Blurbs Without Words and My New Chapbook Published by Five Oaks Press

Proud to have my new chapbook Faithful as the Ground published by Five Oaks Press !

I'll get a box of copies soon, but it's already available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Faithful-as-Ground-Shawnte-Orion/dp/1944355006/



I couldn't be more in love with the cover art by Phoenix artist Richard Bledsoe .
Richard and Michele Bledsoe were were part of a collective that used to run a gallery where we would host monthly Caffeine Corridor Poetry Series readings and this painting (titled Among The Fortunate) was always one of my favorites of his. So I was thrilled to be able to use it for this chapbook, all these years later.

In the spirit of show-dont-tell, the back cover features this unconventional blurb without words:



The idea for this type of blurb first occurred when reading an article about Steven Pinker —
"This world-renowned Harvard linguist makes a convincing case for emoji"
http://www.techinsider.io/why-steven-pinker-loves-emojis-2015-8

Then it became obvious that the one and only person who could possibly pull this off was the inimitable Charles Jensen . It's an intriguing work of art in its own right and I love everything about it. Charles is the best.

Special thanks to Five Oaks Press editor Lynn Marie Houston for making sure everything turned out so perfectly.