The Tattooed Poets Project: Alicia Adams

Alicia Adams is today's tattooed poet. She contacted me back in February and told me she was moving out to Brooklyn from Southern California in March. So, last week we met in a large Union Square flagship bookstore and I snapped a photo of her stunning tattoo: I'll let Alicia explain the story behind this beautiful piece:This tattoo was done by an artist named Shay Bredimus at Outer Limits Tattoo

The Tattooed Poets Project: Patricia Carragon

Our second tattooed poet this month is Patricia Carragon, a New York City poet who was instrumental in helping send several other poets our way for the Tattooed Poets Project this year.I was fortunate enough to meet Patricia back in February, where I shot this photo of her ink, at my local Borders store:Patricia sent along this narrative about her Rose-Tattoo Bracelet:It was a Saturday afternoon