Welcome to Scorched Feathers, home site for Joey Polisena, Cleveland-area author, performer, and artist. Within these pages, you can read my poetry, view performance videos, shop for poetry merch, and access tools and resources to help you create and promote your own artwork.
Newest posts and announcements
- Heavy Stones
Heart venom, the slow, dispersing numb; love’s phantom limb, her necrotic thumbs lost grip and threw out scissors. Rock crushes four knuckles in two fingers and then tells her to hitchhike to work. - Shark in the Shallows
When I was 14, I moved to Boynton Beach, FL, to live with my older brother. One day at the beach, I was waist-deep jumping waves with a new friend when a tall wave crashed right into my face. I tried to get above it, but another wave rolled over… Read more: Shark in the Shallows - Another One About Her (video)
My mother was estranged for years when I received a text message from her husband that she had stage-four lung cancer. Over this lifetime, she and I had our ups and downs. In some ways, she had been a good mother, but, in far too many others, she was neglectful… Read more: Another One About Her (video)
From the Joey Poetry Workshop
Shop for Joey Poetry merch made with love and shipped from my home workshop. You can find the collection of new and upcycled gifts and apparel in the Joey Poetry Workshop. For a larger variety of new products, shop the Scorched Feathers Spreadshop, a third-party on-demand merch-maker. Either way, your purchases are secure and shipped as soon as possible.
Joey Poetry socials
Let’s connect. Find me at the following socials and email.
