TROUBLE

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SUMMARY:

A poetry collection by author/artist/non-conformist, Jess C Scott. Trouble showcases Jess’s penchant for “bending the rules” — read with caution.

* Most of Trouble features in Jess’s writing/illustrating portfolio, Porcelain (Trouble focuses on poetry, only).

GENRE: Poetry (50+ poems)

* NOTE FROM JESS: “Trouble covers a decade’s worth of writing. I will turn 25 in September 2011— it is the writing process throughout my teenage years that has allowed me to create the work I’ve done (and continue to do) in my 20s, a process which Trouble offers a look at.”

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PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN...

Excerpts of Trouble were originally published in Conceit Magazine, UnMasked Online, The Battered Suitcase/Vagabondage Press, Word Slaw, ITCH Magazine, Mirror Dance, Madswirl, Every Day Poets, AlienSkin Magazine, AMULET, Clean Sheets, Yellow Mama, and Nefarious Ballerina.

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REVIEWS:

“I abandon all ‘insistencies’ I’ve ever had regarding formal poetry.”
— editor of The Moose & Pussy literature & art magazine

“…each word [Jess] writes is exactly what she wants to say and as a reader, it is very natural in terms of comprehension and flow.”
– loafhunter13 @ LibraryThing.com

“Baudelaire was a dandy and a snob…he is inimitable and immortal. But he’s a snob. Jess is a treasure. So there.”
– Joseph Grinton @ Goodreads.com

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EXCERPT:

Slates of Grey

Sullen faces like slates of grey--
What I'd seen on a walk today.

Bodies rushing bodies bolting
Time for life a disregarding.

Money to make and to grow old
What about the hands to hold?

Deadlines, projects, people to meet
What about our own two feet.

Sullen faces like slates of grey…
What I'd see most anyday.

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