poet – Jordyn Saelor

worlds between us

I’m not even from this world, I came through a portal a sea god made so clearly the moon didn’t kill all the other gods but I have no quarrel with you

Did you know this was a protest song about Vietnam? Yet it’s blasting on the speakers at the 4th of July street party. (I was born in the USA) I was born way after Vietnam but I’ve been around for Iran, Ukraine, Gaza, Afghanistan (I was born in the USA) and the wars are soContinue reading “born in the usa”

sea/so say the caricaurs

So say the caricaurs, once, many species lived around the lake, dracans and caricaurs, joblins and borres, plant queens and sky frights. Then the beliefs of the people created gods

Full Transparency

We interrupt the regular Thursday programming (see: Can’t Catch Me Now) to bring more news about After Forever Falls Apart, book two in the Death Magic Duology. It’s out! Yay! Over the coming days, it’ll be available as an ebook on more online stores (for example: Bookshop.org). However, I’m still working on getting the bookContinue reading “Full Transparency”

“After Forever Falls Apart” is almost here

The sequel to Graveyard of Lullabies is almost here! A few more days, and the ebook will be available to purchase at most online bookstores. The story is like if TJ Klune’s book The Bones Beneath My Skin met autistic necromancer. Or if Tamsyn Muir’s Locked Tomb series took place in a tundra instead ofContinue reading ““After Forever Falls Apart” is almost here”

scarlet

Never as simple as it seems, they found me following them by my panting breaths and noisy footsteps—maybe a good thing, since even with speed runes, I was dehydrating

Inupiaq numbers

For a fun, subtle tidbit in After Forever Falls Apart (the upcoming sequel to Graveyard of Lullabies), I added some Inupiaq (or Iñupiaq) numerals to some sections of the book. Not for the chapter numbers themselves, but…it’ll make sense once you see it. In the meantime, here’s some fun facts about Inupiaq numerals: It’s actuallyContinue reading “Inupiaq numbers”

meet

I built a house of burnt logs in the remnants of the town and every night I went to the lake to try to make up runes for chasing and hurting,

duel of my bleed

In the duel of the creed, may this dance be our seed, if it’s cruel take the deed make a stance, stop the bleed; hold the distance, grow an ash tree take a moonshot, steal the sunbeam, like a fool in the sea under blue silent scream needed rue just to breathe lungs all gluedContinue reading “duel of my bleed”

with the water/moon

In the rains, what do dracans do? They open their mouths and drink