Kristen Costello | Author | Poet
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Kristen Costello | Author | Poet
@kristencostello.bsky.social
Author of two poetry books 📚✍️
👉 Book 1: Grey Matters 🧠❤️‍🩹
👉 Book 2: Tidal Pools and Other Small Infinities 🌊💕
Published independently and through Central Avenue Publishing 📖
For once, I want eight great days all lined up in a row ⁣⁣
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📖 This poem is from the section about depression in my mental health poetry book 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴

#poetry #poetrybooks #poetrybook
October 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A #poem for anyone who needs a reset
September 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A #poem about rumination
September 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
For the ones who dream of running away ✈️🌍⁣

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September 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This is one of my favorite shorter #poems from my book "Grey Matters." When I write about mental illness, I like to focus on things that are difficult to put into words. For this poem, it’s the feeling of numbness. ⁣

Have you ever felt this way?
September 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
a #poem about what anxiety feels like
September 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
a #poem about loving someone you can’t be with
September 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
a #poem about the importance of acknowledging how far you’ve come
September 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
a #poem about outgrowing someone
September 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
a #poem about the feelings of guilt that can come with depression
September 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
a #poem about a doomed relationship
September 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
a #poem for anyone who struggles with setting boundaries
September 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A #poem for hopeless romantics
September 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
a #poem about allowing yourself to take up space
August 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If you’ve outgrown your old self, this #poem is for you ❤️‍🩹⁣
August 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
a #poem about celebrating small victories
August 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Feminine rage, but make it 🧙‍♀️🐦‍⬛🌱🦷

I really like ambiguous endings 🖤 #poetry #poem #newpoem
May 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
📚: Tidal Pools and Other Small Infinities by Kristen Costello

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May 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
first new poem I’ve written in over a year

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April 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Is this progress? 🤔

#poem
March 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Wondering if I should leap

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February 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I’m not angry, just tired

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February 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“I’m rendered sightless by sun”

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January 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I don’t regret you, but I wish I did

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January 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Wanderers

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January 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM