Jerrice J. Baptiste

Jerrice J. Baptiste, born in Haiti, is a well published author and poet. She is the author of two adult poetry books Wintry Mix, and Coral in the Diaspora published by Abode Press (August 2024). Her poetry is published and/or forthcoming in The Write Launch; The Yale Review; Urthona: Buddhism & Art; Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality & The Arts; The Dewdrop; Spirit Fire Review; Shambhala Times; Artemis Journal, Kosmos Journal; The Caribbean Writer and numerous others. Jerrice is a Pushcart Prize nominee for 2024 by Jerry Jazz Musician & Abode Press 2025 and a Best of The Net nominee by Blue Stem in 2022. Her poetry and collaborative songwriting are featured on the nominated Grammy award album, Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti.

“A Purple Orchid,” “Poem for The Pink Petal Dragons,” and “At The Cusp of Autumn: Where Do Geese & Husband Go?”

Evelyn’s caramel colored
fingertips rub center of an orchid.
Soft saturated purple petals

awaken her eyes, like discovering
carving of ancient writings.
The Nile River on cave walls.

“My Birthday is Around the Corner”, “New Words for Poems” and “Gift of Love”

There is no escaping the gentle, fully in control poetic voice of Jerrice J. Bapiste. No matter the theme, her poetry blesses with meditative meaning: “My heart knows a deeper/truth. I open/the bag let some air in,/place the stone on my/wooden desk, remember/my mother loves me when/eyes tear up at sunrise/ at the old monastery.”
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