Jennifer Mills Kerr

About

I live in a rural community in Northern California on Pomo ancestral lands. A New England native, I love mild winters, anything Jane Austen, & the raucous coast of Sonoma County.I am honored to be a 2025 Best of the Net nominee and a 2026 National Scholastic Arts & Writing Juror.

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Writing Workshops

My writing workshops use various art prompts that inspire new, unexpected directions in creative work.

Testimonials

Jennifer's thoughtful instruction and prompts bring out the best writing. -Connie Taylor

Poetry Inspired Newlsetter

Once a week, I share a poem I love from a small literary journal with fellow poets through the Poetry-Inspired newsletter.

Published Poetry

• Heart Salt, Moss Trill, 10/25
• The Art of Maybe, Dust Poetry, 11/25
• Four Poems, BlazeVOX, 10/25
• [temple peaks], Neologism, 10/25
• Midsummer, Eunoia Review, 9/25
• Autumns, Collaborature, 8/25
• On This Earth, Collaborature, 7/25
• Two Poems, One Art Poetry, 6/25
• Failed Creation, Inflectionist, 6/25
• One Heartbreak, SWWIM, 6/25
• Hard Comforting, MORIA, 5/25
• Two Poems, The Osmosis Press 4/25
• I Know of Longing, Neologism, 2/25
• Abandoned Here, Unlost , 2/25
• Lost, One Art Poetry, 11/24
• Rescue, Mackinaw Journal, 11/24
• Bones & Song, Red Eft Review, 10/24
• A Journal of Lost Love, Unbroken, 10/24
• Because of You, Five Minutes, 09/24
• Memorial to Scarcity, One Art, 08/24
• A Revelation of Trees, Inflectionist, 08/24
• Territories, Poetry Breakfast, 07/24
• Your Name, One Art, 1/24