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Ojibwe Prayer + Update

These days when breath is hard, when new pains & new ailments nearly overtake me, I’m finding it easier to pray through it.

Posted byJennifer PatinoOctober 16, 2022Posted inpersonalTags:chronic illness, chronic pain, health, margaret noodin, ojibwe, ojibwemowin, pancreatitis, personal, personal update, prayer, update32 Comments on Ojibwe Prayer + Update

Awaiting Autumn

I’m being as patient as possible

Posted byJennifer PatinoOctober 8, 2022Posted inpersonal, poetryTags:autumn, chronic illness, chronic pain, personal, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing community32 Comments on Awaiting Autumn

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

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

The Jam Files #8 : A Little Life Update

When too many bad days in a row occur, I start to wonder if this is just how it’s going to be from now on.

Posted byJennifer PatinoNovember 20, 2021Posted inpersonalTags:blog, chronic illness, chronic pain, health, personal, the jam files, update28 Comments on The Jam Files #8 : A Little Life Update

Being Sick All the Time : Pain Prose

Being sick all the time is some bullshit,
Lemme tell you.

Posted byJennifer PatinoJune 25, 2021June 25, 2021Posted inProseTags:chronic illness, pain, Prose, writer, writers, writing, writing community

#NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 24 : “Accumulation”

the vessel
on autopilot isn’t quite sure
what it’s doing

Posted byJennifer PatinoApril 24, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:amwriting, april, chronic illness, chronic pain, glopowrimo, napowrimo, napowrimo2021, national poetry month, national poetry writing month, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community9 Comments on #NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 24 : “Accumulation”

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

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,

March

Your body and mind go through a transitional phase in March.

Posted byJennifer PatinoMarch 2, 2021March 2, 2021Posted inpoetry, ProseTags:archive, chronic illness, chronic pain, march, poem, poetry, poetry community, Prose, prose poem, prose poetry, Reverse SAD, Seasonal affective disorder, spring, writing, writing community9 Comments on March

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