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You Must Wash Your Hands Until They Bleed

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

Posted byJennifer PatinoDecember 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

Happy Halloween!

Update + a Spooky Poem

Posted byJennifer PatinoOctober 31, 2020Posted inpersonal, poetryTags:family, halloween, happy halloween, nightmare, personal, poet, poetry, poetrycommunity, poets, spooky, update, writers, writing, writing community

I Gotta Take a Break

on hiatus

Posted byJennifer PatinoOctober 23, 2020October 23, 2020Posted inpersonalTags:octpowrimo, personal, poetry community, writing community2 Comments on I Gotta Take a Break

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 PatinoSeptember 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 PatinoSeptember 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

#Poetryin13 Anthology Vol. 1

I have some micropoems published in a new anthology.

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

New Poem in “Briefly Write” Webzine

New Published Poem

Posted byJennifer PatinoJune 27, 2020Posted inpersonal, poetryTags:poem, poetry, poetry community, published poem, published writing, webzine, writing, writing community

We’re Learning That Time Is Making Us Miserable

Why keep ourselves so constricted to something as meaningless as a clock right now?

Posted byJennifer PatinoMay 4, 2020Posted inpersonalTags:blog, coronavirus, covid19, pandemic, personal, schedule, time, writers, writing, writing community

Thinking about Powwows During a Pandemic

It’s springtime in the middle of a pandemic and between the hand washing, concern, disinfecting, and time spent in prayer, I’m thinking about powwows.

Posted byJennifer PatinoApril 13, 2020April 13, 2020Posted inpersonal, poetryTags:blog, ojibwe, pandemic, poem, poetry, powwow1 Comment on Thinking about Powwows During a Pandemic

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