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Tag Archives: nature

I’m comin’ like a stormwall

gonna descend on the denizens of this world, think they’re wise with their minds caught up in city hives

Posted byjordynsaelorFebruary 14, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:courage, emotion, fame, identity, nature, poem, poet, poetry, rhyme poem, self-confidence, storm, weather, wind, writingLeave a comment on I’m comin’ like a stormwall

Gore Gone

Like my poems could carve out chunks of the universe and hand them to you on a platter, I keep hunting between these lines for more time, more light, another night

Posted byjordynsaelorFebruary 7, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:courage, fantasy, future, gorgon, medusa, mirror, mother earth, nature, poem, poet, poetry, short story, snake, writingLeave a comment on Gore Gone

Boulders and Bars

Never trust an old man who wants to buy you a drink; that’s what your Dada always said when we went out for the night and you were like–yeah Dad

Posted byjordynsaelorSeptember 24, 2024September 24, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:dad, family, fantasy, fate, free form poem, nature, poem, poet, poetry, short story, time, witch, writingLeave a comment on Boulders and Bars

Bruises and Balms

Never trust a gift from a demon, even an old teacher, cuz they’ll do silly things like that, not realizing your head can’t hold up a demon’s weight crawling into space.

Posted byjordynsaelorSeptember 21, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:demon, fantasy, guilt, imagination, nature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, winter, witch, writingLeave a comment on Bruises and Balms

Saviors

The army got its start as a branch of the police; they trained for years just to parade through

Posted byjordynsaelorSeptember 14, 2024September 14, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:army, fantasy, free form poem, hero, nature, poem, poet, poetry, police, rhyme poem, ruin, short story, writingLeave a comment on Saviors

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

Equality

I filled Brisbane with a bunch of trees. Just, transported the whole forest one set of roots at a time. And I didn’t give into my baser instincts and turn them all into people

Posted byjordynsaelorAugust 24, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:alien, Brisbane, equality, free form poem, imagination, nature, poem, poet, poetry, short story, trees, witch, writingLeave a comment on Equality

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

But Don’t Worry/Entropic

I imbued the trees with normatropism even though it took several years with Earth’s scarce magic to work out the summoning rings to make brains out of tree sap

Posted byjordynsaelorAugust 20, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:anxiety, Brisbane, entropy, fantasy, free form poem, nature, poem, poet, poetry, power, short story, witch, writing3 Comments on But Don’t Worry/Entropic

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