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dagbok

a man gave me
his abduction diary

Posted byJennifer PatinoFebruary 15, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:february, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community26 Comments on dagbok

Thanataphobic

they tell me I’m still too young,
but I know the darkness doesn’t
discriminate

Posted byJennifer PatinoFebruary 2, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:january, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community33 Comments on Thanataphobic

On the Floor of Your Apartment

Those perfect pearls imprint
an enlightened message
on my fruit-thin flesh

Posted byJennifer PatinoJanuary 27, 2022January 27, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:archive, january, nostalgia, old writing, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community33 Comments on On the Floor of Your Apartment

Good Doctoring

I pick scabs in layers
to know exactly what being an
obstacle to your own healing
looks like

Posted byJennifer PatinoJanuary 22, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:health, hospital, january, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community23 Comments on Good Doctoring

Celeste

born a heavenly body
not of her own

Posted byJennifer PatinoJanuary 18, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:archive, january, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community19 Comments on Celeste

The Jam Files #9: Hijacked

As if the body didn’t have enough foreign invaders to fight off.

Posted byJennifer PatinoJanuary 10, 2022January 10, 2022Posted inpersonal, ProseTags:chronic illness, chronic pain, coronavirus, covid 19, health, january, personal, personal essay, Prose, spoonies, the jam files, writer, writers, writing, writing community34 Comments on The Jam Files #9: Hijacked

Infinitesimal : I’ve Been Assigned New Limits

I’m awake
for five hours before I feel
the grinding of clouds
into my bones

Posted byJennifer PatinoJanuary 7, 2022January 7, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:january, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community17 Comments on Infinitesimal : I’ve Been Assigned New Limits

I’m a Tenant in My Own Body & the Space Keeps Changing

I fought for doctors to listen to me.
To believe me.

Posted byJennifer PatinoJanuary 2, 2022January 2, 2022Posted inpersonal, ProseTags:chronic illness, chronic pain, essay, january, new year, personal, personal essay, Prose, writer, writers, writing41 Comments on I’m a Tenant in My Own Body & the Space Keeps Changing

Meta-lomania Myopia, Desolate Dystopia

my home has walls
made of sliced bread
& they’re soft &
distant enough…

Posted byJennifer PatinoDecember 27, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:december, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community25 Comments on Meta-lomania Myopia, Desolate Dystopia

Two Poems in “Free Verse Revolution Issue IV”

“The King Needed No Crown” &
“One Circle of Hell Was Hydrotherapeutic”

Posted byJennifer PatinoDecember 22, 2021January 21, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:december, free verse revolution, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, published, writer, writers, writing, writing community30 Comments on Two Poems in “Free Verse Revolution Issue IV”

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