James Jay Poetry
“James Jay is the master of the portrait poem."
-Miles Waggener
Explore the Poetry of James Jay
Award-winning poet, teacher, and storyteller.
James Jay’s work captures the humor, heartbreak, and humanity that connect us all.
“In a big city I become anonymous enough to write poems. In a motel room I'm so unknown a crown of sonnets forms on my shaved heads.”
James Jay, from Whiskey Box Motel
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