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The Poet Life

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

Posted byJennifer NealJanuary 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 NealNovember 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

Interwoven — An Ekphrastic Poem

“A spark beat the heart alive
and became the true origin of fire…”

Posted byJennifer NealSeptember 29, 2024Posted inpoetryTags:art, crooked tree arts center, ekphrastic, mary fortuna, poem, poetry, poetry community, traverse city, writing, writing community16 Comments on Interwoven — An Ekphrastic Poem

“Ghost Tea” Published in Harmony Lit Magazine

“And who else drank from this chipped cup?”

Posted byJennifer NealSeptember 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 NealSeptember 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

I Can Almost Say I Survived This Summer

I’m ready for cold weather, crisp leaves, & cleansing snowfall.

Posted byJennifer NealSeptember 1, 2024September 1, 2024Posted inpersonalTags:autumn, books, film, life, life update, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, september, update, writer, writers, writing, writing community19 Comments on I Can Almost Say I Survived This Summer

“Niiyaw” Published in Persephone Literary

Debut issue

Posted byJennifer NealJuly 8, 2024Posted inpoetryTags:ojibwe, ojibwemowin, persephone literary magazine, poem, poetry, poetry community, published, published poem, published writing, water protectors, writing, writing community39 Comments on “Niiyaw” Published in Persephone Literary

I Cannot Tell July

I exist in fragments. At least that’s what my mind tries to do most of the time.

Posted byJennifer NealJuly 1, 2024Posted inpersonalTags:blog, blogging community, life, life update, ojibwe, personal, personal essay, poetry, powwwow, traverse city, update, writing, writing community26 Comments on I Cannot Tell July

2 Poems @ Fevers of the Mind Today

“Spring Haze” & “Scarlet Keeps Bees & Sleeps With Monarchs”

Posted byJennifer NealMay 30, 2024Posted inpoetryTags:fevers of the mind, poetry, poetry community, published, published writing, tori amos, writing, writing community18 Comments on 2 Poems @ Fevers of the Mind Today

‘Petals of Haiku’ Official Release Day!

New published haiku

Posted byJennifer NealMay 30, 2024May 30, 2024Posted inpoetryTags:haiku, literary revelations, petals of haiku, poems, poetry, poetry community, published poems, writing, writing community19 Comments on ‘Petals of Haiku’ Official Release Day!

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