer, writers, writing, writing community

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