The Tattooed Poets Project: Debbie Kirk

I always like to finish up the Tattooed Poets Project on a strong note, so today's tattooed poet, the last of this year's series, is the heavily-tattooed poet Debbie Kirk.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg650iQdMYhBIEsf7YjD7qzun_leU6SKRa_A83da1K3ZhJOT4-eVWkka69pQfpX8ubDuk5-HmTiX_CbYqR4MhZqToyC6WV88nK-uyEElUKwmxVVUqWipxyIGleHBwtrhB6YsW94JZOVMcU/s1600/Debbie+Kirk+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg650iQdMYhBIEsf7YjD7qzun_leU6SKRa_A83da1K3ZhJOT4-eVWkka69pQfpX8ubDuk5-HmTiX_CbYqR4MhZqToyC6WV88nK-uyEElUKwmxVVUqWipxyIGleHBwtrhB6YsW94JZOVMcU/s400/Debbie+Kirk+photo.jpg" width="341" /></a></div><br />It also happens to be Debbie's birthday today, as we check out one of her tattoos. More specifically, let's look at the top of her left arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJXV9zUlk3qU_Sy8HWDq7Kxxa5eNwWXnADZmJun-VQGiX4qGHfxmFd29b2Yr1kT2uH68YC25X0KFko6-kt-uY5q06jA3mdujy8Oin2_t6aECztwNj9etmqSAVQWX3U1g30Y0I-uqJgJo/s1600/better+elders.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJXV9zUlk3qU_Sy8HWDq7Kxxa5eNwWXnADZmJun-VQGiX4qGHfxmFd29b2Yr1kT2uH68YC25X0KFko6-kt-uY5q06jA3mdujy8Oin2_t6aECztwNj9etmqSAVQWX3U1g30Y0I-uqJgJo/s400/better+elders.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><br />This piece, complete with straight razor, brass knuckles and cherry bomb, bears a banner that proclaims "Bow to your elders, you Emo Fucks."<br /><br />I mean, what more can I say about <u>that</u>? <br /><br />In discussing which tattoo of Debbie's to use, this exchange took place:<br /><br />Tattoosday: "I hesitate to use the emo one because of the language and because I'm sure people will not understand why you would get it, but that makes me want to use it more".<br /><br />Debbie: "its a favorite with peeps...it has been declared the sexiest tattoo ever..."<br /><br />Tattoosday: "I love tattoos but they are generally so benign nowadays, so it's nice to see one with a true fuck-all attitude."<br /><br />Debbie: "Yeah, that defines me what you said right there....and why I got the tattoo. I think that single tattoo is the most ME. I can be a bit honest...which is why people like my poetry."<br /><br />Where'd she get the tattoo? Debbie recalls " I just remember I got it in Venice 5 years ago from a girl who proposed to me when I told her my idea...I still tell that story. I KNEW it was good with that reaction and she was hot."<br />  <br />Debbie gave us several poems to choose from, and the one we selected, she says, is very representative of her work:<br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}</style> <![endif]--> <br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Little Frankenstein girl</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">  </div><div class="MsoNormal">Little Frankenstein girl</div><div class="MsoNormal">has the hands of a pianist</div><div class="MsoNormal">And the heart of a broken organ</div><div class="MsoNormal">With thorns, glass</div><div class="MsoNormal">Bats and Indian ink </div><div class="MsoNormal">Seeping thro…</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sewn together</div><div class="MsoNormal">Crookedly stitched </div><div class="MsoNormal">Like a pastel valentine heart</div><div class="MsoNormal">Filled with mismatched parts</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Little Frankenstein girl</div><div class="MsoNormal">Has the right brain of a killer</div><div class="MsoNormal">Her right hand is dominant</div><div class="MsoNormal">While her left foot always faces away</div><div class="MsoNormal">Wanting to disconnect</div><div class="MsoNormal">To run</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be free</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">To not be part of this </div><div class="MsoNormal">Fucked up experiment</div><div class="MsoNormal">Dreamt up by </div><div class="MsoNormal">A genius dressed in rags</div><div class="MsoNormal">And chased by demons</div><div class="MsoNormal">The kind that really scratch and bite</div><div class="MsoNormal">When you are fast asleep</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Little Frankenstein girl</div><div class="MsoNormal">Is not a little girl anymore</div><div class="MsoNormal">The curls in her hair</div><div class="MsoNormal">Dreaded up in the sun</div><div class="MsoNormal">Medusa in the wind</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Her loud strong voice</div><div class="MsoNormal">Muffled under the stitches</div><div class="MsoNormal">That firmly binds her lips together</div><div class="MsoNormal">Bondage bringing pleasure</div><div class="MsoNormal">Only to those who wish </div><div class="MsoNormal">To keep her silent</div><div class="MsoNormal">(and they are many)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The little Frankenstein girl</div><div class="MsoNormal">Can’t count the stitches on her wrists</div><div class="MsoNormal">From all of those nights</div><div class="MsoNormal">With her right hand doing </div><div class="MsoNormal">What her left foot </div><div class="MsoNormal">Wanted to walk away from</div><div class="MsoNormal">And her not understanding</div><div class="MsoNormal">That she was never really alive</div><div class="MsoNormal">In the first place</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Little Frankenstein girl</div><div class="MsoNormal">All mixed up </div><div class="MsoNormal">And</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mix matched</div><div class="MsoNormal">Returning every evening</div><div class="MsoNormal">With fresh wounds to be sewn</div><div class="MsoNormal">From another vain attempt</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be mortal for just a few seconds</div><div class="MsoNormal">Before the fall</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Little Frankenstein girl</div><div class="MsoNormal">Stolen parts</div><div class="MsoNormal">Come with stolen lies</div><div class="MsoNormal">Maggots and flies.</div><div class="MsoNormal">The gravedigger, looking to make a buck</div><div class="MsoNormal">Steals her a kiss</div><div class="MsoNormal">The moistness quenches her lips</div><div class="MsoNormal">He promises more kisses tomorrow</div><div class="MsoNormal">She scurries home</div><div class="MsoNormal">Knowing full well</div><div class="MsoNormal">She’s damned to a life of stolen kisses</div><div class="MsoNormal">And malfunctioning hearts</div><div class="MsoNormal">that spit in the moonlight.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">~ ~ ~</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> </div><div><a href="http://tntkirk.com/">Debbie Kirk</a> has published 6 chapbooks and been in 12 anthologies and hundreds of print and online zines. She lives in Santa Cruz with her dog Dr. Gonzo.  She has a website she rarely updates at <a href="http://tntkirk.com/" target="_blank">tntkirk.com</a> but she can be best located lurking around Facebook!  Also check out <a href="http://tntkirk.com/">http://tntkirk.com/</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks to Debbie for sharing her tattoo and poetry with us here as we close out the Tattooed Poets Project on Tattoosday. Also, we wish her a very happy birthday today!</div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. The poem is reprinted here with the permission of the author.<br /><br />If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit </span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div></div><span><span><a href="http://dope.tntkirk.com/" target="_blank"></a></span></span>

The Tattooed Poets Project: Debbie Kirk

I always like to finish up the Tattooed Poets Project on a strong note, so today's tattooed poet, the last of this year's series, is...

Read more »

Tattoo Society Magazine - Mastering the art of Black and Gray

<div style="text-align: center;">Tattoo Society Magazine - Mastering the art of Black and Gray</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3b6bYkRHYRW6bIDaDjzxNsEzw6zxTgBKBXMABxw3D1-V9ofVO7buVV4M6o3nZ76ZaMsmyBfEbJ_H9jtPrk2l0uKMmSAqtrRgzSm5pl025pE0UdOAQm6xVxXJPSpGBKnrd9_cvKnztY0k/s1600/tattoo-society-magazine-mastering-the-art-of-black-and-gray.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tattoo Society Magazine - Mastering the art of Black and Gray" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3b6bYkRHYRW6bIDaDjzxNsEzw6zxTgBKBXMABxw3D1-V9ofVO7buVV4M6o3nZ76ZaMsmyBfEbJ_H9jtPrk2l0uKMmSAqtrRgzSm5pl025pE0UdOAQm6xVxXJPSpGBKnrd9_cvKnztY0k/s1600/tattoo-society-magazine-mastering-the-art-of-black-and-gray.jpg" /></a></div><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=darpan-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B004NA6CHS" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><br />Tattoo Society Magazine (Mastering the art of Black & Gray, Issue 22) [Single Issue Magazine]<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004NA6CHS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B004NA6CHS">Tattoo Society Magazine (Mastering the art of Black & Gray, Issue 22)</a><br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=B004NA6CHS&camp=217145&creative=399349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br />Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: <br />Heart with Wings Chest Piece Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/heart-with-wings-chest-piece-tattoo.html">Design</a><br />Full Color Sea Horse <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/full-color-sea-horse-tattoo-design.html">Tattoo</a> Design<br />Hibiscus Flower <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/hibiscus-flower-tattoo-on-girls.html">Tattoo</a> on Girls Sidebody<br />Hawaiian Flower Wristband Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/hawaiian-flower-wristband-tattoo-design.html">Design</a><br />Musical Notes Symbol <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/musical-notes-symbol-tattoo-design-on.html">Tattoo</a> Design on Stomach<br />Peacock <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/peacock-tattoo-design-on-hips-and-leg.html">Tattoo</a> Design on Hips and Leg<br />Raven tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/raven-tattoo-design-on-neck.html">Design</a> on Neck<br />Geisha Girl Back pose Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/geisha-girl-back-pose-tattoo-design-on.html">Design</a> on Ribs

Tattoo Society Magazine - Mastering the art of Black and Gray

Tattoo Society Magazine - Mastering the art of Black and Gray Tattoo Society Magazine (Mastering the art of Black & Gray, Issue 22) [Sin...

