now&zen

i'm MJ.. i don't like using caps!!!! this will most likely bother some people, so get over it now! i am not an e.e. cummings wannabe, i just loathe the shift button.

i try to be a kind person. i'll probably get along with you, unless you're a litterbug. i work with kids because they love me and i can't help it. i'm a closet bookworm because for some reason people think it's lame to read books. fuck that! i like girls, especially girls who speak in sexual innuendo, and who know what innuendo means. i'm obsessed with live music and i'd travel anywhere to see it. i live with the grateful dead, the beatles, and donovan constantly on the record player and on my mind. i hug trees- yes we actually exist. some people might say i pick up garbage on the street and put it in the trash can. i work with babies all day. i stimulate their little brains and hearts with music, photos, colors, words, and dreams. my co-workers are weird and it's hilarious. they all tell me secrets and i never tell anyone. i live with my girlfriend and our two new kittens who are way better than your kittens. they are named clover and echo, and don't say you don't love them already. i eat food and go to sleep at night and sometimes during the day. i turned a wooden beam in my apartment into a tree last night. it looks great but i still want a real tree in here. i'm all about a sweet road trip. i love to write all the time, sometimes short stories, mostly fiction. i wrote my first poem (rings and roses, to be posted here shortly) after the death of a friend's mother, and since then i have been exploring poetry in my mind. i have a few decent items, and most are very amateur, but it feels good to do it, and calms my soul. i am looking for straightforward critique, awkward conversations, and honest reviews. i am open minded about nearly everything, and i don't get offended easily. i'll apologize in advance for the critiques i give, because i haven't learned everything about poetry yet! i am picking up a little bit each day. anyway, so i hope to feel welcome here, and find a nice home for my poems. see you around!

MsJacquiiC

HA! I hug trees too! Welcome MJ to the JPiC Community - You sound like the interesting kind no doubt - I was actually looking for "rings and roses" -- didn't see it posted - hopefully you will post it...

At anyrate - We do have quite a melange of talent on JPiC - most show their talent through their poetry, but we have quite a nice collection of shortstories and novel exerpts as well - So it's nice to welcome you to the Forum, especially being a fellow tree hugger!

Anyway - Please do make yourself familiar with the JPiC Posting Policy - Relax - Enjoy all the Forum has to offer AND Happy posting.

Jacquii.

PaintedDiary

MJ! Glad to read ya! Please enjoy the full realm of the site as every palette can be satisfied. I love your intro, lol! Looking forward to seeing that fire in you works! Woohoo!

PD