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Tag Archives: short story

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

30- Landscape of a Heart

I took up residence in a library (of course she did) and I took up writing (of course she did) but mostly I took up the chore these mountain dragons never bothered with

Posted byjordynsaelorFebruary 1, 2025Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:books, dragon, fantasy, happiness, library, poem, poet, poetry, purpose, short story, time, witch, writingLeave a comment on 30- Landscape of a Heart

rednuht fo seohcE

But the cycle never stops, the kings and the apocalypses, the hearts and traitors and friends of raiders, do you hear it in the hills

Posted byjordynsaelorJanuary 31, 2025Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:cycle, emotion, fantasy, heart, hope, life, poem, poet, poetry, revolution, short story, witch, writingLeave a comment on rednuht fo seohcE

29- lightning

strike fire fight light lead us on to where it’s bright

Posted byjordynsaelorJanuary 28, 2025Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:fantasy, fate, history, hope, poem, poet, poetry, psychologist, short story, time, warmth, witch, writingLeave a comment on 29- lightning

28- Am I worth it

If I just find one being to treat me nice, that would be enough, right? So why do I have to go on

Posted byjordynsaelorJanuary 23, 2025Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:belonging, desire, emotion, fantasy, hope, love, poem, poet, poetry, revolution, safe space, short story, witchLeave a comment on 28- Am I worth it

take a bulkestrok

take me with you on your rebellion of gladness, say hello to the lonely folk and tell ‘em it’s our turn to up and glow

Posted byjordynsaelorJanuary 21, 2025Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:fantasy, liberation, poem, poet, poetry, rebel, revolution, rhyme poem, short story, unity, uprising, witch, writingLeave a comment on take a bulkestrok

cancer

I’ve often thought of myself as living on the outskirts of society, like a cancer with more self-awareness than the organism itself.

Posted byjordynsaelorJanuary 18, 2025Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:belonging, diversity, emotion, fantasy, outcast, poem, poet, poetry, short story, society, unity, witch, writingLeave a comment on cancer

the thing is,

most sapient things I’ve found live this contradiction where they can’t be alone but being not-alone exposes them to all sorts of

Posted byjordynsaelorJanuary 16, 2025Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:community, emotion, fantasy, happiness, interdependence, poem, poet, poetry, short story, society, survive, witch, writingLeave a comment on the thing is,

how to do the thing

How do the fish people do the thing where they reach out and show somebody they care? Well, I pulled a Dr. Mizto

Posted byjordynsaelorJanuary 14, 2025Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:emotion, fantasy, happiness, heart, poem, poet, poetry, positive psychology, questionnaire, short story, understanding, witch, writingLeave a comment on how to do the thing

27- I did the thing

again, where I didn’t write in here for a lot of years, I forget how many exactly. And I did the thing where I turned some things into people (fish, this time,

Posted byjordynsaelorJanuary 9, 2025Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:community, cynic, emotion, fantasy, happiness, happy, mental health, poem, poet, poetry, short story, witch, writing3 Comments on 27- I did the thing

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