Category: Mindfulness
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Finding Inspiration
When I told a friend last spring that I was writing a poem a day for National Poetry Month, she asked me how I found the inspiration for 30 poems. “It’s like rummaging around in a junk drawer,” I told her. “You’re bound to put your hands on something!” And sure enough, one April, I…
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Waiting Out the Storm at Rock Garden in Branford
We’re happy to report that the poetry chapbook Waiting Out the Storm can now be found at Rock Garden in Branford. This is a great little shop – and not just for books! This eclectic shop offers a wide variety of items including crystals, rocks, minerals & fossils; jewelry; tumbled polished stones; oracle cards &…
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TRAILER: Evidence of Flossing
The writing in Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind are, at their heart, love poems to the something greater within all of us. Inspired by Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and Mary Oliver, naturalist Jen Payne explores the essence of spiritual ecology: the human condition juxtaposed to the natural world and the possibility of…
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BOOK REVIEW by Writer Juliana Lightle
“Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind provides an unexpected metaphor for individual life, culture, and so much more. Nearly all the poems are accompanied with a photograph, often of trash in which lays a dental flosser (yes, one of those instruments with which you floss your teeth) with date and location. Flossing is supposed to…
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BOOK REVIEW by Writer Christopher Liccardi
“I have to say, this book not only struck a nerve but felt more relevant with each page I read. Jennifer has captured the seemingly inexhaustible supply of humanity in a collection of poems and street photography that speak volumes about what we leave behind.” – Christopher Liccardi >> CLICK HERE to read the full…
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BOOK REVIEW by Rita Kowats, Spirituality Without Borders
“Jen Payne’s book, Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind, carries prophetic power in the spaces between its words. It is truth and beauty delivered to us in wide-eyed wonder by a child’s heart passionately in love with nature.” – Rita Kowats, Spirituality Without Borders >> CLICK HERE to read the full review. EVIDENCE OF…
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BOOK REVIEW by Poet Joss Burnel
“Not only will Jen make you feel, think and ponder your own walk through life, but her book has photography that will do the same. Poetry as social commentary has a long history of impacting our world…” – Joss Burnel, Depth of A Woman (Photo ©Jen Payne) EVIDENCE OF FLOSSING: What We Leave Behind Jennifer…
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BOOK REVIEW by Author Mary O’Connor
“Poet by nature and street photographer by perspective, author Jennifer Payne turns to the curious thematic image of a flosser to make an arresting statement in her new book about our world and about how, in so many ways, we influence its being. The thought of marrying a cast-off dental apparatus with such discordant thoughts…
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BOOK REVIEW by Poet Luanne Castle
“To help heal our planet and ourselves, we first have to look outward to go inward. Jen Payne’s new book of poetry and photographs inspires us to do just that. Using the unique and cohesive symbol of the pocket dental flosser, Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind explores nature and our place within our…
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BOOK REVIEW by Blogger Crystal Casavant-Otto
“Evidence of Flossing is a thought provoking read that left me forever changed; somehow simultaneously poignant and uplifting….This is not a book you will read and forget. In fact, it’s the type of book you will refer to friends, pick up from time to time, and think about often as life propels you forward.” – Crystal J. Casavant-Otto,…
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The Magic of Writing (Interview with Lisa Haselton)
We hope you enjoy this interview with author Jen Payne, featured on Lisa Haselton’s Reviews and Interviews, an award-winning blog for book reviews, author interviews, and anything writing-related. What do you enjoy most about writing poems? Many of my poems show up as whispers of ideas. Maybe one line or two that reveal themselves…suddenly, from…
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