The Phoenix Reading Series
Photo credit: Jennifer Juneau I will be reading with The Phoenix Reading Series at the NYC Poetry Festival on September 10th at 1PM. It will take place on Governor's Island. Take the ferry early enough and admission is free. Hope to see you there.
The Word is WRITE
Saturday 7/30 @ 8PM Eastern Timr
Testimonial by poet and editor, Karen Tardiff
A little behind on my reading and posting. “ […]’Grimoire’ by Jacob R. Moses[.] He has excavated his inner turmoil and uses it as a medicine, a talisman. He has fought to find who he is and the magic he carries within. Find strength in his journey.” -Karen Tardiff, founder of Gnashing Teeth Publishing
Tour Map (more to come)
Influences
https://youtu.be/FMLWXsV0E-M Rod Serling https://youtube.com/watch?v=NPcyTyilmYY&feature=share Alanis Morissette https://youtu.be/s3Wp_C0AHKk Simon & Garfunkel https://youtu.be/F2JvdcbkgtY Lawrence Ferlinghetti https://youtu.be/oDMYZncwBvk Saul Williams https://youtu.be/LFbE8RBhSDw Suheir Hammad https://youtu.be/OqN0jsSeqPo Erykah Badu https://youtu.be/OjHX7jf-znA Common https://youtu.be/7uG2gYE5KOs Janis Joplin https://youtu.be/rPP-t-aCfeA Amanda Gorman
Bestiary (from Grimoire Book Signing @ Barnes & Noble)

Betterism, Inc.
Coming soon…
Another Weight Loss Update
Wilderness
The memory remains of seeing her descent down the rabbit hole Prayed that one day I could see the soul That once entranced me Her thoughts were knots on a rope containing messages no human could ever decipher She was a skeleton disjointed and stripped of skin and marrow She was a sage whose mind … Continue reading Wilderness