Read more »

Japan's Tattoo Arts: Horiyoshi's World Vol. 1

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/4822601919/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=4822601919">Japan's Tattoo Arts: Horiyoshi's World Vol. 1 (in Japanese & English)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=4822601919&camp=217145&creative=399349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh94HHUS7ZCLiOcV5NwkVBBGNke3vV1Jq-Iw_jKcLoRSPbwvurGMdqlfsZDsfF9rC2ljOCg25gZhQi1eTiMkEknN6eHBatWRnzEe-aw_SpWk7S82x8Adg1hA0sYdEc7Qq5rXoDxAY8e8jU/s1600/japans-tattoo-arts-horiyoshi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Japan's Tattoo Arts: Horiyoshi's World Vol. 1" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh94HHUS7ZCLiOcV5NwkVBBGNke3vV1Jq-Iw_jKcLoRSPbwvurGMdqlfsZDsfF9rC2ljOCg25gZhQi1eTiMkEknN6eHBatWRnzEe-aw_SpWk7S82x8Adg1hA0sYdEc7Qq5rXoDxAY8e8jU/s320/japans-tattoo-arts-horiyoshi.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=darpan-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=4822601919" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><br />Japan's Tattoo Arts: Horiyoshi's World Vol. 1<br /><br />This review is from: Japan's Tattoo Arts: Horiyoshi's World Vol. 1 (in Japanese & English) (Paperback)<br />Having read, and viewed many a tattoo magazine and book, as well as collecting many a tattoo of my own, it is hard to find a good book of tattoos that shows this many true masterpieces. This book has over 175 pages of beautiful bodysuits. Thinking of beginning a bodysuit? This is the place to begin.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/4822601919/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=4822601919">Japan's Tattoo Arts: Horiyoshi's World Vol. 1 (in Japanese & English)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=4822601919&camp=217145&creative=399349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><br />Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: <br />Heart with Wings Chest Piece Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/heart-with-wings-chest-piece-tattoo.html">Design</a><br />Full Color Sea Horse <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/full-color-sea-horse-tattoo-design.html">Tattoo</a> Design<br />Hibiscus Flower <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/hibiscus-flower-tattoo-on-girls.html">Tattoo</a> on Girls Sidebody<br />Hawaiian Flower Wristband Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/hawaiian-flower-wristband-tattoo-design.html">Design</a><br />Musical Notes Symbol <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/musical-notes-symbol-tattoo-design-on.html">Tattoo</a> Design on Stomach<br />Peacock <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/peacock-tattoo-design-on-hips-and-leg.html">Tattoo</a> Design on Hips and Leg<br />Raven tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/raven-tattoo-design-on-neck.html">Design</a> on Neck<br />Geisha Girl Back pose Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/geisha-girl-back-pose-tattoo-design-on.html">Design</a> on Ribs

Japan's Tattoo Arts: Horiyoshi's World Vol. 1

Japan's Tattoo Arts: Horiyoshi's World Vol. 1 (in Japanese & English) Japan's Tattoo Arts: Horiyoshi's World Vol. 1 Thi...

Read more »

Tattoo Society Magazine - Limited edition a Nightmare Special

Tattoo Society Magazine - Limited edition a Nightmare Special<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5YDQKzZIwsxXuI1ycdXLnGMttqG201XZ7d-g9p_KNI3FaqX58Z4gzwUuxvsPSjta-3YyM25r31QNUyglvq2zs04GoPrN2Tc8Undr59TmGGmh6HrTfauAssu7va1XxVN8LDQWTJgeN5E/s1600/tattoo-society-magazine-limited-edition-nightmare-special.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tattoo Society Magazine - Limited edition a Nightmare Special" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5YDQKzZIwsxXuI1ycdXLnGMttqG201XZ7d-g9p_KNI3FaqX58Z4gzwUuxvsPSjta-3YyM25r31QNUyglvq2zs04GoPrN2Tc8Undr59TmGGmh6HrTfauAssu7va1XxVN8LDQWTJgeN5E/s1600/tattoo-society-magazine-limited-edition-nightmare-special.jpg" /></a></div><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=darpan-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B004H1NSF2" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004H1NSF2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B004H1NSF2">Tattoo Society Magazine (Limited edition a Nightmare Special, Issue 24 2010)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=B004H1NSF2&camp=217145&creative=399349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><br /><br />Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: <br />Heart with Wings Chest Piece Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/heart-with-wings-chest-piece-tattoo.html">Design</a><br />Full Color Sea Horse <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/full-color-sea-horse-tattoo-design.html">Tattoo</a> Design<br />Hibiscus Flower <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/hibiscus-flower-tattoo-on-girls.html">Tattoo</a> on Girls Sidebody<br />Hawaiian Flower Wristband Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/hawaiian-flower-wristband-tattoo-design.html">Design</a><br />Musical Notes Symbol <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/musical-notes-symbol-tattoo-design-on.html">Tattoo</a> Design on Stomach<br />Peacock <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/peacock-tattoo-design-on-hips-and-leg.html">Tattoo</a> Design on Hips and Leg<br />Raven tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/raven-tattoo-design-on-neck.html">Design</a> on Neck<br />Geisha Girl Back pose Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/geisha-girl-back-pose-tattoo-design-on.html">Design</a> on Ribs

Tattoo Society Magazine - Limited edition a Nightmare Special

Tattoo Society Magazine - Limited edition a Nightmare Special Tattoo Society Magazine (Limited edition a Nightmare Special, Issue 24 2010) C...

Read more »

Revolver Magazine - The Tattoo Issue - The Bloody History of Hard Rock & Heavy Ink

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003PECJDE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B003PECJDE">Revolver Magazine (March/April 2010) (The Tattoo Issue! The Bloody History of Hard Rock & Heavy Ink! Slayer; Ozzy; Henry Rollins; Slipknot; Motorhead)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=B003PECJDE&camp=217145&creative=399349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vAYLk-BvQcChK35WosyGr_K2xGn6Q-HA5MKlBQroew-Ym4nQuwmN36-kH6Xae91l8welYtWu2P-iNPc6Oix2t7jLMbFdxWOMgMq_6s-ySsbZbcGnCf3SvVEaACSoGqprQDKGgWsnnII/s1600/revolver-magazine-the-tattoo-issue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Revolver Magazine - The Tattoo Issue - The Bloody History of Hard Rock & Heavy Ink" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vAYLk-BvQcChK35WosyGr_K2xGn6Q-HA5MKlBQroew-Ym4nQuwmN36-kH6Xae91l8welYtWu2P-iNPc6Oix2t7jLMbFdxWOMgMq_6s-ySsbZbcGnCf3SvVEaACSoGqprQDKGgWsnnII/s320/revolver-magazine-the-tattoo-issue.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=darpan-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B003PECJDE" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><br />This review is from: Revolver Magazine (March/April 2010) (The Tattoo Issue! The Bloody History of Hard Rock & Heavy Ink! Slayer; Ozzy; Henry Rollins; Slipknot; Motorhead) (Single Issue Magazine)<br />This is a must have for your ink inspired collection. I collect anything & everything Henry (as in Rollins; God of the Spoken Word), & that's how I stumbled apon this gem. It's worth the price in pics alone, but the insightful articles & interviews will make you happy you discovered it.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003PECJDE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B003PECJDE">Revolver Magazine (March/April 2010) (The Tattoo Issue! The Bloody History of Hard Rock & Heavy Ink! Slayer; Ozzy; Henry Rollins; Slipknot; Motorhead)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=B003PECJDE&camp=217145&creative=399349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><br />Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: <br />Bow and Cherry <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/bow-and-cherry-tattoo-on-back-of-neck.html">Tattoo</a> on back of Neck<br />Beautiful Celtic Deer Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/beautiful-celtic-deer-tattoo-design.html">Design</a><br />Kollywood Actor Vijay Dragon <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/kollywood-actor-vijay-dragon-tattoo-on.html">Tattoo</a> on Arms - Tamil Movie Sura<br />Bollywood Actress Katrina Kaif Temporary <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/bollywood-actress-katrina-kaif.html">Tattoos</a><br />Music Themed <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/music-themed-tattoos-guitar-tattoos.html">Tattoos</a> - Guitar Tattoos - Musical Notes Tattoo<br />Bird <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/bird-tattoos.html">Tattoos</a><br />Tribal <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/01/tribal-tattoos.html">Tattoos</a>

Revolver Magazine - The Tattoo Issue - The Bloody History of Hard Rock & Heavy Ink

Revolver Magazine (March/April 2010) (The Tattoo Issue! The Bloody History of Hard Rock & Heavy Ink! Slayer; Ozzy; Henry Rollins; Slip...

