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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

Paroxysmal

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

Posted byJennifer PatinoAugust 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 PatinoJuly 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 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

Poem & Interview In The Rappahannock Review

“Fatherly Advice” published in the Spring Issue

Posted byJennifer PatinoMay 2, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:interview, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, published, published writing, spring, the rappahannock review, writing, writing community25 Comments on Poem & Interview In The Rappahannock 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

Contest Poems in Peninsula Poets

“Visions Again” & “Michigama”

Posted byJennifer PatinoNovember 18, 2024November 18, 2024Posted inpoetryTags:michigan, peninsula poets, poetry, poetry community, poetry society of michigan, published, writing, writing community42 Comments on Contest Poems in Peninsula Poets

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