Jaguar

Say what. What’s in the mirror. Can I make it any clearer. The way it feels. What used to be. Keeping it real . And what’s not me. These dreams and fears. My inspiration. Books on the shelf. Revelations. Interpretations. How I lose myself in the literary sensations. How long I been ‘round. What makes the words flow. Can you catch my sounds. Say what. What’s in the mirror.

Jaguar Duffy was born in La Jolla, California in 1954 in a room within a stone's throw of the Pacific Ocean. He attended the University of California at Santa Cruz in his early twenties where he met and befriended Bill Everson, who became his poetic mentor. Jaguar was primarily known as a singer/songwriter in central and northern California during the late seventies and early eighties. After returning to Northern California in 1985 following a three year stay in New Jersey, he bought into an Irish Pub that friends owned called 'The Poet and Patriot', becoming the main night bartender a year later. During this time he focused on writing acapella ballads and poetry. Besides hosting a few readings and performing in the region, on request he would launch into a few songs and poems for the patrons at last call. In 1994 he moved to Utah and has lived there ever since. For the past few years the 'Zoog' (an improvisational poem performed with the intention of becoming and remaining vulnerable throughout the piece) has become his signature form. He is currently working on his first book and encouraging poets to write, improvise and voice performance poetry.

There is no where but up from here.

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