Read more »

Juxtapoz Tattoo - Henry Lewis, Roger Gastman

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1584232889/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1584232889">Juxtapoz Tattoo</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=1584232889&camp=217145&creative=399349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoO8EVoKanEYLidTZwjdR9idwfFaje4Cu3HUuG4tvW6aJ1hN5etahKrfdc5AVSGq__w3Q98KXydH_o2QD9jBpEub8qnGQuGVVyiiCx70yTOUMOOIMCvdqnqPzbOoY-rwqBexxS6h_NYZ8/s1600/juxtapoz-tattoo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Juxtapoz Tattoo - Henry Lewis, Roger Gastman" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoO8EVoKanEYLidTZwjdR9idwfFaje4Cu3HUuG4tvW6aJ1hN5etahKrfdc5AVSGq__w3Q98KXydH_o2QD9jBpEub8qnGQuGVVyiiCx70yTOUMOOIMCvdqnqPzbOoY-rwqBexxS6h_NYZ8/s320/juxtapoz-tattoo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=darpan-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=1584232889" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><br />Juxtapoz Tattoo - Henry Lewis, Roger Gastman<br /><br />Product Description<br />The second book in an ongoing series from the seminal West Coast art and culture magazine, Juxtapoz Tattoo focuses on a subject very dear to the inked hearts of its readers. Most of the featured artists came up at the beginning of Tattoo s modern renaissance in the mid 1990 s, hungry for a new approach, but steeped nonetheless in the traditions of their craft. Whether these gifted tattooists are creating a modern twist on a classic archetype, or pushing the boundaries of the future primitives aesthetic, innovation is the common goal. Featured tattooists include; Troy Penning, Alex McWatt, Brian Randolph and Chris O Donnell of New York Adorned, Scott Campbell, Daniel Trocchio, Steve Boltz, Bert Krak, Henry Lewis, Joseph Ari Aloi, Jason Schroder, Eli Quinters and more.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1584232889/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1584232889">Juxtapoz Tattoo</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=1584232889&camp=217145&creative=399349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><br />Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: <br />Monster Demon Head <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/monster-demon-head-tattoo-with-flames.html">Tattoo</a> with Flames<br />Full Color Dragonfly and Flower Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/full-color-dragonfly-and-flower-tattoo.html">Design</a><br /><a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/tattoo-of-dagger-stabbing-heart.html">Tattoo</a> of Dagger Stabbing a Heart<br />Crown <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/crown-tattoo-with-heart-on-wrist.html">Tattoo</a> with Heart on Wrist<br />Crazy Clown Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/crazy-clown-tattoo-design.html">Design</a><br />Chinese Character for Love Neck Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/chinese-character-for-love-neck-tattoo.html">Design</a><br />Four Leaf Clover <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/four-leaf-clover-tattoo-with-celtic.html">Tattoo</a> with Celtic Design<br />Black and Grey Cherub Angel <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/black-and-grey-cherub-angel-tattoo-on.html">Tattoo</a> on Arms

Juxtapoz Tattoo - Henry Lewis, Roger Gastman

Juxtapoz Tattoo Juxtapoz Tattoo - Henry Lewis, Roger Gastman Product Description The second book in an ongoing series from the seminal West ...

Read more »

Tattoo Society Magazine Issue Number 25 - Good Art for Great Artists

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXoXGKzKOw_obA-XunaC30uEvxemS93DQnPihJFga6M3hUKIjR0uHvMNZ3Cpq0vJKPSUJGqa0OZSJzs_D5C7yXJMcjEiOIS3Ru37gKC0QakU2B-DADaXoOo_JMRYHzaVpskFFqJ7U7M8/s1600/tattoo-society-magazine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tattoo Society Magazine Issue Number 25 - Good Art for Great Artists" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXoXGKzKOw_obA-XunaC30uEvxemS93DQnPihJFga6M3hUKIjR0uHvMNZ3Cpq0vJKPSUJGqa0OZSJzs_D5C7yXJMcjEiOIS3Ru37gKC0QakU2B-DADaXoOo_JMRYHzaVpskFFqJ7U7M8/s1600/tattoo-society-magazine.jpg" /></a></div><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=darpan-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B004Q6SCHW" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><br />Tattoo Society Magazine Issue Number 25 - Good Art for Great Artists<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Q6SCHW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B004Q6SCHW">Tattoo Society Magazine Issue Number 25 - Good Art for Great Artists</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=B004Q6SCHW&camp=217145&creative=399349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><br /><br />Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: <br />Biomechanical Armsleeves Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/biomechanical-armsleeves-tattoo-design.html">Design</a><br />Black and Grey Flower <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/black-and-grey-flower-tattoo-design-for.html">Tattoo</a> Design for Girls Sidebody tattoo<br />Bull Rider <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/bull-rider-tattoo-design-on-leg.html">Tattoo</a> Design on Leg<br />Ladybug Flowers and Leaf <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/ladybug-flowers-and-leaf-tattoo-on-foot.html">Tattoo</a> on Foot<br />Car Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/car-tattoo-design-hot-wheels.html">Design</a> - Hot Wheels<br />Cute Black Ink Cat <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/cute-black-ink-cat-tattoo.html">Tattoo</a><br />Grim Reaper Death <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/grim-reaper-death-tattoo-on-back.html">Tattoo</a> on Back

Tattoo Society Magazine Issue Number 25 - Good Art for Great Artists

Tattoo Society Magazine Issue Number 25 - Good Art for Great Artists Tattoo Society Magazine Issue Number 25 - Good Art for Great Artists Co...

Read more »

Tattoo Nation: Portraits of Celebrity Body Art (Rolling Stone Magazine)

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082122817X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=082122817X">Tattoo Nation: Portraits of Celebrity Body Art (Rolling Stone Magazine)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=082122817X&camp=217145&creative=399349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0mKWHLldtWlxWkH-Qz_meH7ntorVC9wTa9-1MU4AFofYMX5-4th4K3WedMcKEfKRdkzrPLuFUzAyE5FTJjngL9GxzT2CoI16Fjjt5e3lFbt_z9nnzVxeW16iuLsSODItgjjqPXGL2PkU/s1600/tattoo-nation-portraits-of-celebrity-body-art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tattoo Nation: Portraits of Celebrity Body Art (Rolling Stone Magazine)" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0mKWHLldtWlxWkH-Qz_meH7ntorVC9wTa9-1MU4AFofYMX5-4th4K3WedMcKEfKRdkzrPLuFUzAyE5FTJjngL9GxzT2CoI16Fjjt5e3lFbt_z9nnzVxeW16iuLsSODItgjjqPXGL2PkU/s320/tattoo-nation-portraits-of-celebrity-body-art.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=darpan-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=082122817X" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><br />Tattoo Nation: Portraits of Celebrity Body Art (Rolling Stone Magazine)<br />From Publishers Weekly<br />Popularized by sailors and bikers, tattoos have become indispensable fashion accessories for rockers and rappers, whose professional responsibility it is to embody exotic, outlaw primitivism to the public. Hence this coffee-table collection of photographs of tattooed celebrities culled from the pages of Rolling Stone. The portraits here, by famous celebrity and fashion photographers, are heavily weighted toward sleeveless, scowling male musicians, whose remarkably consistent tattoo tastes run to a comic book aesthetic of gothic lettering, deaths heads, dragons and babes (until they age and begin inscribing wives' and childrens' names into their flesh). Accompanying interviews and captions allow the subjects to pontificate on the personal significance of their tattoos ("Weed was the biggest part of my life at that point," muses Crazytown's Shifty Shellshock of his marijuana-leaf tattoo). While fans of the celebrities pictured here will swoon over the lush photos, the book fails to make the case for tattoos as real works of art capable of signifying something to onlookers as well as to their owners.<br /><br />Product Description<br />Tattoos, rock and roll, and "Rolling Stone"--the ideal combination for the ultimate book on celebrities and their tattoos. "Tattoo Nation" features 100 candid and never-before seen photos and revealing interviews that chronicle the gradual emergence of this evocative art form into mainstream society via pop-culture icons. <br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082122817X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=082122817X">Tattoo Nation: Portraits of Celebrity Body Art (Rolling Stone Magazine)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=082122817X&camp=217145&creative=399349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><br />Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: <br />Jungle Animals back <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/jungle-animals-back-tattoo-designs.html">Tattoo</a> Designs<br />Armband<a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/armband-tattoo-of-musical-notes-and.html"> tattoo</a> of Musical Notes and Guitar<br />Asian Style Koi Fish <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/asian-style-koi-fish-tattoo-design-on.html">Tattoo</a> Design on back<br />Aztec Style Sun Symbol Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/aztec-style-sun-symbol-tattoo-design.html">Design</a><br />Barbed Wire Legband <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/barbed-wire-legband-tattoo-design.html">Tattoo</a> Design<br />Evil Teddy Bear <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/evil-teddy-bear-tattoo.html">Tattoo</a><br />Motorcycle racing Biker <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/motorcycle-racing-biker-tattoo-design.html">Tattoo</a> Design

