JENNIFER ANNE PATTON

Is an illustrator, poet & designer - living at the intersection of motherhood and creativity.

POETRY & ILLUSTRATION

Drowning with you.

I’m drowning
in work
in worry
in stresses
in messes....

Before you could talk, I listened.

Count they said,
I was holding you
in my arms
for the second hour
of your life...

We blinked.

We blinked and you’re 3,
you’re not my baby anymore.
Neither of us were ready
we still aren’t.
Holding each other tighter these days,
rocking more, cuddling more...

Worn out love.

I'll take the
worn out love.
The worn-off and worn-in
the hugged and snugged
one too many times love...

On your time.

On my time
he says
we’ll eat
we’ll sleep
on my time....

Gone.

I told myself
I would soak this time in,
my baby,
our last baby...

Jennifer A. Patton

Jen is an illustrator, poet and creative director. She leads the visual design team at CU Boulder's business school. She is passionate about sharing her motherhood journey through art and illustration. Other creative pursuits include brand design, article and mural illustrations and writing/illustrating children's books. Jen lives in Boulder, Colorado with her husband and two children.