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#NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 9 : “Honestly”

no need to worry,
we’ve all got enough
on our plates

Posted byJennifer PatinoApril 9, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:amwriting, april, broken, glopowrimo, mental health, napowrimo, napowrimo2021, national poetry month, national poetry writing month, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community20 Comments on #NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 9 : “Honestly”

#NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 5 : Tricube Poems

3 Tricube Poems

Posted byJennifer PatinoApril 5, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:anxiety, april, glopowrimo, grief, napowrimo, napowrimo2021, national poetry month, national poetry writing month, poem, poems, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, tricube, tricube poetry, trust, writer, writers, writing, writing community21 Comments on #NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 5 : Tricube Poems

Modus Operandi — #NaPoWriMo Throwback

Clues, alibis, and motives start to
infect everything

Posted byJennifer PatinoMarch 31, 2021March 31, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:2018, archives, glopowrimo, napowrimo, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, throwback, writer, writers, writing, writing community13 Comments on Modus Operandi — #NaPoWriMo Throwback

How Nice to See You

I wanted to wake up,
but I’m a glutton
for seeing how things
turn out

Posted byJennifer PatinoMarch 26, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:amwriting, dreams, life, march, memories, poem, poet, poetic, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community8 Comments on How Nice to See You

The Lowly Place

I think of my muses,
my inspirations,
the best ones
who weathered
their own tribulations

Posted byJennifer PatinoMarch 24, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:archive, artists, chronic illness, chronic pain, edith piaf, giacomo leopardi, jackson pollock, march, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing comunity25 Comments on The Lowly Place

The Jam Files #4 — Point of Peril

Somebody’s fingerprints
might leave a message.

Posted byJennifer PatinoMarch 20, 2021Posted inpoetry, ProseTags:amwriting, march, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, Prose, prose poem, prose poetry, writer, writers, writing, writing community14 Comments on The Jam Files #4 — Point of Peril

Yeah,

this could be
viewed as a
re-visitation
of the glory days

Posted byJennifer PatinoMarch 18, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:amwriting, chronic illness, chronic pain, life, march, neuropathy, pain, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community5 Comments on Yeah,

Whenever You’re Ready

I am ready to talk about quarantine.

Posted byJennifer PatinoMarch 16, 2021March 16, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:amwriting, coronavirus, isolation, life, march, pandemic, pandemic life, poem, poetry, poetry community, quarantine, writing, writing community6 Comments on Whenever You’re Ready

I Used to Go to Screamo Shows

reminiscing on
eyeliner so thick
everyone will know
you’re crying

Posted byJennifer PatinoMarch 15, 2021March 15, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:confessional poetry, life, march, music, nostalgia, poem, poetry, poetry community, screamo, writing, writing community8 Comments on I Used to Go to Screamo Shows

What I Learned From My Mother’s Survival

…Torn apart is an expression
Best kept hidden
Worn by worn down women…

Posted byJennifer PatinoMarch 8, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:internationl women's day, march, mothers, poem, poet, poetry, poetrycommunity, poets, women, women's day, writer, writers, writing, writing community5 Comments on What I Learned From My Mother’s Survival

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