The mind, a dormant stone

OCTOBER 21, 2015 The LAPS will be there and rocking congas during ROUND 1, 7pm at the Metro Station. This is going to be so fun! We are happy to be a part of this annual celebration of Los Angeles literature! There are more than 30 events in this 3 hour celebration, plus a speakeasy event after all the shenanigans take place. For our line up, we have Julio the Conga Poet and Juan Cardenas , the Flutist of LA, making beautiful beats for us to enjoy with words from our featured Poets:  Brenda Petrakos,  Jessica Wilson,  Norman Molesko,  James Berkowitz We are kicking off the fun!

I am so excited to bring my friends and fellow Los Angeles Poets to the Hotel Erwin to present poetry inspired by The Doors. More specifically, we will be sharing poetry inspired by the photographs of Jim Coke! Jim captured The Doors performing in 1967 at Devonshire Downs in Northridge, CA! It's going to be a fun show filled with guests who knew Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek, and it's such an honor to live this history with poets like Joan Jobe Smith, Fred Voss, Brenda Petrakos, Michael C. Ford, Stevie Kalinich, Juan Cardenas, and more! We are going to have an amazing time! OCTOBER 15th at The HOTEL ERWIN Hotel Erwin 1697 Pacific Ave, Venice, California 90291 8pm $5 entry

Confessions of a creeper He lasts until you're gone, still component to the atmosphere; tricky. Grime enough on the mouth to get close, but doesn't touch. Your heart doesn't reach enough on the inside. "I'm sorry, what you said above is true. But was Narcissus not soft, yet enough, to admire. Beauty? Short sighted, I Not." exhaled ------ < Done. Finito. Bye. ~ Jessica M. Wilson

Here is a clip of my reading at Writer Wednesdays at Bob's Espresso Bar in North Hollywood! Presenting a collaborative, untitled poem, written with Juan Cardenas, and "Oh my!"! A powerful  message from Poet, Norman Molesko ! View the entire show:  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/34621003

Today I received an endorsement of my book, Marie Morrison . This was not just any endorsement...yet honestly, any received is just an accomplishment in itself. As long as the feedback is accurate in what the reader experiences, I am happy to hear it. I received a blurb from Maurya Simon . She is an amazing contemporary Poet who I am blessed to have learned from. Her poetry holds such beauty and preciseness, along with a lyricism that captures my heart each time. Hearing words fall from her lips is like a lullaby of sounds; she enchants me. Today, I earned more words, though this time on behalf of my own creation of work. I am simply just proud to hear from her...anything she has to tell me is, to me, the most important. She embraced my work, and now in recollection, I am weeping. I am proud to have her in my life as a friend, muse, and someone that I forever admire. The reason I am even able to write Marie Morrison is due to her patience and strong tutelage which re-lit a ...

This week has brought splendid blessings! My poem, "In Memoriam" is finally in print in Connotation Press! You can check it out here:  http://connotationpress.com/poetry/1313-jessica-m-wilson-poetry I am so happy! <3 Front page of Poetry!!! http://connotationpress.com/poetry

The beautiful anthology, in which a few of my poems are featured, has hit the shelves today! It's top-selling on Amazon.com Get yours here: http://www.amazon.com/In-The-Company-Women-Anthology/dp/057810248X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331761264&sr=8-1 I've bought mine! MAJOR thanks go out to the Editors, Apryl Skies and Alicia Winski who hand-selected and crafted this beautiful manuscript!