poetry – Book of Jen

Digital Cleansing

Earth, air, fire, water

Internet, a form of spirit

Help me cleanse this blog of mine

So the spammers won’t go near it

Medium 1

This poem was originally posted on Medium on September 17, 2018. The inspiration for this poem was the frustration I felt after noticing that the meanest people on Twitter are using it as a machine to manufacture outrage and hate.

I read The Outrage Machine on Words of Jen episode 059.

Book Reviews, Poetry 1

Varia: Poetry, Visions and Journeys – by Tom McNellis

Varia: Poetry, Visions and Journeys includes poems by Ramon Alone and other works. It has poetry, inspirational writing, short stories, and more.

The book provides a definition of the word Varia: miscellaneous items, especially a miscellany of literary works.” I tend to like books that are a mixture of different kinds of writing and that do not fit neatly into a particular box or category.

Some of the poems in Varia were originally posted on the author’s Ramon Alone Twitter and Facebook accounts. I love when people use social media in creative ways like that. There was a time when I filled a Twitter account with haiku.

Continue Reading “Varia: Poetry, Visions and Journeys – by Tom McNellis”

Out of Spoons, Spoonie Poetry and Prose 1

That Demon Named Pain

I wrote this poem on April 8, 2018, about the pain that my chronic illnesses inflict upon me. The poem was originally posted on Medium. It earned me a whole seven cents shortly after I posted it – and nothing after that.