Poetry Friday - Jaeda Renae Features my Poems

4/25/2014

Artist, Jaeda Renae, is featuring four of my adult poems on her Facebook page today. The poetry is artfully superimposed on the photography of Adair Puz Davidson. I met Jaeda during the March Madness. She is a friend of my husband, Malcolm Deeley, who is a speculative poet. Once we were introduced, she took off promoting my poems for March Madness. March Madness has opened many doors for me and forged new friendships. I've truly known what it feels like to have fans and to have other poets pulling for me. Exhausting as it was, it was an incredible experience. And I got to meet Jaeda, an artist, who loves my husband's poetry and loves mine as well.

Thank you so much, Jaeda, for taking the time to put together this feature of my poems and Adair Puz Davidson's photography. Brilliant photography and brilliant job! Thanks again!

Here are the links : "The Comet"
"The Osprey"
"The Sea"
"Moored"

To view them all together, go here and scroll down. Mine are in the last row before the comments begin.

Jaeda is a very interesting artist and photographer. Scroll down to view some of her art!

Thank you, once again, Jaeda!

14 Comments

Michelle Heidenrich Barnes link

4/25/2014 03:33:17 am

What an honor to have your poetry blessed in this way! Jaeda did an amazing job of matching poem to image. The Comet and The Osprey are so different, but equally matched in taking my breath away.

B.J. Lee

4/25/2014 05:18:28 am

Thank you, Michelle! Yes, she did a wonderful job with the images. I especially loved the sailboat masts!

Diane Mayr

4/25/2014 07:55:52 am

I love "The Sea" with its sun on the backs of the dolphins. The photo selected to go with it is perfect--soft and warm. Great combo!

B.J. Lee

4/26/2014 03:10:10 am

Diane - Thanks so much! Jaeda did a great job pairing the photos with the poems!

Mary Lee Hahn link

4/25/2014 09:37:39 pm

BJ, I had the very same experience with MMPoetry. It really launched me.

The pairing of your poems with the photos is stunning.

And you have a poet-husband?!?! WOW! The words must fly in your house!

Mary Lee

4/26/2014 03:12:23 am

I do seem to be getting a bit more "traffic!" I'm glad to hear that MMPoetry launched you! And yes, I have a poet-husband. All we talk about is words. lol. His name is Malcolm Deeley. He is a speculative poet. 5 of his books (I believe) are on Amazon. He's an amazing poet!

Malcolm Deeley

4/26/2014 03:19:02 am

Yes, it it certainly true that words are forever coming to life and being crafted into the most fascinating and delightful forms in our house!

I was thrilled to see this display of your work by Jaeda. You two are both inspiring creators, and joined together (along with the visuals of Adair) you really soar. Congratulations to you both!

B.J. Lee

4/26/2014 09:31:13 am

Thanks Mal! That's so nice of you to say! <3

Matt Forrest Esenwine

4/27/2014 04:32:23 am

Very cool! Those were some terrific poems you put together, and the illustrations give them a different angle.

B.J. Lee

4/29/2014 04:37:58 am

Thanks Matt! excepte for "Moored" I would consider these adult poems - I DO write a few every now and then. I loved the photos Jaeda chose!

Myra from GatheringBooks link

4/27/2014 07:45:23 pm

Great feature, B.J.! Thanks for sharing those links.

B.J. Lee

4/29/2014 04:38:36 am

Thanks Myra! and thanks for stopping by!

Becky Shillington link

5/6/2014 10:42:43 pm

I love all of these poems, B.J, but "The Comet" blew me away. You have such a gift--I will definitely be sharing this one with my writer's group!

B.J. Lee

6/24/2014 05:06:00 pm

thank you so much Becky! These are, what I call, my "adult" poems.

Author

B. J. Lee is a children’s author and poet. Her picture book, There Was an Old Gator Who Swallowed a Moth, is launching with Pelican Publishing on February 15, 2019. She has poems in 25 poetry anthologies published by Little, Brown, Wordsong, BloomsburyUK, National Geographic, Otter-Barry Books, Pomelo Books, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. She has worked with anthologists Lee Bennett Hopkins, J. Patrick Lewis and Kenn Nesbitt. She has written poems for such children’s magazines as Spider, Highlights and The School Magazine. Follow her on Twitter @bjlee_writer.

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