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Author Archives: Jennifer Patino

Escape Artists

I only scratch surfaces. I fear the
blood of everything.

Posted byJennifer PatinoJune 29, 2022June 29, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writers, writing, writing community13 Comments on Escape Artists

“Angel Light” @ Fevers of the Mind

New published poem.

Posted byJennifer PatinoJune 22, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:fevers of the mind, june, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, published, summer, writer, writers, writing, writing community

Two Poems in Issue 1 of Windy Knoll Zine

“Four Months in the Motherland” and
“Feast of All Souls”

Posted byJennifer PatinoJune 15, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:june, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, published works, writer, writers, writing, writing community31 Comments on Two Poems in Issue 1 of Windy Knoll Zine

Mistaken For a Flotation Device

I sit in my green gingham dress
Absorbing ocean waves through
The algal eyes of a kinswoman,
Middle-age addled & fading

Posted byJennifer PatinoJune 10, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:june, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, spring, writer, writers, writing, writing community16 Comments on Mistaken For a Flotation Device

Night Blossoms

another day
swallowed up by midnight blue

Posted byJennifer PatinoJune 2, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:archive, old writing, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, spring, writer, writers, writing, writing community

A Dream of a Shepherd

Greenness,
an emerald of dreams

Posted byJennifer PatinoMay 27, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:dreams, may, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, spring, writers, writing, writing community

“It Starts” @ Fevers of the Mind

New published poem.

Posted byJennifer PatinoMay 17, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:fevers of the mind, may, poem, poetry, poetry community, poets, published writing, writers, writing, writing community4 Comments on “It Starts” @ Fevers of the Mind

Nude Ghoul

Her name was
made famous by someone
more blonde & more willing
to cry on command

Posted byJennifer PatinoMay 3, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:may, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community15 Comments on Nude Ghoul

2 Postictal State Poems: “Annual” & “Emancipation”

     I’m down to
one epileptic seizure
a year & I’m
sure to make it count

Posted byJennifer PatinoApril 26, 2022April 26, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:april, epilepsy, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, spring, writer, writers, writing, writing community24 Comments on 2 Postictal State Poems: “Annual” & “Emancipation”

“Gutter Girls” published @ Fevers of the Mind

New Published Poem

Posted byJennifer PatinoApril 19, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:april, fevers of the mind, poem, poet, poetry, poets, published, published writing, writer, writers, writing, writing community13 Comments on “Gutter Girls” published @ Fevers of the Mind

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