The Tattooed Poets Project: Stephanie Berger
I met Stephanie Berger last summer at the NYC Poetry Festival on Governor’s Island. I didn’t take a photo of her tattoo then, but we stayed in touch and she sent me these photos: Stephanie explains:”I got this tattoo in 2005 while my father was dying. I’d taken the semester off of college so that I could spent time with him and take care of him while he was sick. I remember …
The Tattooed Poets Project: Paul Scot August
Our next tattooed poet is Paul Scot August, who shared two tattoos with us. On his right shoulder sits an angel:and on his left shoulder is a demon:Paul tells us:”Both designs are taken from the same M.C. Escher print. The print was given to me by someone I was once close to, and the angel was inspired by …
The Tattooed Poets Project: Aaron M.P. Jackson
Our next tattooed poet is Aaron M.P. Jackson, who has eleven tattoos.He chose this one to share:Aaron tells us:”I chose to get a candle on my right forearm because I am named after a character in a novel my father wrote a few years before I was born. Aaron is the main character of the novel Operation BurningCandle by Blyden Jackson and it is that character who gave me my name.While attending a church charity function, I won a gift certificate in a silent auction from Body and Soul Tattoos …
The Tattooed Poets Project: Russ Woods
Our next tattooed poet is Russ Woods:Russ tells us:”This one was my third tattoo, and the one I have the best picture of. It’s an illustration of an abandoned lighthouse in Denmark by one of my favorite musicians, Jens Lekman. You can see the source if you scroll down to…
The Tattooed Poets Project: Brian Fanelli
Our next tattooed poet is Brian Fanelli, who sent us these images of his ink:Brian explains:”Having grown up in the punk rock community, it was probably inevitable I would get ink at some point. Born in 1984, I caught the third wave of punk rock, bands that, for the most part, never had the success of…
The Tattooed Poets Project: Leigh Ann Hornfeldt
Our next tattooed poet is Leigh Ann Hornfeldt, who sent us two tattoos. First, this Northern mockingbird:Leigh Ann explains:”I chose this tattoo as I was writing my first collection of poems, East Main Aviary. During this time I became very interested in birding. I can remember the first mockingbird I ever saw: He was walking the rail of our…
The Tattooed Poets Project: Bianca Spriggs
Our next tattooed poet is Bianca Spriggs!Bianca offers up two tattoos, starting with this one:Bianca explains:”The first is a tattoo of the USS Starship Enterprise NCC 1701-D. I got this for a wedding anniversary gift from my husband in 2011. I’m a serious Star Trek fan and was reared on Star Trek: The Next Generation (I literally had collector’s cards of the characters stashed in my childhood photo album alongside my relatives), so I figured what …
The Tattooed Poets Project: Susana Case
Our next tattooed poet is Susana Case, who sent along this photo:Susana tells us:”I was revisiting Milan, had been thinking about a bracelet tattoo for some time, and decided that Milan would be the perfect place to have this done, since it seems every other person who lives in that city has a tattoo. I asked the man behind the desk of my hotel if he had one and if I could see it. He said he had one, he would recommend the…
The Tattooed Poets Project: Robert Walker’s Triangle
Our next tattooed poet is Robert Walker, whose work not only helps us celebrate National Poetry Month, but also helps us commemorate Yom HaShoa, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Here he shares this tattoo from his bicep:Robert tells us about his ink:”The tattoo shown is the work of an artist from Christiansburg, VA. I cannot recall the guy’s name, but the shop was called Hot…
