Jennifer Smoker
Gap, Pennsylvania
Hi! I'm a poetess who is disabled with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, sjogren's syndrome and the scores of attendant physical maladies that accompany these autoimmune disorders, from impaired lung functioning to debilitating fatigue.
I've over 400 poems in my portfolio, am published in a number of venues but lately I am just too darned tired and brain fogged to do any writing. I miss it terribly. The psoriatic arthritis has all but taken my fingernails from my hands so it hurts to type or write. I'm thinking about getting some sort of speech recognition software.
I had my own virtual assistant company, which I've had to close as there are simply roo many days when i am totally bedridden. When my feet are so numb that I cannot feel them at all, it is best not to walk much, as falling becomes a problem,
However, my muse, Luna, loves the moon. We've penned many a fantasy poem about fairies and elves under the moonlight, lovers falling in love under Selene's approving smile and of course, The Dream Master, Luna's lover, the keeper of dreams.