Tattoo Nation: Portraits of Celebrity Body Art (Rolling Stone Magazine)

Tattoo Nation: Portraits of Celebrity Body Art (Rolling Stone Magazine) Tattoo Nation: Portraits of Celebrity Body Art (Rolling Stone Magazi...

Read more »

Ink: The Not-Just-Skin-Deep Guide to Getting a Tattoo

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451215141/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0451215141">Ink: The Not-Just-Skin-Deep Guide to Getting a Tattoo</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhM73iBjKopUaZNt5zHWx3oiwR2mQl0cqUINj-F58r3NhEnJQ0nYEPG9p6FpjTE3MVgD7Dqlouov4l2dQBr5tqQQa0ng9a2RbzI3VWn6xuAne_SSplo3AnBdqvSX1kSulyXea5jEf-kQ/s1600/ink-the-not-just-skin-deep-guide-to-getting-a-tattoo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ink: The Not-Just-Skin-Deep Guide to Getting a Tattoo" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhM73iBjKopUaZNt5zHWx3oiwR2mQl0cqUINj-F58r3NhEnJQ0nYEPG9p6FpjTE3MVgD7Dqlouov4l2dQBr5tqQQa0ng9a2RbzI3VWn6xuAne_SSplo3AnBdqvSX1kSulyXea5jEf-kQ/s1600/ink-the-not-just-skin-deep-guide-to-getting-a-tattoo.jpg" /></a></div><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=darpan-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0451215141" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLRgBPF7TaR-s4Yqt-sKu0TX-Oz26_kSLfFyDEBsqBPUClr2FbeKWpk9BF0xpHZWqnJq7yKpCkvECwoQfq2zgMtanG-9nFUpBbAQVpB3AzgwZR-Na0Y7UWa95EvkWejaEqefscx0Dllg/s1600/ink-the-not-just-skin-deep-guide-to-getting-a-tattoo-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ink: The Not-Just-Skin-Deep Guide to Getting a Tattoo" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLRgBPF7TaR-s4Yqt-sKu0TX-Oz26_kSLfFyDEBsqBPUClr2FbeKWpk9BF0xpHZWqnJq7yKpCkvECwoQfq2zgMtanG-9nFUpBbAQVpB3AzgwZR-Na0Y7UWa95EvkWejaEqefscx0Dllg/s1600/ink-the-not-just-skin-deep-guide-to-getting-a-tattoo-1.jpg" /></a></div>Ink: The Not-Just-Skin-Deep Guide to Getting a Tattoo<br />Review<br />... must-have for every tattoo shop … great recommendation to give to those thinking of beginning their body art journey. -- Tattoo Magazine, July, 2005<br />Product Description<br />For anyone who's considered joining the tribe of the tattooed.<br /><br />This fun, fact-filled, fascinating guide includes information on choosing the perfect tattoo, finding a tattoo artist, staying health-conscious, long-term effects, and much more.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451215141/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0451215141">Ink: The Not-Just-Skin-Deep Guide to Getting a Tattoo</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=0451215141&camp=217145&creative=399349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><br /><br />Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: <br />Dog <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/dog-tattoo-with-crown.html">Tattoo</a> With Crown<br />Carpe Diem Ambigram <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/carpe-diem-ambigram-tattoo-design.html">Tattoo</a> Design<br />Biomechanical Alien Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/biomechanical-alien-tattoo-design-on.html">Design</a> on Hand<br />3D Black Widow Spider <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/3d-black-widow-spider-tattoo.html">Tattoo</a><br />Anchor Birds and Waves Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/anchor-birds-and-waves-tattoo-design-on.html">Design</a> on Sidebody<br />Black ink <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/black-ink-tattoo-of-angel-with-cross-on.html">Tattoo</a> of Angel with Cross on Arms<br />Animated Tasmanian Devil Taz <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/animated-tasmanian-devil-taz-tattoo-on.html">Tattoo</a> on Arms

Ink: The Not-Just-Skin-Deep Guide to Getting a Tattoo

Ink: The Not-Just-Skin-Deep Guide to Getting a Tattoo Ink: The Not-Just-Skin-Deep Guide to Getting a Tattoo Review ... must-have for every t...

Read more »

500 Tattoo Designs by Henry Ferguson

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159223139X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=159223139X">500 Tattoo Designs</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=159223139X&camp=217145&creative=399349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbg8sAbwBIRyIu7wIZVoAbRBOCWKHgfxxG4uo7nRUDT-luK_MRfHr3uALEp2WWCPBr2vaAWrywRyRN3dD2kBekxeRDPeMl3SPZC7VQDiztU-vSV9lSxzaBzMVOgcbHSos_IK5JofmxdE/s1600/500-tattoo-designs-by-henry-ferguson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="500 Tattoo Designs by Henry Ferguson" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbg8sAbwBIRyIu7wIZVoAbRBOCWKHgfxxG4uo7nRUDT-luK_MRfHr3uALEp2WWCPBr2vaAWrywRyRN3dD2kBekxeRDPeMl3SPZC7VQDiztU-vSV9lSxzaBzMVOgcbHSos_IK5JofmxdE/s1600/500-tattoo-designs-by-henry-ferguson.jpg" /></a></div><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=darpan-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=159223139X" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><br />500 Tattoo Designs<br />Product Description<br />Tattoos are no longer unusual or uncommon; they are now an undeniable element of mainstream style and fashion. But tattoos are expensive and, more importantly, permanent; so choosing an image is a very big decision. Here to help is 500 Tattoo Designs, a vast reference library of popular tattoos. Neatly organized by theme, the clearly executed line drawings cover every conceivable subject area — historical and traditional to modern, from tribal imagery of native American Indians, Japanese and Chinese characters, arcane hieroglyphics to gothic skulls, Celtic amulets, and more. The book also features body positioning hints for specific designs, a discussion of color dynamics, and notes on health and safety. Whether you want to show off your design or conceal it, this book is packed with hundreds of possibilities.<br />About the Author<br />Henry Ferguson is one of the UK's leading authorities on tattoo and body art. As well as being the publisher of Body Art magazine, one of the foremost journals on body art, he co-authored (with Lyn Proctor), 'The Art of Tattoo', published by Chrysalis Books. He lives in Norfolk. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159223139X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=159223139X">500 Tattoo Designs</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=159223139X&camp=217145&creative=399349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><br />Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: <br />Head <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/head-tattoos.html">tattoos</a><br />Patriotic <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/patriotic-tattoos.html">Tattoos</a><br />Funny Tattoos Game <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/funny-tattoos-game-tattoos.html">Tattoos</a><br />Monkey <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/monkey-tattoos.html">Tattoos</a><br />Crazy <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/crazy-tattoos-for-feet.html">Tattoos</a> for feet<br /><a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/tattoo-exhibit.html">Tattoo</a> Exhibit<br />Cool <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/cool-tattoos.html">Tattoos</a>

500 Tattoo Designs by Henry Ferguson

500 Tattoo Designs 500 Tattoo Designs Product Description Tattoos are no longer unusual or uncommon; they are now an undeniable element of m...

