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Tag Archives: portal fantasy

2 Seize a sky

I paddled toward the plant-covered shore . . . so I could sprawl in the mud, waves lapping the backs of my knees. Nothing burst out of the grass to eat

Posted byjordynsaelorFebruary 19, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:bargain, confidence, dimension, healing, magic, nature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, transform, water, writingLeave a comment on 2 Seize a sky

Seize a sky

In the mountain all rains fall the same, to the water every stream builds into rivers, so they showed me if I slipped into one I could slip into them all

Posted byjordynsaelorFebruary 12, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:escape, memory, nature, ocean, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, storm, transform, truth and lies, water god, writingLeave a comment on Seize a sky

Hala

We do not regret this we are glad just to take part in who you become

Posted byjordynsaelorFebruary 6, 2026February 7, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:ancestors, books, dreams, emotion, magic, ocean, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, storm, water, writingLeave a comment on Hala

By the light, oh

deliverer sea deity it knew everything there was to know about the moon, every moon on every world

Posted byjordynsaelorJanuary 29, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:ancestral, beautiful, emotion, fiction, healing, moon, ocean, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, trauma, writingLeave a comment on By the light, oh

Place where the demons go

I tried to ignore this big question and instead scowled at the lightning creature’s head and wide hips and demanded my mechanical arm back

Posted byjordynsaelorJanuary 22, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:capture, demons, desert rain, escape, hope, new installment, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, question and answer, short story, storm, writingLeave a comment on Place where the demons go

other side

My realm has two sides, the voice said, entirely deeper and softer than the voice in the room where they put a truth spell on me, so that voice must’ve been

Posted byjordynsaelorJanuary 15, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:cult, demons, desert, gods and monsters, home, ocean, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, sea creature, short story, storms, writingLeave a comment on other side

meet me at my homestead

Clay creature in my arms, I made more dance runes and answered too many personal questions honestly since this creature seemed to think I’d let it go if

Posted byjordynsaelorJanuary 8, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:desert, discovery, gods and monsters, landscape, magic circle, nature, night, ocean, poem, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, truth and lies, writingLeave a comment on meet me at my homestead

wreck yours instead

I activated the rune ring with a tap of my heel but it did nothing. So I had to smear the whole thing over and start

Posted byjordynsaelorDecember 18, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:dancing, emotion, escape, fire rune, magic castle, mythical creature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, rhythm poem, short story, water, writingLeave a comment on wreck yours instead

air fed

I tore at my sleeve with my teeth and got some gray thread to unravel and ripped it off the garment, then I got the whole string wet and stuck it on the wall

Posted byjordynsaelorDecember 11, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:books, emotion, escape, fire rune, magic castle, novel in verse, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, storms, wind and water, writingLeave a comment on air fed

fled

I waited a good two breaths in the corridor for Mfrlfip to emerge after me just to see if it would try to stop me, but it didn’t appear so I

Posted byjordynsaelorDecember 4, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:audience, demon, disability, escape, freedom, lightning, magic castle, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, rainstorm, short story, writingLeave a comment on fled

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