Corrine/CaliCurls/TheAuthor/TheWriter/ThePoet

Corrine Panisi - I was born in San Francisco, California in June of 1979. My mother was 18 years of age when I was brought into the world. Living in the Mission District of San Francisco and raising a little girl by herself was not easy for my mother. Shoot outs, prostitution and drug trade where real big in the late 70's. By the age of 5, my mother felt it was best for me to go live with my father in the south bay. My father was, is and always will be a great man! If not for my father, I wouldn't be the woman I am today! My father was strict and was real traditional and set in his ways. I grew up in a house hold where my thoughts and opinions did not matter. We did what we were told and that was that. I knew that there was some way to still be obedient, respectful and to be able to express myself, that's when I began to write!My first book of poetry was given to me by one of my aunties – I must have been 10 years old. It was a book of poems written by Emily Dickinson. I enjoyed the book, but couldn't relate to it - it's amazing to know that I'm now compared to Emily Dickinson. I started reading Maya Angelou and Pablo Neruda it was then that I said to myself "I can write poetry, I can express myself like that." In junior high, I was 13 and started to enter poetry contests. I got rejected a lot!!! I never stopped sending my poems in, the rejections made me laugh. I felt that "someone is looking for what I write" and sure enough someone was! In 2000 I entered this poetry contest for Digital News and Media, a company based in Texas. I won the contest and my poem was posted on the website. The editor-in-chief, Victoria Freudiger loved my work she writes: "Corrine's genius pen crafting of words in her poetry will allow the reader to see inside her heart and soul. She has a smooth Emily Dickinson style that comes to a gentle and loving conclusion."I started writing poems and would save them. I would write on anything I could find: register tape, paper bags, menus, I even cut up a cereal box once so I can write on the inside! I used eye liner, color crayons, markers, lipstick – hey when the inspiration comes to you – you got to get those words out! I saved up about 50 poems – it was like putting up money for that one thing you just had to have! Victoria suggested that I put my poems in a book. There were 2 other writers that also had poems, so we put them all together and in 2003, Three Glances of A Soul was published! You can find Three Glances of A Soul through: http://www.amazon.com and http://www.entrywaypublishing.com.I landed a job as a contributing editor for Poetry Highway: http://www.poetryhighway.com and a whole page on the website was reserved for my work. The page was titled: Corrine's Corner. I would write a different article every month suggesting different ways to write and people would respond! All the while I never stopped writing my poems. My inspiration came from my life – the things I would see the wonderful people that I kept company and their lives.In 2004, I came up with this idea that I was going to publish another book, this time as a sole author. I wanted the book to have meaning, so one day I was with one of my friends and we were in San Francisco walking and it came to me! I told my friend I'm going to title the book: Painted Toes. The significance would be: as we walk through life, the many things and people we are inspired by gives us color. I put together my poems for the book and went through the whole editing process and in 2006, Painted Toes was published!!!"As we mentioned earlier, Corrine is back from her hiatus and she is more creative than ever before. Her skills have increased and so has her drive to succeed. Digi-Tall is committed to helping her do just that. This book of poetry is a masterpiece unlike any we have ever read. Painted Toes is a book of illustrations and poetry that describes a special friendship and it maps this friendship out and paints a picture of how the relationship twisted and turned through time... still to be special today. For those of you who enjoyed Three Glances of a Soul, you have a treat coming your way!" Victoria Freudiger.I've just recently joined the Change 4 A Dolla Records team this year in 2007 which is based out in New Jersey! My boss of Change 4 A Dolla Records, Duronn James is AMAZING!!! You can access the company's page here: http://www.myspace.com/change4adolla13. I've performed at local Barnes and Nobles and Borders book stores here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I've also opened for Art shows, reciting my poetry while artists display their works. I currently "ghost write" for musical artists and assist models, actors and musicians in writing their own biographies. I've written many blogs and reviews and always look forward to the opportunity to write more!!!My work can be found at: http://www.poetry.com - at poetry.com my poems are displayed on the site. http://www.poetryhighway.com - at poetryhighway.com my poems, articles and "how to" advice is displayed here. http://www.entrywaypublishing.com - at entryway my book, Painted Toes is available for purchase here and you can also find my Press Release, and reviews here. http://www.helium.com - my article on Lifestyles is published and displayed on the site. http://www.highcontrast.com - you can view my poems here.I have became the Exclusive Writer for Arm Management Group. Please e-mail the company: [email protected]. The CEO & Founder of Addictive Clothing, Deshaun has asked me to be the Editor/Writer for the magazine - I gladly accepted the offer! The clothing line has men & women clothing and hosts events on a monthly basis - check Addictive out: www.addictive.comYou can walk into any Barnes & Nobles, Borders or any major book store and purchase both of my books: Three Glances of A Soul and Painted Toes. Also, a fun way to view all of my online work is to "goggle" my name. Please feel free to send me a message or inquire to my personal e-mail: [email protected] you!Corrine Panisi