Read more »

The Mammoth Book of Tattoos

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076243631X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=076243631X">The Mammoth Book of Tattoos</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=076243631X&camp=217145&creative=399349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimWX5JUexzC9SjSQOO4HuhmpFmkYxaLp3F0xWDob7gKWqA1Cz7vIxAY6VlLRSWVV-jJBZuoo_KLY4BK5KPjk85NiMqH6XesHlzPIpcA9j3QemXV6vDv_E3oxes_EGGSXiM5CTsGSppS9o/s1600/the-mammoth-book-of-tattoos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Mammoth Book of Tattoos" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimWX5JUexzC9SjSQOO4HuhmpFmkYxaLp3F0xWDob7gKWqA1Cz7vIxAY6VlLRSWVV-jJBZuoo_KLY4BK5KPjk85NiMqH6XesHlzPIpcA9j3QemXV6vDv_E3oxes_EGGSXiM5CTsGSppS9o/s320/the-mammoth-book-of-tattoos.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=darpan-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=076243631X" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><br />The Mammoth Book of Tattoos<br />Product Description<br />This collection covers all styles of tattoos from bold tribal pieces, Chines characters, and hieroglyphs to delicate air-brushed designs. Included are striking images of tattoos ranging from all-over “body suits” to individual motifs.<br />About the Author<br />Lal Hardy is the proprietor of legendary New Wave Tattoo in London, which he has operated since 1979. He has been tattooist to a roll-call of rock stars and movie actors. He lives in London.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076243631X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darpan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=076243631X">The Mammoth Book of Tattoos</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=076243631X&camp=217145&creative=399349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><br />Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: <br />American <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/american-tattoo-design.html">tattoo</a> Design<br />Green Koi Fish <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/green-koi-fish-tattoo-on-arms.html">Tattoo</a> on Arms<br />Popular Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/popular-tattoo-designs-tattoo-ideas.html">Designs</a> Tattoo Ideas<br />Michael Jackson <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/michael-jackson-tattoos.html">Tattoos</a><br />Food <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/food-tattoos.html">Tattoos</a><br />Tech Tattoos Geek Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/tech-tattoos-geek-tattoo-designs.html">Designs</a><br />Sexy <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/sexy-tattoos.html">Tattoos</a>

The Mammoth Book of Tattoos

The Mammoth Book of Tattoos The Mammoth Book of Tattoos Product Description This collection covers all styles of tattoos from bold tribal pi...

Read more »

The Tattooed Poets Project: Lizzie Wann

Here, on the penultimate day of the Tattooed Poets Project, our contributor is Lizzie Wann:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTE8u3sUNCtp5P2OSXVclOXVnUcJd8jHiFYSXGtmDHjsHLvmfS0dbkuskY8B58wDZa-Jt6DSeha5r-4RZCq_WIIATkp5Xt_x8YMvWtOibHluTU1mfoPzKjCWvqQFr-9a1MisPng8x62M/s1600/wann1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTE8u3sUNCtp5P2OSXVclOXVnUcJd8jHiFYSXGtmDHjsHLvmfS0dbkuskY8B58wDZa-Jt6DSeha5r-4RZCq_WIIATkp5Xt_x8YMvWtOibHluTU1mfoPzKjCWvqQFr-9a1MisPng8x62M/s400/wann1.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br />Lizzie explains:<br /><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">As I came into my poetic self in college, I knew I wanted a tattoo to symbolize that. My friend, Kevin, designed it for me and I carried it with me for a while. For spring break in 1993 or 1994, I went to Seattle with 4 of my best friends at the time. We happened into a cool tattoo shop and 4 of us got our first tattoos (the 5^th person didn’t want one).It was great because we each got something that symbolized who we were at the moment but also who we hoped to be in the future.</div></blockquote>Here's a closer look at this quill and ink bottle tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0yIiX7NDx2hNDJ07lrOgfDnGleQVHRVauuPZRVO-bVXYnBpmnsf-Osda7z7FK6Wk1l2d-UFZUIi33M55D-e2mTU7ZSIWH8QJwkisspiNP385DFDeLUYg6ndfOJoa9LUsfNzfK4E7U9w/s1600/wann2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0yIiX7NDx2hNDJ07lrOgfDnGleQVHRVauuPZRVO-bVXYnBpmnsf-Osda7z7FK6Wk1l2d-UFZUIi33M55D-e2mTU7ZSIWH8QJwkisspiNP385DFDeLUYg6ndfOJoa9LUsfNzfK4E7U9w/s320/wann2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Lizzie shared this poem, as well: <br /><br /><blockquote><b>Grace</b></blockquote><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">she lives here with me</div><div class="MsoNormal">but she comes & goes as she pleases</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">never tells me where she’s going</div><div class="MsoNormal">never leaves a note</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">it’s typical that she’ll come in</div><div class="MsoNormal">just as I’m falling asleep</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I catch glimpses of her sometimes</div><div class="MsoNormal">usually when there’s music </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">we used to be inseparable</div><div class="MsoNormal">I didn’t think she’d ever leave</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">now, daily happenings of my life</div><div class="MsoNormal">rarely interest her</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">but sometimes they do</div><div class="MsoNormal">and she’ll spend time with me</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">when that happens</div><div class="MsoNormal">I remember how good it feels</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">her company is like an avalanche of </div><div class="MsoNormal">warm towels out of the dryer</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I could stay there all day</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><i>© 2010 Lizzie Wann</i></blockquote><br />Lizzie Wann started reading at open mics in 1995. She soon became an integral part of the development of the San Diego poetry scene, facilitating workshops at the Writing Center, creating her own readings and producing original shows that featured poets and musicians. She earned a spot on the 1999 Laguna Beach national slam team that competed at the National Poetry Slam in Chicago of that year, and from there, helped make slam poetry become a San Diego fixture. She was on the 2000 San Diego team that went to the West Coast Regionals in Big Sur, served as coach for that same team in 2002, and co-hosted the fledgling San Diego slam, held at the Urban Grind, until 2003. Her work appears on CDs (<i>A Wing & A Prayer </i>and <i>A New Leaf</i>), in chapbooks including <i>Familiars, Naked Wrists, </i>and <i>Complicated Skies </i>and in anthologies including <i>Comstock Review</i>, <i>Incidental Buildings & Accidental Beauty</i>, <i>A Year in Ink, volume 2, So Luminous the Wildflowers, The San Diego Poetry Annual</i><i>, and Don’t Blame the Ugly Mug. </i> She also founded the Meeting Grace house concert series which ran from 2000-2008. One of her CD’s can be found at <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lizziewann" target="_blank">http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/<wbr></wbr>lizziewann</a>. <br /><br />Thanks to Lizzie for sharing her tattoo and poem with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. The poem is reprinted here with the permission of the author.<br /><br />If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit </span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

The Tattooed Poets Project: Lizzie Wann

Here, on the penultimate day of the Tattooed Poets Project, our contributor is Lizzie Wann: Lizzie explains: As I came into my poetic self i...

Read more »

