BOOKS BY JACINTA
Jacinta's latest collection based on her journey to African American churches & cemeteries in the rural South was released September 2019, by Press 53! To read more about this journey and collection of poems in Resurrecting the Bones, as well as where you can see Jacinta and purchase the book, visit resurrectingthebones.com.
broken ritual, poems by Jacinta Victoria
broken ritual takes us on a stirring journey of mending broken bonds. A photographer in a darkroom of verse, Jacinta Victoria skillfully wields the faint, nuanced light of loss – through the broken limbs of a family tree rooted on a slave plantation, through the protracted broken vows of marriage, through her father’s final polishing of his shoes “shinier than stars in a darkened sky” – until what remains has the power to heal. To enter broken ritual is to walk into an emotional hall of mirrors, revealing this truth: There is beauty to be found in the breaking. Thank God this poet has the gift to capture it for us. - Ayo Heath, Poet and Author of Oneness
There is something exquisitely deliberate and compelling in broken ritual by Jacinta Victoria. We are not spared anything here. Instead, we are given the respect from a poet who believes her reader can pay attention in the midst of the fiercest encounter and most intimate experience. I feel assured you, like I was, will be drawn in. I had no choice but to lean forward and be nearer to listen to the heart of this fine concerto of work.- John Fox, Author of Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making
broken ritual is a poetic reckoning with grief, a fierce gaze that ceremoniously tends to loss. Jacinta Victoria draws the reader into palpable empty spaces, where we ache, thus rendering us both witness and participant. As Jacinta Victoria effectively ministers to the fault lines of her life, she creatively births a mosaic –
a piece-together new ritual -- alive in these cleverly crafted poems. - Glenis Redmond, Poet, Kennedy Center Teaching Artist
There is something exquisitely deliberate and compelling in broken ritual by Jacinta Victoria. We are not spared anything here. Instead, we are given the respect from a poet who believes her reader can pay attention in the midst of the fiercest encounter and most intimate experience. I feel assured you, like I was, will be drawn in. I had no choice but to lean forward and be nearer to listen to the heart of this fine concerto of work.- John Fox, Author of Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making
broken ritual is a poetic reckoning with grief, a fierce gaze that ceremoniously tends to loss. Jacinta Victoria draws the reader into palpable empty spaces, where we ache, thus rendering us both witness and participant. As Jacinta Victoria effectively ministers to the fault lines of her life, she creatively births a mosaic –
a piece-together new ritual -- alive in these cleverly crafted poems. - Glenis Redmond, Poet, Kennedy Center Teaching Artist
Watch Jacinta read "The Polishing of Shoes" and "Feast," poems from her book, broken ritual.
broken ritual, poems by Jacinta Victoria
August 2012, Finishing Line Press
broken ritual, poems by Jacinta Victoria
August 2012, Finishing Line Press
Walking With God
Walking With God: Writings of The Reverend Dr. William M. White, Sr., Edited by Jacinta V. White
November 1996, Duncan & Duncan
Powerful. Enlightening. Inspiring.
Poetically written, Walking With God is an anthology infused with timeless writings of Dr. White collected months after his passing. Often referred to as a mystic, Dr. White’s passionate words continue to shake the world. In over 100 pages, share what it’s truly like to walk with God during this time of spiritual thirst and awakening. Whether it’s two lines or five, these aphorisms will heal the brokenhearted, lift the downtrodden, motivate the hopeless, and encourage the dispirited.
“Life is not without meaning. Even our crises, which often seem to destroy our security and rob us of our comfort do not really have the final word. We need not be frivolous or depressed, cynical or afraid. Even when we meet face to face with the last remaining enemy, we can still do it with trust and without fear. Our hopelessness has been changed into meaning, our sadness has been transformed into great joy.” –Excerpt from Walking With God
November 1996, Duncan & Duncan
Powerful. Enlightening. Inspiring.
Poetically written, Walking With God is an anthology infused with timeless writings of Dr. White collected months after his passing. Often referred to as a mystic, Dr. White’s passionate words continue to shake the world. In over 100 pages, share what it’s truly like to walk with God during this time of spiritual thirst and awakening. Whether it’s two lines or five, these aphorisms will heal the brokenhearted, lift the downtrodden, motivate the hopeless, and encourage the dispirited.
“Life is not without meaning. Even our crises, which often seem to destroy our security and rob us of our comfort do not really have the final word. We need not be frivolous or depressed, cynical or afraid. Even when we meet face to face with the last remaining enemy, we can still do it with trust and without fear. Our hopelessness has been changed into meaning, our sadness has been transformed into great joy.” –Excerpt from Walking With God
Other books where you will find writings by Jacinta:
What Matters, Jacar Press, 2013
This anthology includes poems on a variety of subjects that matter to the poet. "For David," by Jacinta is included.
Press 53 Open Awards Anthology, edited by Sheryl Monks & Kevin Watson, 2008
Jacinta won first place in the poetry competition and three of her poems are published in the anthology. Judged by Pamela Uschuk, editor-in-chief of Cutthroat, A Journal of the Arts. "[Jacinta's poem,} 'Washing Day' embodies what poetry needs--passion, compassion, imagery, sound and sense. It is a poem that risks stepping out on a limb to tell the truth. 'Washing Day' gives voice to an all-to-common story, a tragic loss of innocence as well as a larger tragedy of shared history. This moving and well-crafted poem helps heal the injustice of that awful moment that the poet unflinchingly captures in lines that at once resonate in time's cave and are true as magnetic north." - Pamela Uschuk
My Soul to His Spirt: Soulful Expressions of African-American Daughters to Their Fathers, edited by Melda Beaty, 2003
Journal entries chronicling Jacinta's grief of her Dad's passing are include. This anthology was the winner of the 2006 National Fresh Voices Award.
What Matters, Jacar Press, 2013
This anthology includes poems on a variety of subjects that matter to the poet. "For David," by Jacinta is included.
Press 53 Open Awards Anthology, edited by Sheryl Monks & Kevin Watson, 2008
Jacinta won first place in the poetry competition and three of her poems are published in the anthology. Judged by Pamela Uschuk, editor-in-chief of Cutthroat, A Journal of the Arts. "[Jacinta's poem,} 'Washing Day' embodies what poetry needs--passion, compassion, imagery, sound and sense. It is a poem that risks stepping out on a limb to tell the truth. 'Washing Day' gives voice to an all-to-common story, a tragic loss of innocence as well as a larger tragedy of shared history. This moving and well-crafted poem helps heal the injustice of that awful moment that the poet unflinchingly captures in lines that at once resonate in time's cave and are true as magnetic north." - Pamela Uschuk
My Soul to His Spirt: Soulful Expressions of African-American Daughters to Their Fathers, edited by Melda Beaty, 2003
Journal entries chronicling Jacinta's grief of her Dad's passing are include. This anthology was the winner of the 2006 National Fresh Voices Award.
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