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Jen Miller
Born and raised in Southern Appalachia, Jen Miller is both storyteller and poet. Blending narrative, lyric, and confessional styles, her poems weave strands of the sacred and the mundane, taking the reader on a journey into the soul's deepest yearnings.
Jen's work has appeared in Humana Obscura, Gypsophila, SageWoman, and several feminist anthologies. She is also the founding editor-in-chief of Quill of the Goddess, an independent literary journal dedicated to goddess spirituality.
![This poem was inspired by a story about St. Francis who went to a chapel late at night to pray alone and was joined by a grasshopper. The prompt was to imagine what animal might pray with you late at night in an empty chapel.
[poetry, poems about saints, nature poetry, spiritual poetry, St. Francis, wren, poems about birds, prayer, praying]](https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/730313459_17893535679520423_3610689522801845383_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=107&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0FST1VTRUxfSVRFTS5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=dxvXs3cTm7oQ7kNvwE6Sldx&_nc_oc=AdrU0EzkUuSLKoUMjhQFuFOQDuSsfrPkO854wm_g-m_XWXmdvlApfODv1A3lVumfurM&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=YttgBSOtnlEwlZL_mYrS6g&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQF1Ay64HEsD0KUMw_LW7P5qW2w6svVeMzjYg299hjCRuUjWRpKiVRhW1XH8CXFlTbCtapv6HdUH&oh=00_Af8ResvbDU4znPUqJoJJuvW6fUZ2U0y5i6CwO1WBJbdQsw&oe=6A45DE1C)
![This poem was inspired by a story about St. Cuthbert who, according to legend, would pray all night with his feet in the ocean. Then the otters would come at daybreak and warm his feet. 🦦
[poetry, poems about saints, nature poetry, Saint Cuthbert, foxes, spiritual poetry, poems about finding joy again]](https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/728621294_17893182120520423_1092118827848079042_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=110&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0FST1VTRUxfSVRFTS5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=bzl55AhICsAQ7kNvwFJ0e_Q&_nc_oc=AdoeUtIluGyN_hNyHrfHd9oX2sQFlG6ceRpA83UU1Ewl3XtNc4V51J5aIZE0lEv1LSE&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=YttgBSOtnlEwlZL_mYrS6g&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQE2WPT4BqAeX084Dr5F6PLUanv0jaBe1FHb74nUnFYjJVK-SjRNFdhZb4cSsfQEQd4ExWZgcWVT&oh=00_Af_BFLBoEiFlqytLef9Dt1YpPX8rgUCSn3L8knbFgvfABg&oe=6A45CE3D)

![The parallels between first-century Rome and the U.S. are uncanny and worthy of being explored poetically. Thanks to @prof_kikij for the "See the circus and be content" prompt from Jericho Brown. It's too perfect for what just happened on the White House lawn.
[poetry, poems about politics, poems for the resistance, poems of witness, poetry prompts]](https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/726782629_17892530112520423_5859651832261414235_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=111&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0FST1VTRUxfSVRFTS5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=seSzgxvjZZQQ7kNvwEGPw5k&_nc_oc=AdrlemvS-mZUzw2y3puF3a92WcSl7oAd9L4Ax1SKnSfN1tvoamtLhb7nNc3AFSCW3t4&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=YttgBSOtnlEwlZL_mYrS6g&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQHb8sfrOB_ZG6krfoDN6d65JbSeJ8zoX3zsWDOvkgpZZeQSyZyyTjI97Cjh653-I504ZPXnextg&oh=00_Af-IRxw1vuHG8NKNvK9pg6pPuOatRV30661N2hdbLeEuvw&oe=6A45D61B)
![Thanks to @prof_kikij for the "hand on my stupid heart" prompt from “Meditations in an Emergency” by Cameron Awkward-Rich.
[poetry, poems about love, unconditional love, hopeless romantics, tender hearts, poems for people who love the world]](https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/724459473_17892385605520423_3995000283455438582_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=109&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0FST1VTRUxfSVRFTS5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=Zt9ZOiVqReAQ7kNvwFB7-mJ&_nc_oc=Adr7JMypLB2I5Xa1buQt2Kbke-oYYv7oTy02J2CrnHqLnQ4H12BUip2WgFkpcUOXjEs&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=YttgBSOtnlEwlZL_mYrS6g&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQFzEmFy4NqOc91yy8P3mT3VH9d7_3RzBIbxoNPf6uzxHJV7wepvLvCU0zz0NSriUi4eLWLqCUwT&oh=00_Af8D7QiozjSNI9ys_w4r5USlIdBTcvc7bQBmZzsYiUPAYQ&oe=6A45E215)















