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First Snow

A poem + reflection on my favorite season

Posted byJennifer PatinoNovember 7, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:life, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, winter, writer, writers, writing, writing community18 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 PatinoOctober 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 PatinoSeptember 17, 2025Posted inpersonal, poetryTags:death, life, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community12 Comments on And Then The Timeline Overlaps

Time For Change

This brings me to an announcement…

Posted byJennifer PatinoJuly 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

Poets’ Night Out 2025

My poem “Petoskey”

Posted byJennifer PatinoApril 15, 2025April 15, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:michigan, petoskey, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, poets night out, tadl, traverse city, writer, writers30 Comments on Poets’ Night Out 2025

“The Lake Sturgeon” in The Dunes Review

“…they say a female nmé can live 150 years,…”

Posted byJennifer PatinoFebruary 28, 2025February 28, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:michigan, michigan writers, ojibwe, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, the dunes review, winter, writer, writers, writing18 Comments on “The Lake Sturgeon” in The Dunes Review

‘Blood In Winter’ – 1st Place Winner of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies Quarterly Membership Contest

“…scented of earth and coffee…”

Posted byJennifer PatinoJanuary 21, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:nfsps, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poetry contest, poets, published, strophes, writer, writers, writing, writing community36 Comments on ‘Blood In Winter’ – 1st Place Winner of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies Quarterly Membership Contest

The Poet Life

“For 2025 the only thing I told myself I wanted to do was be a poet.”

Posted byJennifer PatinoJanuary 13, 2025Posted inpersonalTags:happy new year, january, personal, poet, poet life, poetry community, poets, update, winter, writer, writers, writing, writing community28 Comments on The Poet Life

“Ghost Tea” Published in Harmony Lit Magazine

“And who else drank from this chipped cup?”

Posted byJennifer PatinoSeptember 27, 2024Posted inpoetryTags:ghosts, poem, poetry, poetry community, published writing, september, writer, writers, writing, writing community19 Comments on “Ghost Tea” Published in Harmony Lit Magazine

“Glower” in The Winged Moon Magazine

“seized in obsidian,
the sentinel’s glare
declares migratory disorder”

Posted byJennifer PatinoSeptember 25, 2024Posted inpoetryTags:poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poetry contest, poets, published writing, september, substack, the winged moon, writer, writers, writing, writing community12 Comments on “Glower” in The Winged Moon Magazine

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