About the Poetry Book
Poet Laureate for West Hollywood, Jen Cheng, published a new collection of poetry, Braided Spaces, (released October 24, 2023). With a vision for intersectionality where everyone’s aspects are celebrated, she weaves stories into poetry to make you feel welcome.
View the replay of Jen’s virtual book launch, to listen to five poems representing one from each of the Five Elements. You can read a sample of her powerful work with this poem, Ten Thousand Butterflies, featured in June 2023 at Grand Performances (or click on this video clip).
Order now, to be a PoetryBee and help us pollinate the poems across the United States, and get bonuses like early invites to workshops and private events. Please share this link to help get Jen reach her goal of getting 200 copies to readers.
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Order book (with shipping)
Braided Spaces will be personally signed. The book is $15 with $4.95 shipping + handling (within U.S.) If you plan to pick up at an event, please scroll down to the book only purchase. Paypal will produce a receipt from wokelicious llc.
$19.95
Order book (free pickup at event)
Braided Spaces will be personally signed. The book is $15 with no shipping for free pickup at an event. Please let us know when you might pick up! If you need shipping, please choose the item above to cover shipping costs. Paypal will produce a receipt from wokelicious llc.
$15.00
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Praise for Braided Spaces
Here is a book review by Passengers Journal, where Staff Poetry Reader Will Freeney writes:
It is undeniably a unique poetic voice which declares, “We bloom in unfriendly places / season after season / Still I speak undeniably / with dandelion fields of gold.” And that is a prescient assessment of the poet’s achievement in this charming, significant chapbook.
More about the Five Elements and Feng Shui Poetry
At events and for private commissions, Jen offers card readings with wellness coaching and a souvenir poem as a form of Feng Shui Poetry. If you would like to gain wellness insight for some questions, please purchase a custom poem with a note for “Feng Shui Poetry” or contact Jen for an appointment.
She has been an artist-in-residence at special events with Tea at Shiloh, OutPro LA, and other community partners. Jen is teaching a writing workshop to help people create a poem with the lens of the Five Elements at the West Hollywood Library on December 30th, 2023.
More about Jen’s East-West cultural influences, poetry informed by the Five Elements, here from Poetry Spa in West Hollywood.
One Custom Poem
A custom poem will include a 5-10 minute phone interview and a typewritten poem sent via USPS priority mail or a digital photo.You will receive a receipt from wokelicious llc.
$100.00
Greeting Cards + Other Gifts
Buy the Feng Shui-inspired “playtiles” greeting cards. $5 for one, $25 for 5 pack. Buy Feng Shui-inpsired watercolor-painted fans or small planter with a custom poetic line handwritten with calligraphy pen for $30. If fans are to be shipped, please pay a total of $35 to cover shipping. Planters can only be picked up at events. You will receive a receipt from wokelicious llc.
$5.00
More about Jen Cheng
Jen Cheng is the West Hollywood Poet Laureate, a 2023 California Arts Council Fellow, author of Braided Spaces, and a multidisciplinary storyteller who amplifies under-represented voices. Jen is the founder of Palabras Literary Salon, celebrating BIPOC poets and writers. Jen blends East-West cultural influences in a new form, Feng Shui Poetry. With stories for tween audiences, mystery detective fans, and queer love, Jen is a cross-pollinator and community curator. Find her on Twitter/IG @JenCvoice or: http://www.JenCvoice.com
You can see some of her artistic endeavors and adventures with her dog on Instagram @jen.and.potato
To contact her, please email JenCVoice at gmail dot com
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