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Cold Snap: Poem + Sad News

This is so midwest

Posted byJennifer NealApril 30, 2026Posted inpersonal, poetryTags:life, life update, personal, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing20 Comments on Cold Snap: Poem + Sad News

Solstice: A Poem

Cold hands shock skin into
submissive defense.

Posted byJennifer NealApril 29, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writing, writing community9 Comments on Solstice: A Poem

Crooked Tree Ekphrastic Event, February 2026

Three poems

Posted byJennifer NealMarch 16, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:crooked tree arts center, ekphrastic, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, traverse city14 Comments on Crooked Tree Ekphrastic Event, February 2026

V Day, A Poem

I feel a grape in my temporal lobe

Posted byJennifer NealFebruary 13, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:epilepsy, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, seizure, writer, writers, writing, writing community13 Comments on V Day, A Poem

First Snow

A poem + reflection on my favorite season

Posted byJennifer NealNovember 7, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:life, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, winter, writer, writers, writing, writing community19 Comments on First Snow

Published Poems at Cereal City Review + Life Update

“I don’t know how to sugarcoat it, so I’m not going to…”

Posted byJennifer NealOctober 30, 2025October 30, 2025Posted inpersonal, poetryTags:cereal city review, channeling, chronic illness, chronic pain, family, ojibwe, poems, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, polycystic kidney disease, spiritual, writer, writers, writing, writing community24 Comments on Published Poems at Cereal City Review + Life Update

And Then The Timeline Overlaps

wondering what it means/to be made aware of/pieces of me

Posted byJennifer NealSeptember 17, 2025Posted inpersonal, poetryTags:death, life, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community12 Comments on And Then The Timeline Overlaps

Paroxysmal

You become
a spectacle no matter how much
you abhor the spotlight.

Posted byJennifer NealAugust 9, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:epilepsy, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, summer, writers, writing, writing community25 Comments on Paroxysmal

“Lumerian” over at The Beatnik Cowboy

New published poem

Posted byJennifer NealJuly 15, 2025July 15, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, published poetry, the beatnik cowboy, writing, writing community6 Comments on “Lumerian” over at The Beatnik Cowboy

Time For Change

This brings me to an announcement…

Posted byJennifer NealJuly 9, 2025Posted inpersonalTags:chronic illness, chronic pain, epilepsy, health, life, personal, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, polycystic kidney disease, substack, update, writer, writers, writing, writing community20 Comments on Time For Change

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