The Tattooed Poets Project: Gerry LaFemina

Today's tattooed poet is Gerry LaFemina. Gerry put together a narrative about his ink, which makes my job easier, and gives us a detailed view of his tattoos. Let's see what he has to say:<br /><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sbTI_svYhzaJ7mKfRhvUUusLziY4NXTCPnD1ijC-b1uOkE-VXTJ-nBuVUHXkwYehNpuzdJDbejt8VGGTftipPe4F0E012fft3tGoB-OonIdqNArNQjlvn7k7HusSfFCUkh51ahvuYNI/s1600/tattoo+one+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sbTI_svYhzaJ7mKfRhvUUusLziY4NXTCPnD1ijC-b1uOkE-VXTJ-nBuVUHXkwYehNpuzdJDbejt8VGGTftipPe4F0E012fft3tGoB-OonIdqNArNQjlvn7k7HusSfFCUkh51ahvuYNI/s320/tattoo+one+cropped.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a href="http://joygainesfriedler.com/default.aspx">Joy Gaines-Friedler</a></td></tr></tbody></table>"My first tattoo–I was 19, I was a punk rock kid, and I had been thinking about getting a tattoo for some time.  I had had a dream in which I had a tattoo of a skull and crossbones design in which the skull had peace symbols for eyes.  When I was shaving the next morning, I was surprised I didn’t have the tattoo.  So I called up my friend Melody, whose uncle was Tattoo Ray–one of the best tattooists on Staten Island.  She made the appointment and came with me to her uncle’s house.</div></blockquote><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">            In New York at the time (the mid 1980's), tattooing was still illegal: most tattoo artists worked out of their homes and their clientele was through word of mouth.  Ray was pretty famous–and I have met a number of people over the years on Staten island who had work done by Ray. He was funny, sarcastic, and quick-tongued.  I remember asking him about his needles (this was in the midst of the AIDS epidemic) after all and he asked me right back “How clean is your blood?”</div></blockquote><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">             I liked him immediately.  He did the work.  His niece and I talked.  I just remember being surprised how much the tattoo gun sounded like a dentist drill.  The little whine, the humming buzz.</div></blockquote><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">            My second tattoo: I got my senior year in college.  We found somebody in Westchester who did the work in his suburban neighborhood house.  I remember little of the experience.  The tattoo was not the one I wanted: what I had hoped to get – Tigger with a microphone and a mohawk jumping on his tail – I ended up not being able to afford.  Instead: I went with symmetry – and more pirate stuff: a rose with crossed swords above the left bicep.  In hindsight, this tattoo has held up better than Tigger probably would have....</div></blockquote><blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rEPFozx0RDL9qz6nEMgLXrFD3Y7oMDDoWYBdpCg0zuPa4h0IZjPWzMaGaTTCWWgy5K72LkchSims52dZ4ZlfKvz875YOa6oOMUG5VP27zO2NF_mnj98tjbZl2DKJxDrnw2Inhi3qoiY/s1600/lafemina+and+tattoo+2+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rEPFozx0RDL9qz6nEMgLXrFD3Y7oMDDoWYBdpCg0zuPa4h0IZjPWzMaGaTTCWWgy5K72LkchSims52dZ4ZlfKvz875YOa6oOMUG5VP27zO2NF_mnj98tjbZl2DKJxDrnw2Inhi3qoiY/s400/lafemina+and+tattoo+2+cropped.jpg" width="260" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a href="http://joygainesfriedler.com/default.aspx">Joy Gaines-Friedler</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">            What lasts though are the tattoos I wanted to get but didn’t: After the rose I wanted to get Charlie Chaplin tattooed on me.  I asked several artist friends of mine to make me a design, and I got a few of them, but none of them “worked.”  And for several years I wanted the logo for my old band tattooed somewhere.  But neither happened.</div></blockquote><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>            So I went with two for a long time: but I often thought about getting new ink.  I wrote.  I taught.  I created a program for young writers in northern Michigan called the Controlled Burn Seminar for Young Writers.  I committed 13 years to that project, and after the tenth seminar, I thought I would get its logo – a lit cherry bomb – tattooed on my right forearm.  The logo was important to me: I believe poetry and all art should be a lit cherry bomb.  It should be a potential explosion.  But it should be fun, too.  I looked into it a few times, but I finally made the decision on a lark a few days after my birthday.  I was walking on Carson Street in Pittsburgh – tattoo parlor row.  I liked the name <a href="http://flyingmonkeytattooshop.com/">Flying Monkey Tattoo</a>.  So in I went.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_2L48SmCZFJgdBCPH2T1fx8ViBWeDDMvFIt9QgQfOE_m58Vv3V6I8rPgFBrGriRhIWhPsC6DyBNmP4o1YS07i_WPi2xrtmUxAKYxUsvzuZzG-_yFe7DyNNSELrll-gUZX4obe8_RB40/s1600/tattoo+three+2+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_2L48SmCZFJgdBCPH2T1fx8ViBWeDDMvFIt9QgQfOE_m58Vv3V6I8rPgFBrGriRhIWhPsC6DyBNmP4o1YS07i_WPi2xrtmUxAKYxUsvzuZzG-_yFe7DyNNSELrll-gUZX4obe8_RB40/s400/tattoo+three+2+cropped.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a href="http://joygainesfriedler.com/default.aspx">Joy Gaines-Friedler</a></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></div><br /><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">            The tattooist was a kid, He could have been one of my students–he was finishing up his apprenticeship and mine was one of his first tattoos.  The seminar after the ink ended up being the last one.  It seemed fitting that the creative writing kids got to see it before the seminar ended.</div></blockquote><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">            And now I’m back to collecting designs: this time, though, I know who’s going to do the tattoos.  The next one will be a Buddha carrying a tattered pirate flag on my back.  These are the two strains of my life.  And I want the MG logo somewhere.  I’ve been driving an MGB for 15 years.  The tattoo is a commitment and the things I am committed too, the things that define me, that continue to define me I want inked on me.  I spend much of my life putting ink on paper.  I think it’s only fitting to have some ink on me, too."</div></blockquote>And now, for one of Gerry's poems:<br />  <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><b>Alphabet City</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">            Avenues A through D, Lower </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">East Side</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, NYC</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">After the ambulances left but</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">before the sun finally rose above Avenue</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">C, I walked toward Tompkins Square Park where the heroin </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">dependent rockers slept, addled on benches, while</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">ex-punks huddled in their leather jackets</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">for the morning was still damp. One of them called out,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gerry? </i>What was I to do when I saw her, recognized</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">her hesitant familiar eyes. How could I have</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">imagined things would turn out this way when I’d call out <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">her </i>name —</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">Joanna — those sleepless nights of high school &</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">kept a photo of her deep into college.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">Longing has such a sense of history.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">Morning was approaching in its colorful coat.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">Not once those months of kissing her, had I wakened beside her, but</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">oh — I’d wanted to. She was thinner & glanced away when I nodded;</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">pigeons surrounded her bench but would take off</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">quickly with the first sudden movement or when the next squad car</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">revealed itself in flashers & sirens.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">So what did I do? What could I do?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">The three five dollar bills folded in my pocket, what</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">use were they to me? I gave them to her, she who’d once been beautiful. How</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">victorious I’d felt that first time I kissed her.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">We didn’t look at each other, nor did we look askance. I thought of the little</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">xiphoid syringes she might load with that money. This was my sin.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">Two young black kids with dreadlocks walked by singing</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Zion</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">! Take me back to </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Zion</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">! </i>& I knew I’d never be saved.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">– Gerry LaFemina</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193469522X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=193469522X%22%3EVanishing%20Horizon%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=193469522X&camp=217145&creative=399349%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Vanishing Horizon</i></a>, 2011 Anhinga Press<br /><br /></div>Gerry LaFemina is the author of seven books of poems, most recently <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193469522X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=193469522X%22%3EVanishing%20Horizon%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=193469522X&camp=217145&creative=399349%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E">Vanishing Horizon</a> (2011, <a href="http://www.anhinga.org/books/book_info.cfm?title=Vanishing%20Horizon">Anhinga Press</a>) and a collection of short stories.  He directs the <a href="http://www.frostburg.edu/cwcenter/">Frostburg Center for Creative Writing</a> at Frostburg State University where he also teaches.  He splits his time between Maryland and New York City.<br /><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=193469522X" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe></div><br />Thanks to Gerry for sharing his tattoos and poetry with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. The poem is reprinted here with the permission of the author.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

The Tattooed Poets Project: Gerry LaFemina

Today's tattooed poet is Gerry LaFemina. Gerry put together a narrative about his ink, which makes my job easier, and gives us a detaile...

Read more »

Female Backpiece Japanese Dragon and Kanji Tattoo

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlYQt3cruaMs2Ezzv60DsXXHujdXIbR675FmXJHncqJxfz_GWr57_Qsuk-2oJgYLplYdAJoZk9RVyoPV7J1jtv_fa3Lmt1jRL8Gd3xC9hbGDipHleTZ8M3u9n7w_N64bomZjGhUoI9GQ/s1600/backpiece+female+japanese+dragon+n+kanji+tattoo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Female Backpiece Japanese Dragon and Kanji Tattoo" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlYQt3cruaMs2Ezzv60DsXXHujdXIbR675FmXJHncqJxfz_GWr57_Qsuk-2oJgYLplYdAJoZk9RVyoPV7J1jtv_fa3Lmt1jRL8Gd3xC9hbGDipHleTZ8M3u9n7w_N64bomZjGhUoI9GQ/s320/backpiece+female+japanese+dragon+n+kanji+tattoo.jpg" width="249" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dragon Tattoo Kanji Tattoo Design</td></tr></tbody></table>Female Backpiece Japanese Dragon and Kanji Tattoo<br /><br />Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: <br />Dwayne Johnson <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/03/dwayne-johnson-tattoos-rock-tattoos.html">Tattoos</a> - The Rock Tattoos - Faster Movie<br />Television Actor Karan Singh Grover <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/03/television-actor-karan-singh-grover.html">Tattoos</a><br />Sarath Kumar with a Dragon <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/03/sarath-kumar-with-dragon-tattoo-on-his.html">Tattoo</a> on his Chest<br />Television Actor and Singer Amit Tandon <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/03/television-actor-and-singer-amit-tandon.html">Tattoos</a><br />Hindu God and Goddess <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/hindu-god-and-goddess-tattoos-religious.html">Tattoos</a> - Religious Tattoo Designs<br />Gemini Tattoos - Zodiac Symbol <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/gemini-tattoos-zodiac-symbol-tattoo.html">tattoo</a><br />Aries tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/02/aries-tattoo-design-zodiac-symbol.html">design</a> - Zodiac Symbol Tattoo

Female Backpiece Japanese Dragon and Kanji Tattoo

Dragon Tattoo Kanji Tattoo Design Female Backpiece Japanese Dragon and Kanji Tattoo Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: Dwayn...

