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Tag Archives: portal fantasy

moon wave

I didn’t want anyone to adopt me, I could take care of myself just fine probably. Or at least I’d made it this far. But I sort of wanted what

Posted byjordynsaelorApril 23, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:author, emotion, found family, free form poem, friendship, gender, healing, night, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, queer, writingLeave a comment on moon wave

village of dracans

The dracans lived without roofs, not even invisible magic ones. Their homes looked like log cabins if the logs were woven like yarn

Posted byjordynsaelorApril 16, 2026April 23, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:adopt, community, emotion, family, home, magic, mythical creature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, sleep, writingLeave a comment on village of dracans

in the garden crave

The creature carved fish skins off by sticking a foot inside its wide open beak. Therefore it couldn’t see me that well so I dug a shallow pit in the dirt with my paddle feet and drew oversized runes to start a fire

Posted byjordynsaelorApril 9, 2026April 16, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:books, cooking, fiction, freedom, garden, moon god, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, sanctuary, short story, writing, youthLeave a comment on in the garden crave

I’m afraid

Yes, the lake had fish. No, I couldn’t catch any. So after a dozen failed attempts at nabbing slick blue fins I just waited out the fire that burned the whole

Posted byjordynsaelorApril 2, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:books, disability, magic animal, nature, new friendship, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, strangers, survival, wildfire, writingLeave a comment on I’m afraid

an attempt was made

I started to feel a bit bad for the creature and this garden so many of them were trying to save, obviously in vain,

Posted byjordynsaelorMarch 27, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:books, failure, fish, magic rune, nature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, swim, water, wildfire, writingLeave a comment on an attempt was made

hafta say

The small one plummeted into the lake again, throwing waves at me, then it had the audacity to put two claws on my forehead

Posted byjordynsaelorMarch 19, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:books, dragon, fiction, fire and water, garden, magic, nature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, wildfire, writingLeave a comment on hafta say

rescue

The fire and smoke summoned flying shadows blotting out the sun and they brought silent rain upon the flames. I just treaded water,

Posted byjordynsaelorMarch 12, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:books, fiction, identity, labels, mythology, nature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, translate, wildfire, writingLeave a comment on rescue

or (to the shore line)

The grass, trees, vines and algae left hardly any room for rune drawing so I ended up walking/crawling

Posted byjordynsaelorMarch 5, 2026March 5, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:accident, author, books, disability, humor, magic rune, nature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, tree, writingLeave a comment on or (to the shore line)

resource

I walked up to a tree and only fell once—into a spherical bush—along the way then I whacked at a mossy branch until it fell off then I dragged it

Posted byjordynsaelorFebruary 26, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:disability, emotion, life, magic runes, nature, new beginnings, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, sunrise, water, writingLeave a comment on resource

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

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