The Poetry Distillery is The Poetry Barn’s literary journal. Established in 2018, we harvest a diverse sampling of some the most exciting poems generated in our community, working closely with our authors to distill their poems to perfection as an extension of the workshop process.

Grace at Daybreak

Inside the folds of clouds are mountains.

Early Autumn fog consumes their peaks.

Faint sunlight glows, hole slowly emerges,

grows and grows until sorrows dissipate.


Jerrice J. Baptiste is a poet and author. She has published two poetry books, Wintry Mix and Coral in the Diaspora. Her poems have appeared in the Poetry Distillery, Lolwe, Poetica Review, Shambhala Times, Urthona Buddhism & Art and others. She resides in the Hudson Valley where she teaches Authentic Poetry writing!

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