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Author Archives: Jennifer Neal

#OctPoWriMo Day 1

darkness
can shine too

Posted byJennifer NealOctober 1, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:light, octpowrimo, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, shine, writing, writing community19 Comments on #OctPoWriMo Day 1

Time Between Waves

There is time between waves of excruciating pain where I’m relaxed, even peaceful, because the waves have just turned into trickles and it’s more manageable.

Posted byJennifer NealSeptember 26, 2020Posted inpersonalTags:anxiety, blog, break, chronic illness, chronic pain, pandemic, personal, update

An Update from the Sickbed + Poems

The end of summer is making sure I feel it.

Posted byJennifer NealSeptember 21, 2020September 21, 2020Posted inpersonal, poetry, ProseTags:an angel at my table, blog, chronic illness, chronic pain, film, janet frame, little women, personal, poems, poetry, poetry community, poets, writers, writing, writing community7 Comments on An Update from the Sickbed + Poems

On Maturing

my wrath
drains crimson
down the bath

Posted byJennifer NealSeptember 10, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:aging, change, growing, poem, poet, poetry, poetrycommunity, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community

Moon Monologue

Flashes of lightning
illuminate you,
and I turn away
lest I cry.

Posted byJennifer NealSeptember 3, 2020Posted inpoetry, ProseTags:full moon, poem, poetry, poetry community, poets, Prose, prose poem, prose poetry, writers, writing, writing community

They Say Some Behaviors Are Learned

I have learned to be glad
for the things I’ll
never understand

Posted byJennifer NealAugust 28, 2020August 28, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:life, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writers, writing, writing community

Bloom: A Poem

What about
when the heart knocks back?

Posted byJennifer NealAugust 5, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:anxiety, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writing community1 Comment on Bloom: A Poem

Poem: The Spaces are for Venting

I feel transformational

Posted byJennifer NealJuly 11, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:poem, poetry, poetry community, poets, venting, visual poetry, writing, writing community

New Poem: “You Wanna Talk?” + Update

New poem featured @
A Cornered Gurl on Medium

Posted byJennifer NealJuly 3, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:a cornered gurl, medium, poem, poetry, published, published writing, reading community, writing, writing community

#Poetryin13 Anthology Vol. 1

I have some micropoems published in a new anthology.

Posted byJennifer NealJune 30, 2020Posted inpersonal, poetryTags:anthology, books, micropoetry, poems, poetry, poetry community, poetryin13, published, writing community

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