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Author Archives: Jennifer Neal

Time For Change (Addendum)

“…see you on the other side, my friend…”

Posted byJennifer NealJuly 9, 2025Posted inmusic, personalTags:friendship, grief, life, rip, writing14 Comments on Time For Change (Addendum)

Time For Change

This brings me to an announcement…

Posted byJennifer NealJuly 9, 2025Posted inpersonalTags:chronic illness, chronic pain, epilepsy, health, life, personal, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, polycystic kidney disease, substack, update, writer, writers, writing, writing community20 Comments on Time For Change

Poem & Interview In The Rappahannock Review

“Fatherly Advice” published in the Spring Issue

Posted byJennifer NealMay 2, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:interview, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, published, published writing, spring, the rappahannock review, writing, writing community25 Comments on Poem & Interview In The Rappahannock Review

Poets’ Night Out 2025

My poem “Petoskey”

Posted byJennifer NealApril 15, 2025April 15, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:michigan, petoskey, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, poets night out, tadl, traverse city, writer, writers30 Comments on Poets’ Night Out 2025

“The Lake Sturgeon” in The Dunes Review

“…they say a female nmé can live 150 years,…”

Posted byJennifer NealFebruary 28, 2025February 28, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:michigan, michigan writers, ojibwe, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, the dunes review, winter, writer, writers, writing18 Comments on “The Lake Sturgeon” in The Dunes Review

‘Blood In Winter’ – 1st Place Winner of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies Quarterly Membership Contest

“…scented of earth and coffee…”

Posted byJennifer NealJanuary 21, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:nfsps, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poetry contest, poets, published, strophes, writer, writers, writing, writing community36 Comments on ‘Blood In Winter’ – 1st Place Winner of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies Quarterly Membership Contest

The Poet Life

“For 2025 the only thing I told myself I wanted to do was be a poet.”

Posted byJennifer NealJanuary 13, 2025Posted inpersonalTags:happy new year, january, personal, poet, poet life, poetry community, poets, update, winter, writer, writers, writing, writing community28 Comments on The Poet Life

Contest Poems in Peninsula Poets

“Visions Again” & “Michigama”

Posted byJennifer NealNovember 18, 2024November 18, 2024Posted inpoetryTags:michigan, peninsula poets, poetry, poetry community, poetry society of michigan, published, writing, writing community42 Comments on Contest Poems in Peninsula Poets

Interwoven — An Ekphrastic Poem

“A spark beat the heart alive
and became the true origin of fire…”

Posted byJennifer NealSeptember 29, 2024Posted inpoetryTags:art, crooked tree arts center, ekphrastic, mary fortuna, poem, poetry, poetry community, traverse city, writing, writing community16 Comments on Interwoven — An Ekphrastic Poem

“Ghost Tea” Published in Harmony Lit Magazine

“And who else drank from this chipped cup?”

Posted byJennifer NealSeptember 27, 2024Posted inpoetryTags:ghosts, poem, poetry, poetry community, published writing, september, writer, writers, writing, writing community19 Comments on “Ghost Tea” Published in Harmony Lit Magazine

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