Happy Book Birthday, Dad. Like I said, I will tell your story. #poetry #poetrycommunity

19.02.2025 00:22 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Juan J. Morales is an assistant professor of English at Colorado College. He is the author of three other books of poetry, including The Handyman’s Guide to End Times: Poems (UNM Press). He lives in Pueblo, Colorado. In Dream of the Bird Tattoo, Morales explores love and grief after the death of his father. Morales weaves his father’s personality, his childhood in Puerto Rico, and his service in the US military with his own interest in life after death. In these poems he guides the reader through ghost hunts, conversations with mediums, a series of dreams in which he and his father work through his father’s crossing over together, and his ultimate acceptance of this monumental loss. Dream of the Bird Tattoo beautifully showcases how our loved ones continue to live on in our memories and actions.

NEW TODAY! Dream of the Bird Tattoo: Poems, by Juan J. Morales.
In this collection Morales explores love and grief after the death of his father, beautifully showcasing how our loved ones continue to live on in our memories and actions. 💙 📚

Available at UNM Press
@moralesjuanj.bsky.social #grief

18.02.2025 22:03 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Saturday was the sixth anniversary of my dad’s passing, and I got my first box of my new poetry collection, Dream of the Bird Tattoo. Can’t wait to share it. Stay tuned for readings and more. First: readings at @coloradocollege on February 19 and @csupueblo on February 27. #poetry #poetrycommunity

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