Contraband Marriage, traveling along the hemline of loving after incarceration, is a love story written in lyric and free form, set in reality with a different ever after.
Poematic \Po`em*at"ic\, adjective: Pertaining to a poem, or to poetry; poetical.
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If you're looking for quirky, clever, fun stuff, I'm the poet for you.
Background
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My work consists of quirky, clever, short pieces that will bring a smile to your face.
Influences:
Shel Silverstein: "Invitation"; "Smart"; "Poem on the neck of a running giraffe"
Blanca Domínguez: "Con esas flores"; "Auto-retrato"
Favorite poets/poems:
Billy Collins: "Special glasses"; "You, reader"; "Introduction to Poetry"
Jill Scott: "Blue"; "Young buck lovin' on the kitchen floor"; "Haiku #6"; "Dis niggah"; "It's the little things"
Nikki Giovanni: "And I have you"; "I wrote a good omelet"
Langston Hughes: "Feet o' Jesus"; "Dreams"
Robert Frost: "Stopping by woods on a snowy evening"
Amber Tamblyn: "Oh, you"; "Dear demographic"
Colin McNaughton: "Picking noses"; "A heart of gold"
Sonia Sanchez: "Poem No. 3"; "Blues"; "Song No. 2"; "Haiku"
Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz: "Reader"
Publications:
True Love Magazine (non-poetry), Northeast Newsline, Ecuatoriano, Current/The Hudson Reporter, SpeedPoets, Margen Cero, Ceremony and Turbulence.
Poem-atic, my first book of poetry was published on March 30th, 2009 by PublishAmerica. It contains 109 poems. A review by Diana Schwaeble of The Midweek Reporter is featured below.
Chapbooks:
Poetry is..., Poesía es... and Faith in the City.
Favorite book:
"El niño que enloqueció de amor" - Eduardo Barrios.
Updated - 9/19/10
Accomplishments
PUBLICATIONS:
"How I know I'm in love" True Love magazine 2/98
"Love is..."; "Me and my face" 4/15/05
"Love is..."; "Me and my face" Northeast Newsline 10/06
"Biografía"; "A mi tierno admirador"; "Oración de una muchacha soltera" Ecuatoriano 9/07
"I miss you"; "Rats!"; "Butterflies" Northeast Newsline 10/07
"Mr. Right"; "Love is..."; "Untitled"; "Cinderella"; "Realization" Current/The Hudson Reporter 2/7-13/08
"Me and my face" Speedpoets 3/08
"I miss you" Current/The Hudson Reporter 3/27-4/2/08
"HillBilly Observation"; "Rats!"; "Me and my Face" Current/The Hudson Reporter 4/17-23/08
"My Bucket List" Current/The Hudson Reporter 6/12-18/08
"Depressed" Current/The Hudson Reporter 6/19-25/08
"Season" Current/The Hudson Reporter 6/26-7/2/08
"Finder's keepers" Current/The Hudson Reporter 7/3-9/08
"Colors" Current/The Hudson Reporter 7/10-16/08
"Jersey City, Circa 1992" Current/The Hudson Reporter 7/17-23/08
"Poetry" Current/The Hudson Reporter 7/24-29/08
"Hearsay" Current/The Hudson Reporter 8/14-20/08
"Love" Current/The Hudson Reporter 8/21/08
"Se busca" Margen Cero 7-9/08
"Fleeting..." Current/The Hudson Reporter 9/11-17/08
"Man-eater" Current/The Hudson Reporter 9/18-24/08
"Loss"; "Daydreaming"; "Time"; "Grape"; "Friends" Ceremony Fall 2008
"Unwell" Current/The Hudson Reporter 9/25-10/1/08
"It ain't over..." Current/The Hudson Reporter 10/2-8/08
"Butterflies" Current/The Hudson Reporter 10/9-15/08
"Daydreaming" Current/The Hudson Reporter 10/16-22/08
"Puppy love" Current/The Hudson Reporter 10/23-29/08
"Today's special is..." Current/The Hudson Reporter 10/30-11/5/08
"Time" Current/The Hudson Reporter 11/6/08
"Loss" Current/The Hudson Reporter 12/4-10/08
"Menhattan" Current/The Hudson Reporter 12/11-17/08
"'Tis the week..." Current/The Hudson Reporter 12/18-24/08
"Mary Christmas" Current/The Hudson Reporter 12/08
"Sweet Dreams" Current/The Hudson Reporter 1/8-14/09
"Cancer" Current/The Hudson Reporter 1/15-21/09
"Ungrateful" Current/The Hudson Reporter 1/22-28/09
"Pretty" Current/The Hudson Reporter 1/29-2/4/09
"Love is..." Current/The Hudson Reporter 2/12-18/09
"How Love got her name" Current/The Hudson Reporter 2/19-25/09
"Sad Poem" Current/The Hudson Reporter 2/12-18/09
"Upset Stomach" Current/The Hudson Reporter 3/19-25/09
"Darya" Current/The Hudson Reporter 3/26-4/1/09
"Identity" Current/The Hudson Reporter 4/2-8/09
"B.F.F. (best friends forever)" Current/The Hudson Reporter 4/9-15/09
"Dilemma" Current/The Hudson Reporter 4/16-22/09
"Haiku" Current/The Hudson Reporter 4/23-29/09
"The Beatles lied" Current/The Hudson Reporter 4/30-5/6/09
"Grape" Current/The Hudson Reporter 5/7-13/09
"Little Faith Disarray" Current/The Hudson Reporter 5/14-20/09
"Bean Counter" Current/The Hudson Reporter 5/21-27/09
JC writer is a 'Poem-atic' - my first book review - The Midweek Reporter - June 18, 2009
"Shy" Turbulence - Autumn 2009
"In the pink fuzzies of the night" Turbulence - February 2010
"Up for Grabs" Turbulence - May 2010
"Writer's Block" Turbulence - August 2010
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