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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

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 24, 2024Posted 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

The Jam Files #2 — The Longest Winter Ever

This winter has been a deep freeze.

Posted byJennifer PatinoFebruary 21, 2021Posted inProseTags:amwriting, chronic illness, chronic pain, february, health, life, love, Prose, the jam files, winter, writing, writing community

I Really Can’t Function Without Him: Life Update + Poem

My poor husband is in the hospital…

Posted byJennifer PatinoJanuary 30, 2021Posted inpersonal, poetryTags:blog, chronic illness, chronic pain, health, january, las vegas, life, marriage, mental health, personal, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, snow, update, writer, writers, writing, writing community27 Comments on I Really Can’t Function Without Him: Life Update + Poem

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

Grrr-ipped: A Poem

Understanding
isn’t something
I can grovel for

Posted byJennifer PatinoJune 12, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:chronic illness, chronic pain, confessional poetry, poem, poetry, poetry community, poets, writing, writing community

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