Jota Balmores

Navel Gazing Jota Balmores

Graduating wit a degree in English Literature and Sociology leaves one with few choices and limited direction. Should you continue on the seemingly endless path of formal education? Should you try for law school, teachers' college, or some profitable trade? What if all you want to do is write? These questions are the underlying premise of this first poetry collection from Jota Balmores, a compilation of work written over a nine-year span of self-discovery. If your dreams have always been to write but don't know the business, don't have the confidence, or don't know if the world needs another book of poetry nobody asked for, don't worry. You're not alone. There is no shame in searching for yourself in your writing, even if you find yourself navel gazing.