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The Jam Files #10 : Just For You

Your homeland stays inside your bloodstream. When you’re away from it for too long your veins begin to burn with longing.

Posted byJennifer PatinoMarch 20, 2022March 20, 2022Posted inpersonal, ProseTags:home, life, march, michigan, personal, Prose, the jam files, writer, writers, writing, writing community27 Comments on The Jam Files #10 : Just For You

#NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 16 : “Take Your Pick”

incessant babble
bubbling
from the mouth
of panic

Posted byJennifer PatinoApril 16, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:amwriting, april, glopowrimo, life, napowrimo, napowrimo2021, national poetry month, national poetry writing month, poem, poet, poetic, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community10 Comments on #NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 16 : “Take Your Pick”

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

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

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

They Say Some Behaviors Are Learned

I have learned to be glad
for the things I’ll
never understand

Posted byJennifer PatinoAugust 28, 2020August 28, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:life, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writers, writing, writing community

Fuchsia: A Poem

what pain looks like
but only to those
who allow themselves to feel it

Posted byJennifer PatinoAugust 15, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:life, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community

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