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Tag Archives: magic

rose

Of course I’ve got my rose-colored glasses on—not having running water

Posted byjordynsaelorDecember 10, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:emotion, fantasy, happiness, magic, necessity, poem, poet, poetry, riot, rose-colored glasses, short story, witch, writingLeave a comment on rose

Restore/Reorder

I’ve figured me out: I do something stupid or nasty then I feel bad. Then I punish myself. Like, I exiled you. Now I write letters to you

Posted byjordynsaelorSeptember 7, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:apocalypse, fantasy, free form poetry, magic, nature, poem, poet, poetry, pride, shame, short story, witch, writingLeave a comment on Restore/Reorder

Rerun

I didn’t give into my baser instincts and turn the trees into people—for fifty years, at least, I kept wandering and writing you

Posted byjordynsaelorSeptember 5, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:fantasy, guilt, letter, magic, nature, poem, poet, poetry, reputation, shame, tree, witch, writingLeave a comment on Rerun

15- Diversity and Inclusion

Of the six trees-to-humans, none of them looked the same age. One had gray hair and wrinkled skin a lot like bark. One looked only a few years old, with chubby cheeks and a protruding belly. One looked like both,

Posted byjordynsaelorAugust 22, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:culture, emotion, fantasy, free form poem, human, humanity, magic, nature, poem, poet, poetry, short story, writingLeave a comment on 15- Diversity and Inclusion

14- Down to Earth

Yeah, I went back to Earth. I don’t know why, there’s very little to use for magic there. There used to be, according to some old demons and monsters. But all the roads and cars and cities and

Posted byjordynsaelorAugust 10, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:earth, fantasy, home, magic, outback, poem, poet, poetry, short story, time, welcome home, witch, writingLeave a comment on 14- Down to Earth

13- the tyrant

I wandered the Realm of Green Dragons for seasons, hunted skins for tents and sandals, took a few emerald scales from a sleeping dragon’s swampy cave

Posted byjordynsaelorAugust 1, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:fantasy, free form poem, magic, nature, poem, poetry, rhyme poem, seasons, self-deprecation, short story, wander, witch, writingLeave a comment on 13- the tyrant

HArvest

The night went searching for my body to physically crush me but inside its maw I went too and with closeness, the link between muscle and memory met like magnets

Posted byjordynsaelorJuly 20, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:dragon memories, free form poem, jealousy, magic, memory, night, poem, poet, poetry, rune, short story, witch, you clouded all plansLeave a comment on HArvest

life force

the difference between a mortal and an immortal is, life force spells work on mortals so they can theoretically live forever by taking from other

Posted byjordynsaelorJuly 6, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:astral plane, dragon, dragon vs knight, free form poem, free verse, life force, magic, night, poem, poet, poetry, short story, witchLeave a comment on life force

Read & die

Gather 2 wolfhead mushrooms. Gather 3 green pinecones. Gather a pinch of fern spores, 7 lichen-dusted pebbles, and moss water to stir everything

Posted byjordynsaelorJune 26, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:dragon, free form poem, free verse, magic, memory, nature, night, poem, poet, poetry, recipe, short story, witchLeave a comment on Read & die

In gradients

Green dragons are immortal. Nights hunt dragons. I’m not a dragon or a dragonologist but I do

Posted byjordynsaelorJune 22, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:dragon, fantasy, free form poem, free verse, immortal, magic, memory, night, poem, poet, poetry, remember, witchLeave a comment on In gradients

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