Hi, there!!!
I'm so glad you stopped by! =-)
I hope you stay a little and enjoy my work
Let me tell you a little bit about myself:
I love writing poems
I have been writing them since my early twenties, going on two decades now
I am extremely shy (although no one believes this because I am so loud) =-)
I can spend a whole day at a library or at a bench somewhere
with just a pen and paper and I am at my happiest
Give me solitude, give me quiet, and I can come up with some great things
Every day inspires new thoughts
Every conversation, every silly thing that's said, leads me to write
I love writing about friends, loved ones, about them and for them
playing with their names to see the things I can come up with
I also love creating 'shape' poems
All my work has been written for you
Some folks write for themselves, for their private diaries
I write to be read
I want to share my work with as many readers as I can
I can only hope that my poems entertain you, bring a smile to your face or move you
if this is achieved, if no explanation is needed, then my job here is done
I adore Ecuador!
It's the land of my birth;
the most beautiful country
on the face of the earth.
If it weren't for flying
and my silly girl fear,
I would get on an airplane
and visit it every year.
STATS:
Name: Jacqueline Hallenbeck
Age: Every day (gracefully and gratefully)
Marital status: Happily married
Ethnicity: Ecuadorian
Online nickname: jEy
Hobbies: Writing Poetry, drawing, collecting Love is...
First publication: How I know I'm in love - True Love Magazine
First poem published: Love is...
Book: Poem-atic
Chapbooks: Poetry is..., Poesía es..., Faith in the City
Occupation: Poet-in-transit
Poetic influence (english): Shel Silverstein
Poetic influence (spanish): Blanca Dominguez
Latest book purchased: Sarah Turns the World Upside Down - Jessica Bernard
(it's a beautiful story with some poems that follow)
Most used topic in my poems: Love
Favorite book: El niño que enloqueció de amor
Favorite color: black
Goal: For my book to do well