Read more »

Amy Brown Fairy Tattoo Design

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyZwWjsAs7rrvkSgfWryK_SMOkvn-nCmM5OsD61NQ3KL_YgaaL3HhRBmZ0nWilD1Dv1WnlPn7JM180b2SxSPFMWi5rgRPcTlenL0_c2raW4rnrOZC9NwTeRLHEdazr22_D150QhEB1pw/s1600/Amy-Brown-Fairy-Tattoo-Designs-Gallery-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Amy Brown Fairy Tattoo Design" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyZwWjsAs7rrvkSgfWryK_SMOkvn-nCmM5OsD61NQ3KL_YgaaL3HhRBmZ0nWilD1Dv1WnlPn7JM180b2SxSPFMWi5rgRPcTlenL0_c2raW4rnrOZC9NwTeRLHEdazr22_D150QhEB1pw/s320/Amy-Brown-Fairy-Tattoo-Designs-Gallery-0.jpg" width="255" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fairy Tattoo Design</td></tr></tbody></table>Amy Brown Fairy Tattoo Design - Back body tattoo design<br /><br />Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: <br />Asian Symbol Butt <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/asian-symbol-butt-tattoo-design.html">Tattoo</a> Design<br />Nice Angel Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/nice-angel-tattoo-design-for-arms.html">Design</a> For Arms<br />Tribal Raven <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/tribal-raven-tattoo-design-on-guys-back.html">Tattoo</a> Design on Guys back<br />Sexy <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/sexy-tattoo-models.html">Tattoo</a> Models<br />Vine Ankle Bracelet <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/vine-ankle-bracelet-tattoo-design.html">Tattoo</a> Design<br />Anatomical Realistic Heart <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/anatomical-realistic-heart-tattoo.html">Tattoo</a> Design on Arm<br />Cross <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/03/cross-tattoo-ideas.html">Tattoo</a> Ideas

Amy Brown Fairy Tattoo Design

Fairy Tattoo Design Amy Brown Fairy Tattoo Design - Back body tattoo design Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: Asian Symbol ...

Read more »

Angel wings back tattoos for Girls

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQJWQ-c3bSGClGdnB1PLpJFwoGU6DKSSzdUmBXlG5Y4QL2Oguf5hC-RBFV4KRREhBoDa1vhRdBtbFrseiRxADm8gxlD4iWVfXJRdBYwf28341I8P874AkeTuRJueSpry6yX2rd_Ia7Og/s1600/angel_wings_back_tattoos_for_girls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Angel wings back tattoos for Girls" border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQJWQ-c3bSGClGdnB1PLpJFwoGU6DKSSzdUmBXlG5Y4QL2Oguf5hC-RBFV4KRREhBoDa1vhRdBtbFrseiRxADm8gxlD4iWVfXJRdBYwf28341I8P874AkeTuRJueSpry6yX2rd_Ia7Og/s320/angel_wings_back_tattoos_for_girls.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angel wings back tattoos for Girls</td></tr></tbody></table>Angel wings back tattoos for Girls<br /><br />Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: <br />Sexy Feminine Sidebody <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/sexy-feminine-sidebody-tattoos-star.html">tattoos</a> - Star Tattoos<br />Sci Fic Scorpion tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/sci-fic-scorpion-tattoo-design.html">design</a><br />Daisy Flower tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/daisy-flower-tattoo-design-on-girls.html">design</a> on Girls Feet<br />Skull <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/skull-tattoo-design-on-guys-chest.html">tattoo</a> design on Guys Chest<br />Beauty is Pain Chest <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/beauty-is-pain-chest-tattoo-razor.html">Tattoo</a> Razor Tattoo<br />Beautiful Sidebody Angel Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/beautiful-sidebody-angel-tattoo-design.html">Design</a><br />Beautiful Cross <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/beautiful-cross-tattoo-designs.html">Tattoo</a> Designs

Angel wings back tattoos for Girls

Angel wings back tattoos for Girls Angel wings back tattoos for Girls Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: Sexy Feminine Sideb...

Read more »

Flower Tattoo Design on Girls Thighs

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg58lvEN1o9sD37PK4IDzSrrsIg3liKoWBSRkGPmL7wEchVjB43EMnefUdfm53bebw2y7JYrkT58FOg9K0DH7ibfUCDxCkpKFik9gd3HtiSVBYF8m5oetrFN3cIYQTbHymcN6no1T34agE/s1600/flower_tattoo_on_legs_for_girls.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Flower Tattoo Design on Girls Thighs" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg58lvEN1o9sD37PK4IDzSrrsIg3liKoWBSRkGPmL7wEchVjB43EMnefUdfm53bebw2y7JYrkT58FOg9K0DH7ibfUCDxCkpKFik9gd3HtiSVBYF8m5oetrFN3cIYQTbHymcN6no1T34agE/s320/flower_tattoo_on_legs_for_girls.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flower Tattoo Design on Girls Thighs</td></tr></tbody></table>Flower Tattoo Design on Girls Thighs<br /><br />Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: <br />Matching Tribal <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/matching-tribal-tattoos-on-each-arms.html">Tattoos</a> on Each Arms<br />Koi Fish <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/koi-fish-tattoo-on-hand.html">Tattoo</a> on Hand<br />Dragon Style Tribal tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/dragon-style-tribal-tattoo-design-on.html">design</a> on Guys Arms<br />Cute Dolphin <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/cute-dolphin-tattoo-with-flower-design.html">Tattoo</a> with Flower Design<br />Death Themed <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/death-themed-tattoo-arm-sleeve.html">Tattoo</a> Arm Sleeve<br />Sexy Butt Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/sexy-butt-tattoo-design-butterfly.html">Design</a> - Butterfly Tattoo<br />Black Light UV Ink Butt <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/black-light-uv-ink-butt-tattoo.html">Tattoo</a>

Flower Tattoo Design on Girls Thighs

Flower Tattoo Design on Girls Thighs Flower Tattoo Design on Girls Thighs Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: Matching Tribal...

Read more »

Bat Tattoo Design

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKIi-jSDI0mNe_MHY7YnI5NKLxRlv1Dxc5BbICYZjWMT1ZLKl3f4XS4ayX7SJVswvNlwgL4kr6XfQw7rYUiND6IcVo0xD9MfdLDAjR3NU1B8hRXxkV56JSU4a08YobbHl6qclUnw-YXvg/s1600/Bat_Tattoo_Design_by_SecraanaBlackRaven.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Bat Tattoo Design" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKIi-jSDI0mNe_MHY7YnI5NKLxRlv1Dxc5BbICYZjWMT1ZLKl3f4XS4ayX7SJVswvNlwgL4kr6XfQw7rYUiND6IcVo0xD9MfdLDAjR3NU1B8hRXxkV56JSU4a08YobbHl6qclUnw-YXvg/s320/Bat_Tattoo_Design_by_SecraanaBlackRaven.jpg" width="140" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bat Tattoo Design</td></tr></tbody></table>Bat Tattoo Design<br /><br />Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: <br />Realistic 3D Style Blood Star <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/realistic-3d-style-blood-star-tattoo.html">Tattoo</a> Design<br />Full Color Chest Piece Engine <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/full-color-chest-piece-engine-tattoo.html">Tattoo</a> Design - biomechanical tattoo<br />Ankle Band <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/ankle-band-tattoo-design-symbol-tattoo.html">Tattoo</a> Design - Symbol Tattoo<br />Butterfly Tiger Hybrid <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/butterfly-tiger-hybrid-tattoo-design.html">Tattoo</a> Design<br />Tribal Arm Tattoo <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/tribal-arm-tattoo-design-for-men.html">Design</a> For Men<br />Clover and Flower Ankle <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/clover-and-flower-ankle-tattoo-design.html">Tattoo</a> Design<br />Motercycle Racing Ankle <a href="http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/2011/04/motercycle-racing-ankle-tattoo.html">Tattoo</a>

Bat Tattoo Design

Bat Tattoo Design Bat Tattoo Design Cool Tattoo Ideas and Interesting Tattoo Pictures: Realistic 3D Style Blood Star Tattoo Design Full Col...

