My Tough Skin a Free Verse Poem by Jennifer Jo Fay

My Tough Skin

Loving, loving, really loving praise,
yet sometimes we need to accept the
other not so nice criticism.
Sweet, sassy, lovingly said words are
what we love to hear, ultimately
the stuff that is going to create us
into the stronger writer is the
negative stuff that is expressed  by
others that you need to improve your
craft.  We all need to get off our not
so lovely writers wreck from timely
manner.  The hurtful words, dig in and
gut us from the inside out.  Toughens
us and makes a more durable force
to proceed with a new way to see.

Jennifer Jo Fay

Copyrighted February 20, 2012

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She looks a little fragile, but inside her skin is tough.

Little Delights a poem by Jennifer Jo Fay

                                                   my roses for the cover of Black Roses mystery novel I self published.



Little Delights

How little things tend to beckon
me to them. 
The thought of tiny little roses
sewn into my knitted skirt
makes me long for little delights.
Turkish delights,
chocolate bonbons,
ribbon candy,
and peppermint.
Sweet mouthfuls
slowly being savored.
And as I write and knit
and sew and think,
I want to take a break
and share in tiny little things.
Scattered kisses in the moonlight,
slow walks under a starry night.
Stolen memories
to hold close to my heart.
Sinful dark chocolate
lindt candies
slowly melting in my mouth.
Silken petals
from roses,
the fresh ones
to linger over a week.
All these delights I want.
I wish.
I long for.

Jennifer Jo Fay

Copyrighted February 5, 2012

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Container a poem by Jennifer Jo Fay

Container

Oh what do we seem
to live in?
Is it that of a glass jar
or an invisible container
surrounding our world.
And then we ourselves
are containers.
We've got these
imaginary boundaries
that we can't seem to escape.
They seem to trap
us and keep us in the moment
of now.
We stay the same
and sometimes
we don't bother to change.
Our containers sometimes
stay unwatered.
Our roots and blooms
become deprived.
Oh what a container
we have put ourselves in.
Go find our hammer
and shatter the walls
that seal it tight.
Break boundaries
and discover the space beyond.
Our container is just
a shelter that won't
let us grow.


Jennifer Jo Fay

Copyrighted February 3, 2012







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Lovely Little Words a poem by Jennifer Jo Fay

Lovely Little Words


Yes, yes, I love you so
you are the world
and I am the mesh
that molds to you.
Mesh my world
and rock me softly
I am for you,
you are for me.
Lovely little words
flow only for you
whisper to me of
a love that breathes.
Mesh my world
and I'll blend with you
Yes, yes, I love you so
you are the world
and I am the mesh.
Blend with me
baby, blend.
I'll exist for you
and you alone.
yes, yes, I love you so.


Jennifer Jo Fay
Copyrighted February 2, 2012

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Little Black Dress a poem by Jennifer Jo Fay

Little Black Dress

I woke up this morning and looked
into my closet. 
It was dark and full of vibrant
colored clothing of all shapes and sizes.
But anyhow,
they were my shape.
I was at a loss at what to pick.
Was it going to also be a sign
of oncoming writers block?
Oh no!!!!!
And I looked at the dainty lace top
and wondered if I should wear it.
With my pretty purple skirt.
No.
I don't want that Louisa May Alcott
style today.
I don't want to be prim and proper.
I want to be a rebel.
Hmmm....
How about that leather jacket
that I have never worn
with a sleazy little tank top
that's gonna show my cleavage.
Naw......
Then I saw it resting next to
the rehearsal dinner dress
that will never fit me again.
Not in this lifetime.
The little black dress caught my eye.
Yes.
I want to be a little harlot tonight.
My other half will love it.
Yes, I want to be a bad girl.
Forget the good.
Yup,
I just knocked that little angel
off my shoulders.
She's gone.
So, I pulled out the little black dress
and tried to get it on.
I pulled and pulled
and tried my hardest to get
the thing to fit.
Then I cursed.
"What has happened?
Did some bugs come into the night
and sinch it tighter each night?"
Well,
then it took a few moments
to get the little black dress off.
I ended up settling for the bulky pink sweater
and the pink sweatpants
and when I see my other half
he'd rather see me in my birthday suit.


Jennifer Jo Fay

Copyrighted February 2, 2012

And how many of us can fit into something like this?  I certainly can't.  Some of us have had kids and can't get back to this.


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Zesty Orange a poem by Jennifer Jo Fay

Zesty Orange

Evangelean peeled her orange

and began to cry  for

her soul had been pulverized.

Her thoughts had been revealed

and her secrets had been

exposed.

Now she felt as if

her sanctuary had been gone

from her world.

So as she peeled

her perfect fruit,

she wished that her life

was flawless.

And it wasn't,

yet the zest of her fruit

was suddenly pouring

into her life

and making her see that

perhaps she could go on

and survive.

Nobody could take her zest

away from her.

She popped the fruit

into her mouth

and shoved the secrets

back into their drawer.

No more secrets.

Or so she would think.



Jennifer Jo Fay

Copyrighted February 2, 2012

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