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About Janea

Baltimore City - Station North A&E District

Janea Kelly is a later bloomer who lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Janea is one of those people who took the long way around and is better off for it. As a child with a heavy yet happy heart and ant-like strength, Janea was drawn to poetry and sprawling her complaints and hopes in sea green crayons. Ever since she was made to memorize a Langston Hughes poem for a primary school recital, Janea was aware of the power of speaking poetry, of its performance. After a long battle with trauma and mental… more

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We Are Beautiful Here & Every Where It Hurts

We Are Beautiful Here & Every Where It Hurts is the first and beginning of a trilogy of self-published poetry zines that Janea wrote the bulk of the material after a heartbreaking incident and deals with her internal discourse regarding love, forgiveness, and biology. From fearing her mother in her reflection to romantizing Griffon Eagles, Janea confronts her issues with intimacy at a lower rate than a therapist. It's a collection of poetry that took 5 years to comply and includes new and old work.

We Are Beautiful Here & Everywhere It Hurts

We Are Beautiful Here & Everywhere It Hurts, cover page and a photograph the artist took years ago while on a walk alone after a panic attack.
Fields Festival Write Up

Janea performed at a local festival in Maryland called Fields Festival. A quote from her poem "Leap" was included in the write. "Leap" is found inside of "We Are Beautiful Here & Everywhere It Hurts."
we are beautiful here and everywhere.pdf

The full zine of the collection "We Are Beautiful Here & Everywhere." It contains the poems "Leap" and "Teenage Scavenger."