Read more »

Tattoo Carnival - Tattoo Design Art Blog

Submit your Tattoo articles, tattoo pictures, tattoo ideas using the form below.<br /><br /><script language="JavaScript1.1" type="text/javascript"><!--bc_width="300"; bc_height="520"; bc_color_text="#666666"; bc_color_link="#FF0000"; bc_color_bg="#FFFFFF"; bc_id=13520; bc_format=2;// --></script> <script language="JavaScript1.1" src="http://blogcarnival.com/bc/widget_show.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Tattoo Carnival - Tattoo Design Art Blog

Submit your Tattoo articles, tattoo pictures, tattoo ideas using the form below.

Read more »

The Tattooed Poets Project: David Jonathan Newman

Today's tattooed poet is <a href="http://captainselfdestruct.blogspot.com/">David Jonathan Newman</a>, who sent along this photo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXEt-rCdqjEEHu8LlsVA7lG-10SECs6pMvfG_gdKdEZCdnaSJ9T0-rLYrrfKjbfoesSyr_8k33nXhCxRPezNOpeETBKYdN7YlVyK-A3ZhxzMJ6dNktifqWRuDKp4vM5RnN8UrDLUA0L_M/s1600/bitter+end+rotate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXEt-rCdqjEEHu8LlsVA7lG-10SECs6pMvfG_gdKdEZCdnaSJ9T0-rLYrrfKjbfoesSyr_8k33nXhCxRPezNOpeETBKYdN7YlVyK-A3ZhxzMJ6dNktifqWRuDKp4vM5RnN8UrDLUA0L_M/s640/bitter+end+rotate.jpg" width="346" /></a></div><br />Dave explains:<br /><blockquote>"The tattoo is fairly literal; the state of Florida is burning, with the words "Til The Bitter End" aside it.  I moved to Miami for 4 years to pursue a relationship, and saw it out to its unfortunate conclusion.  The tattoo is born out of that experience, and I got it to help me put a finishing stamp on what happened there and what brought me back to Long Island.  None of us are perfect, but we can become stronger people if we have reminders of our mistakes and put them to good use to make sure they don't happen again.  This piece, along with most of the work on my body, was done by <a href="http://www.koutsistattoo.com/">Chris Koutsis</a> of <a href="http://www.davincitattoo.com/">Da Vinci Tattoo Studio</a> in Wantagh NY.  I told him exactly what I had in mind, and between my ideas and his talents I was very happy with the outcome." </blockquote>The following is my favorite of the several poems David sent me to choose from:<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: small;">hello, atmosphere.</span></b><br /><br />I keep the eyes of a rapist in a jar by my bed<br />walk lightly<br />for that part of the room is glass<br />modern-day sorcerer, am I<br />blueprints and otherworldly photographs in my drawers<br />beakers and tubes filled with dust<br />the cold makes it feel like home<br />and when the mirror talks to me, it only says<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"I will wrap you in a sheet before this night is done."</span><br />well so says you, my sweet, but look what you've become<br />all my furniture, ghosts<br />rooms rife with other lives<br />no doors<br />my paintings are stolen from churches and are hanging backwards and are numbered one to infinity. <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> ~ ~ ~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>David Jonathan Newman has been a poet and vocalist/lyricist in bands, both on Long Island, NY and in Miami, FL.  He currently is working on a collection of poetry, writes music as a solo artist and has a blog (<a href="http://captainselfdestruct.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://captainselfdestruct.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</a>) where he posts both his solid works and stream of consciousness ideas.  He's been winning poetry contests since 6th grade, and the poem above, "Hello, Atmosphere" won a writing contest at the <a href="http://www.oldwestbury.edu/">SUNY College Of Old Westbury</a> which was featured in <i>Harmonia</i>, their on-campus writing publication.<br /><br />Thanks to David for sharing his tattoo and poem with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}</style> <![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. The poem is reprinted here with the permission of the author.<br /><br />If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit </span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

The Tattooed Poets Project: David Jonathan Newman

Today's tattooed poet is David Jonathan Newman , who sent along this photo: Dave explains: "The tattoo is fairly literal; the state...

Read more »

Head Tattoos

<div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWPLf0FpvqGNj97v8mZxAcALm5P9P98PEi10yVw27LInAjZdkaWLHEpxsyr-L6TY9HmEalGaC1S7EKyD8Ml3tK4GURKV4wdH0D3OaPCpNShN16M2s2IIIsCj01Lcj09RPI4Nfp2flXe3E/s1600/head-tattoo.jpg" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqOirb4g2vS59Raca3RHZG5Ji-tuIAWTc2FTRazL0fJpvyHBjW_Y3ERUZUdsfqzvRgQtV48gynyAJy4WalgKUdBnz1pD0fOinsMDuX0O41uR2tlRkmUMlDJNNpZq8SRGwzCvOUFNCeRQ/s1600/head-tattoo-2.jpg" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicq0_yy-LcH9hao4vPIDwrUnm-o0u2s7nDy9unjLf2AMlbFYi01UbvAB2XXQ2I6gZ2XzEjLyp6zODYbSl2eEvkG9omulMg3XORZSQojXR8qjLUbdXqA-rabQj43CGK-zz5QL3MqvT1JB0/s1600/head-tattoo-3.jpg" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRB7VvxFOKJyn1GaQoS3uzdmqhY-9OzClEdUdv1-j0boGzJ0egaMTDHpflewU7NSzpz-mrW3oshyphenhyphenkTZS_85QH3jySIbOwlc5A5TMpJYi7mVHYFt0yz4EwZd0eMm7aWKrLs4YBqBxLzzhI/s1600/head-tattoo-4.jpg" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0l3YA99WtSzP3y9L8QS4sFr_wsZlpSfNLAw-5xcE0yWjXJoUE0EUq42466AILqI_6kUIRnzmFLKBEnrQmGtZYkG7Z88PsctsDISDumqboibseEmCDtouBQF7E9KuSJ38IX2PzfJnf_xs/s1600/head-tattoo-5.jpg" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Np9AfxgB7K5ygmx9y63WJtJWsnSsK2y5Yn3-cWwblCQgkUl5HB6eUYgpyx_Vnt_6Oie_BvysdCUuEZeqlL-pAXFZHa1zTmx8hKCzN4qITvWtsSDcz30ARw8KQIs3Lai56sC2rVJYdcA/s1600/head-tattoo-6.jpg" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCkNITghyAhelEdcDZmz-5TWh2nhKsa2tAgPUdtHqxdWkhHF5XkZ12BmC7ovBp3MCrlH3vhGleAHwIfGc-F1Rlz03JTZI3C1paJnilnOjnHwrgvim_t9EQVQOUxSRPacyoh2deSVFYqM/s1600/head-tattoo-7.jpg" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-J9hfUTsRIO982ulzym59cIjcZYd6MvYo7jHAbgdY6mBM4vGV_k11hSeYRhrgl0HjL6VdSnThbXywEyxe5dubuR_k7gThn0MNfEBt6LwcNW01GAmtJLozbMH8c9QT4xpHpolo9UKCxRI/s1600/head-tattoo-8.jpg" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjttaByWXRd-4JAVadkaI1nzVqf0NV4cOD2uGblfKoEM5vF1cOd-xLS9quJ0dTPYhULCUvM8tGXL8SRk4HMHHE49V1gVOQCvIgheNaGdsKZNKYrcqUskQxhbN7NUBaYrofHN7Bt0jpsZJ4/s400/head-tattoo-9.jpg" width="400" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHzu0O00nNRFFOxHrz2F4rptAdhf5sDjrQ9gFtFQLjy5pTelSh-QvzmjuZAXmLq4FounCs0rtYHYvN0FzxZEBlU4idXkir9IF75EVNNgrUp_ruCx-rlx-4-nvfSCwcKioAlqE5l5jFxA/s1600/head-tattoo-10.jpg" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZOpn9LEcauIv97Cx-lq34I5tG8FpgmSPpZ2pvEch98-kui0T9KuUdKXBVPfGftTriW3bVoT8nY_Skv7y97KZa4jp4NpoT3HFg5VJiKOTy_hg01aW03v26X4ASiaWJoi2yoZpQsgNTfHI/s1600/head-tattoo-11.jpg" /></div><br />Here we have an interesting photo gallery of various head tattoos from around the globe.<br /><br />Call them creative, call them funny or just plain ugly, whichever it may be they are certainly a daring choice of tattoo artwork.<br /><br />Feast your eyes on some freaky head tattoos.

Head Tattoos

Here we have an interesting photo gallery of various head tattoos from around the globe. Call them creative, call them funny or just plain u...

Read more »