Tag: Spirituality

  • 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. This review…

  • 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 >> CLICK HERE to read the full review. This review is…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • INTERVIEW on Lisa Haselton’s Reviews and Interviews

    Welcome, Readers. My special guest today is poet/author/photographer Jennifer Payne. She’s sharing a bit about her new collection of poems, Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind . (Click Here to read the full interview!) What do you enjoy most about writing poems? Many of my poems show up as whispers of ideas. Maybe one…

  • 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…

  • GUEST BLOG POST: Exploring Mindfulness

    Today, I’m a guest blogger on Choices with Madeline Sharples, sharing my thoughts on… EXPLORING MINDFULNESS 1. A Meditation on Bugs I hadn’t walked five minutes up the trail before they ambushed me. A swarm of gnats dropped down in front of my face like a thin, black veil. Two flies laid claim to my…

  • BOOK REVIEW by Writer David W. Berner

    “The French poet and novelist, Victor Hugo, wrote, ‘The reduction of the universe to the compass of a single being, and the extension of a single being until it reaches God—that is love.’ Jennifer A. Payne expands on those words with an unflinching account of our unshakeable relationship to the modern world around us, God,…

  • GUEST BLOG POST: Finding Inspiration

    Today, I’m a guest blogger on CMash Reads, sharing my thoughts on… 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.…

  • INTERVIEW: Bookworm Interviews Author Jen Payne

    As you can see, BOOKWORM is participating in another blog book tour courtesy of WOW (Women on Writing). Today’s guest is Jennifer A. Payne, author of Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind. Today I’m posting an interview, Q and A style, that I conducted with Ms. Payne so that you can read her thoughts…

  • BOOK REVIEW: Beverley Baird Reviews Evidence of Flossing

    “These are definitely poems to ponder, with words and images to reflect on. Payne gives us poetry that moves us, challenges our perceptions and inspires us to look deeper into our place in the world and what our legacy can or should be. Evidence of Flossing is well worth the read – and one you…

  • GUEST BLOG POST: The Bravery of Storytelling

    Today, I’m a guest blogger on Writers Pay It Forward, sharing my thoughts on… THE BRAVERY OF STORYTELLING Several years ago, I was meeting with a client I hadn’t seen in a few years. We started with the usual Hi. How are You? I’m Fine. How are You? small talk protocol, but then she saw…