Jack M. Freedman (Jacob R. Moses)

Poet

Staten Island, NY 10314

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Author's Bio

Jack M. Freedman (Jacob R. Moses) is a poet/spoken word artist from Staten Island, NY. He penned the chapbooks ...and the willow smiled (Cyberwit, 2019), Art Therapy 101 (Cyberwit, 2019), and Seance (Cyberwit, 2020). His most recent book is Grimoire (iiPublishing, 2021). It is a full-length poetry collection written in the form of a book of spells. Publications featuring his work span the globe. Countries include USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, The Netherlands, Ukraine, South Africa, Nigeria, Mauritius, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Singapore, and Thailand.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Hope: An Anthology of Poetry (CultureCult Press, 2020)

flight (Nightingale & Sparrow, 2019)

Nasty Women & Bad Hombres (Lascaux Review, 2017)

Books:

Grimoire (ii Publishing, 2021)

Seance (Cyberwit.net, 2020)

Art Therapy 101 (Cyberwit.net, 2019)

Chapbook:

...and the willow smiled (Cyberwit.net, 2019)

Journals:

Anti-Heroin Chic

Boston Literary Magazine

Breadcrumbs Mag

CCAR Journal

di-verse-city

Eskimo Pie

Eunoia Review

First Literary Review-East

Flora Fiction

Global Poemic: Kindred Voices on the Era of COVID-19

Golden Walkman Magazine

Haiku Journal

In Between Hangovers

Last Stanza Poetry Journal

New York City Voices

Nine Cloud Journal

Scarlet Dragonfly Journal

Sparks of Calliope

Taj Mahal Review

The Rising Phoenix Review

Third Rail

Verse-Virtual

Yawp

Prizes won:

First Prize in Poetry, City Tech Literary Arts Festival (2004)
First Prize, No Limits Toastmasters Poetry Reading Contest (2009)
First Prize, Fresh Kills Haiku Contest (Parks Department) (2014)

Watch

Tobias Book Launch Party - 9/2/2016

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Paulo Coelho, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Nikki Giovanni, Sylvia Plath, Maya Angelou, Rudyard Kipling, Max Ehrmann, William Ernest Henley, ee cummings, Edgar Allen Poe, Gertrude Stein, Shel Silverstein, Jim Morrison, Dante, Amiri Baraka, Suheir Hammad, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Wislawa Szymborska, and Ntozake Shange.

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Jewish, LGBTQ

Prefers to work with:

Adults, Disability, Homelessness, Illness/Wellness, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Naturalists/Environmentalists, Schools, Seniors, Teachers, Teenagers

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Staten Island, NY

New York

Raised in:

Staten Island, NY

New York

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Last update: Jan 10, 2023