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I Feel The Wind by Therese Young-Wesby Belisle (Spotlighted Artist Showcase)
Published: February 26, 2012
Revolver by Jake Minick (Spotlighted Artist Showcase)
Published: May 16, 2011
The Shrink by Jonathan Khare (Spotlighted Artist Showcase)
Published: March 14, 2011
And I Was Sober by Jacquii Cooke (Spotlighted Artist Showcase)
Published: October 23, 2010

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JPiC Forum Proudly Presents a Showcase of Artistry
It is our goal to continue celebrating diversity with the typed word until the day the internet is shut down. Yes. We have high hopes that JPiC Forum will last the test of time and beyond.

Keeping that in mind, we are happy to present you with a showcase of our Members' finest works.  The writing featured here is handpicked by members of the JPiC Moderating Team from amongst the shares submitted in our poetry & writing forums.

And yes of course... JPiC Forum's most active sections are our poetry forums, yet we do not exclusively welcome poetry submissions. All types of literature is shared here, and as such, we will be mixing it up a bit. You should fully expect to see a wide range of genres & styles in our showcase: poetry, essays, fiction, creative non-fiction, song lyrics, reviews, etcetera... If we like it = We spotlight it! With Members' permission of course.

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JPiC Forum Spotlighted Artist Showcase
Published: May 16, 2011
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Featured Artist: Jake Minick

We're proud to showcase the writing of JPiC Forum member Jake Minick of Cumberland, Maryland. Mr. Minick, a self-described INFP personality type -- Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving -- has been writing poetry for some ten years now. He generously shares a bit of his creative process with us: "Poetry is a natural outlet for me, as I am inept at expressing my inner thoughts and feelings publicly. When I become creatively active, something sparks and my intuition turns up like an ethereal magnet, searching for things to synthesize."

Jake found poetry in his late teens after a few years of weed and L.S.D. had widened his perception to the point of neurosis. "Or maybe it was just the realization of 'grisly reality' from turning eighteen," he says, reflecting on his love of poetry. "Either way, I needed a way to express my angst with the world."

When asked to further expand the reasoning behind why he began writing poetry Mr. Minick answers quickly with, "I fell in love with the way artists and musicians were able to reflect these 'shadowed perceptions' [of life] that are so baffling to express. Poetry seems to be the creative evolution of language. I'm just trying to add a little bit to the pot."

We at JPiC imagine all Poets' subconscious will manifest itself in some meaningful way. "I may as well try to form [my writing] into something that helps people -- or at least entertains us -- by offering a fresh perspective," Jake concludes. A poetic balm indeed; Poetry does indeed have a therapeudic effect on those who admire it most, and even on those who come to it for whatever reason. We thank Mr. Minick for sharing his artistic therapy with us, for his creative expressions have definitely made our medicinal pot-of-poetry so much more thick, gooey & delicious. Find more of Jake's writing in the forums.

Revolver
Original Poetry By Jake Minick The egotistical tendons tighten
With each intake
of orbiting elements.
In this material waltz of burning fate.

As energies entwine
A light shines,
Warming the bodies.
Their dreams wrestle in a playful hate.

The burning continues
As they circle in sleep
And the shining pries
On the core of their sight.

A virgin perspective
With mirrored emotion.
In the ocean of fire
The chemicals fight.

The tendons snap
As intensity peaks.
Pining for mass
Of this most boastful fuel.
The once warm glow
Now, an emotional nova,
Leaves the remains of a body
For the blackened to pull…

"Excuse me, could you please move? You’re stepping on my reflection…"

"Yes, thank you… No, it’s ok. Just don’t step on my reflection… Here… Please take this 8 by 10 of me and hang it on the inside of your head."


Copyright © 2011 Jake Minick



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