New Book! Order Braided Spaces
Jen’s new collection of poetry, Braided Spaces, was released October 24, 2023. You can read a sample of her powerful work with this poem, Ten Thousand Butterflies, featured in June at Grand Performances (click on video link). More about Braided Spaces, including praise and other links are on the book page.
New for April 2024! A line from “Painted Painter” is on a lamp post banner as part of West Hollywood’s April National Poetry Month celebration. See the poem here and the news article here.
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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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Community
Jen is the curator and facilitator of Palabras: A Literary Salon, a BIPOC-centered literary salon, co-hosted with Latinx with Plants in Boyle Heights. She also is a producer of events and developing a documentary film about LGBTQ Elders, sharing their stories through interviews and poems written with Pride Poets, a band of LGBTQ poets for which she is Associate Producer.
Event and Celebration Poems
Jen is available as an event entertainer, offering typewriter poetry and even a new style with a wellness twist, Feng Shui Poetry. More about Jen’s East-West cultural influences, poetry informed by the Five Elements, here from Poetry Spa in West Hollywood.
You don’t need to wait for an event! Anytime, you can privately commission a custom love poem to celebrate someone or something you love! It’s a gift commission easily handled over a quick phone chat or email questionnaire.
A perfect present for:
- anniversaries
- birthdays
- weddings
- remembering your beloved pets
- housewarming or baby shower gift
- thank you gift to a friend or client
- celebrating your hobby or yourself
- new goals or life transitions
Sample poems from 2019:
- A thank you gift: thank you, kate
- Celebrating a romantic relationship: sun and moon
- Celebrating a long-term relationship and anniversary gift: space to be a butterfly
- A poem from a dog (pet humor): bell-bottom paws
- A remembrance poem for a beloved pet: orange cat
- Someone’s love of a hobby and idea of what love is: moves like rope
- Celebrating oneself and new intentions: i’m a wild cat
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
Testimonials
“I’m so excited to frame my poem in a big frame so that everyone can be intrigued to come up close to read it. I want people to see it in the entryway of the new home my partner and I will be buying. It describes us perfectly and that way our visitors will know who we are.” -Shirley
“This is great! This is going in my bundle of anniversary gifts for my husband.” -Ed
“My cat who passed away, who was so special to me… this poem captures how I want to remember him.” -Gwendolyn
“This is a great gift for my friends who are welcoming their baby girl.” -Rose
More about Jen’s poetry
Jen is a multi-disciplinary storyteller, writer, and performer in Los Angeles Area. You can read more of her writing on Medium.com. Jen was been a frequent visitor of the open mic event at Queer Slam when it was live at Akbar and when it has been a virtual community space. A colleague described her poetry performance at this event as “a high-wire act.”
Most recently, Jen went to a beach party without her typewriter and wrote poems on the spot with pen and paper for new friends who wanted to express their personal journey with their creativity. With or without her 1950’s Olympia typewriter, Jen is an agile improvisor who can write a poem on the spot for any occasion. Jen is part of a team of typewriter poets that do pop-up events around the Los Angeles area as part of Pride Poets. If you have an event that would like to have 2 or more poets provide a “pop-up” event, Jen can coordinate the team of PridePoets to show up with our typewriters and give your event guests a unique custom poem as their party souvenir!
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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Photo credits: Hand with heart (Photo by Jude Beck on Unsplash) , Heart lights (Photo by Rachel Walker on Unsplash), Window frame with mountain (Photo by R Mo on Unsplash)
Notes:
- Poems are delivered within 7 business days after the phone interview.
- If you need creative ideas on how to frame or matte or present your poem for your occasion, we can discuss and give you a few options at no charge. If you would like to customize the gift package for different frames and matting, other options can be estimated and handled for a surcharge.
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