The Tattooed Poets Project: Puma Perl

Our final installment of the fourth annual Tattooed Poets Project is from a repeat contributor, Puma Perl. Puma graced us last year with this contribution. Puma wanted to share her newest tattoo with us, and I couldn't possibly turn her down after I saw it: Puma explains:"This tattoo was just finished ... on Saturday 2/18/12. It is a companion...

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The Tattooed Poets Project: Shana Wolstein

Our penultimate tattooed poet is Shana Wolstein, who sent us this photo:Shana explains:The word 'always,' was the first tattoo I got. It's on my left-wrist, facing me. The song 'Always,' by Irving Berlin, was what my mother used to sing to us when we were sad as children. My sister got a similar tattoo and when my dad asked what my mother would have...

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The Tattooed Poets Project : Joolz Denby

Our second tattooed poet today, Joolz Denby, hails from Great Britain. Not only is she a tattooed poet, she is a tattoo artist, as well, tattooing out of her shop, Studio Bijoux, in Bradford, UK.Joolz sent us this photo of one of her tattoos:Joolz explains:"This tattoo is from the Dylan Thomas poem Do Not Go Gentle and it is a facsimile of my handwriting....

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The Tattooed Poets Project: Ali Jacs

On this, the penultimate day of our fourth annual Tattooed Poets Project, we will be featuring a pair of tattooed spoken word artists.First up is Ali Jacs, who shared her tattoo in its sketch stageand in its final state:Ali explains:"I got the ... tattoo in January 2010 after a bit of a dark yet very enlightening stage in my life ... The tattoo artist...

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The Tattooed Poets Project: Danielle Shutt

Our next tattooed poet is Danielle Shutt., who sent us two photos.First is a shot from right after she got inked in June 2007:And then, a close-up of the tattoo:Danielle explains:"My wrist tattoo came out of my own mindless notebook scribblings. It's two intertwined S's, representing my younger siblings' first names. We've been through a lot together....

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The Tattooed Poets Project: Francesco Grisanzio

Every year I meet at least one of the poets featured on the Tattooed Poets Project. Francesco Grisanzio lives in New York and I got the chance to personally photograph his tattoos, which he offered up for us here on Tattoosday: Francesco explained:"My tattoos are of the characters from a comic strip I draw, or at least used to draw.It's been a few...

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The Tattooed Poets Project: Julie Kantor

As we wind up the Tattooed Poets Project on this, the home stretch of April, we are double-posting to accommodate the record number of submissions we received this year.Our second tattooed poet of the day is Julie Kantor.Julie sent us these photos:Julie explains:"It was a very early morning in Portland, OR. I picked up my best friend, Jess, to get...

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Beltane

Just wanted to wish you all out there a nice Beltane festival.Hit the drum hard, drink as much as you can, let the fires burn high and honour the horned god and the goddess!!!!!picture by charlotte http://www.charlottehammer....

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu style almost finish

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The Tattooed Poets Project - Heather Truett

Up next on the Tattooed Poets Project is Heather Truett, who sent us this photo:along with a shot of the tattooist at work:These may appear as three seemingly simple Hebrew letters, but there is more to this piece than just a Hebrew word, as Heather elaborates: “The tattoo was a 27th birthday gift from a girlfriend I have known since I was 6 and she...

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The Tattooed Poets Project: Will Roby

Today's tattooed poet is Will Roby.It is also the birth date of the philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein.You might think these two items are unrelated, but you'd be wrong.Here is the tattoo Will selected for us: Will elaborates: "I am a huge fan of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, and I'm interested in covering my entire back with words. You'll notice...

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DON VINCENTE.

My boy Orlando was in the building a couple days ago. He flew in from new jersey to get a portrait of his father, "Don Vicente." Orlando was here with his best friend Anthony and it was a blast.  We had a lot of work to do but we also had lots of fun. Between jokes and stories from each of us, We had a really good time! Thank you guys, here is...

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WEIRD MIX

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The Tattooed Poets Project: Alex Dryden

Today's tattooed poet, Alex Dryden, shared his body art with us, displaying what to many poets, and fans of poetry, is a universal image:That is, of course, a red wheelbarrow, a common item made famous by William Carlos Williams' iconic poem:The Red Wheelbarrowso much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside...

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The Tattooed Poets Project: Michael Torres

Our second tattooed poet of the day is Michael Torres.Michael sent in photos of two tattoos, including this one:Michael informs us that the set of words inscribed on his flesh "...is a poem called Oh Yes by Charles Bukowski. I got it done at Por Vida Tattoo in Upland, California. I got it done because at that time in my life poetry was becoming...

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The Tattooed Poets Project: Natasha Dennerstein

As we enter into the last week of this, our fourth annual Tattooed Poets Project, things are picking up speed and readers should check back later in the day, after 3:00 PM EDT, as we have days of "double postings," to accommodate demand and greater interest among the participating poets.Although, I'm not sure how that works with the first of today's...

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu style Started water with peony

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coming up........Inkfest 2012 Copenhagen

http://www.inkfest.dk/( scythian tattooed mummy)         ( Saga H.)Off course Kunsten pa Kroppen will participate at the inkfest 2012 and perform a traditional scythian tattoo with different handmade techniques on the model Saga H.Her photographer: http://vidunderligheter.blogg....

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