Samantha Writes
@samaasy.bsky.social
Writer
Poet
Pagan
Mother
Learning to let my inner voice take up space in this world.
Poet
Pagan
Mother
Learning to let my inner voice take up space in this world.
It's the contrast I remember best.
The macabre and the serene.
Deep in grief for days and we never picked up the balloons.
The room was full of pinks and purples and a light tap tap tapping whenever we walked through.
Surreal, isn't it?
How life teases you?
#poem #OC #photography #grief #poetry
The macabre and the serene.
Deep in grief for days and we never picked up the balloons.
The room was full of pinks and purples and a light tap tap tapping whenever we walked through.
Surreal, isn't it?
How life teases you?
#poem #OC #photography #grief #poetry
August 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It's the contrast I remember best.
The macabre and the serene.
Deep in grief for days and we never picked up the balloons.
The room was full of pinks and purples and a light tap tap tapping whenever we walked through.
Surreal, isn't it?
How life teases you?
#poem #OC #photography #grief #poetry
The macabre and the serene.
Deep in grief for days and we never picked up the balloons.
The room was full of pinks and purples and a light tap tap tapping whenever we walked through.
Surreal, isn't it?
How life teases you?
#poem #OC #photography #grief #poetry
Tangled up and drunk on sleeping in.
You say it's like a drug,
the morning light
dancing on my skin.
#poetry #originalphoto #photography #writer #sleepin #poemaday #monochrome #pictureandapoem
You say it's like a drug,
the morning light
dancing on my skin.
#poetry #originalphoto #photography #writer #sleepin #poemaday #monochrome #pictureandapoem
July 4, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Tangled up and drunk on sleeping in.
You say it's like a drug,
the morning light
dancing on my skin.
#poetry #originalphoto #photography #writer #sleepin #poemaday #monochrome #pictureandapoem
You say it's like a drug,
the morning light
dancing on my skin.
#poetry #originalphoto #photography #writer #sleepin #poemaday #monochrome #pictureandapoem
Can't you see it?
Beauty seeps into life
at the seams.
Rip at them.
Rend them open.
#poetry #poem #originalphoto #writer #beauty #ladybug #findbeauty #photography #bigsur #naturewalk #poemaday
Beauty seeps into life
at the seams.
Rip at them.
Rend them open.
#poetry #poem #originalphoto #writer #beauty #ladybug #findbeauty #photography #bigsur #naturewalk #poemaday
July 3, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Can't you see it?
Beauty seeps into life
at the seams.
Rip at them.
Rend them open.
#poetry #poem #originalphoto #writer #beauty #ladybug #findbeauty #photography #bigsur #naturewalk #poemaday
Beauty seeps into life
at the seams.
Rip at them.
Rend them open.
#poetry #poem #originalphoto #writer #beauty #ladybug #findbeauty #photography #bigsur #naturewalk #poemaday
Ode to my cat (who is now 10)
Frisco:
Knower of shadows,
Born for the night.
Scratcher of itches,
A witch's delight.
Thoughtful companion,
Eyes bursting of spring.
I'll be forever grateful,
that you've shared this life with me.
#blackcat #poem #catpoetry #cats #cateyes #poetry #ode #frisco
Frisco:
Knower of shadows,
Born for the night.
Scratcher of itches,
A witch's delight.
Thoughtful companion,
Eyes bursting of spring.
I'll be forever grateful,
that you've shared this life with me.
#blackcat #poem #catpoetry #cats #cateyes #poetry #ode #frisco
June 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Maybe if I picture it
over and over and
over again,
It will come true.
Bending reality to my will.
What is reality anyway?
But a story we tell ourselves
over and over and
over again.
#poem #poetry #poemaday #newreality #writer
#musings #poet #photography #colors #vivid #overandover
over and over and
over again,
It will come true.
Bending reality to my will.
What is reality anyway?
But a story we tell ourselves
over and over and
over again.
#poem #poetry #poemaday #newreality #writer
#musings #poet #photography #colors #vivid #overandover
March 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Maybe if I picture it
over and over and
over again,
It will come true.
Bending reality to my will.
What is reality anyway?
But a story we tell ourselves
over and over and
over again.
#poem #poetry #poemaday #newreality #writer
#musings #poet #photography #colors #vivid #overandover
over and over and
over again,
It will come true.
Bending reality to my will.
What is reality anyway?
But a story we tell ourselves
over and over and
over again.
#poem #poetry #poemaday #newreality #writer
#musings #poet #photography #colors #vivid #overandover
I was real. I was there.
We had burned ourselves through at the center.
Our eyes slid by each other,
Lived in limbo
Up, down, up and down again.
No one deviates from our rotaing
Piece of planet.
Only I hear the actual crumbling
Down of real life.
#blackout #poetry #collage #roguejournal #poem
We had burned ourselves through at the center.
Our eyes slid by each other,
Lived in limbo
Up, down, up and down again.
No one deviates from our rotaing
Piece of planet.
Only I hear the actual crumbling
Down of real life.
#blackout #poetry #collage #roguejournal #poem
January 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I was real. I was there.
We had burned ourselves through at the center.
Our eyes slid by each other,
Lived in limbo
Up, down, up and down again.
No one deviates from our rotaing
Piece of planet.
Only I hear the actual crumbling
Down of real life.
#blackout #poetry #collage #roguejournal #poem
We had burned ourselves through at the center.
Our eyes slid by each other,
Lived in limbo
Up, down, up and down again.
No one deviates from our rotaing
Piece of planet.
Only I hear the actual crumbling
Down of real life.
#blackout #poetry #collage #roguejournal #poem
It's easy to forget
The person I was
or am
or will be.
I get lost in the details
seperating you from me.
Unable to keep track of my own cells
as they change.
My god, this life is so strange.
#poetry #poem #whereiendandyoubegin
#parenthood #photography #family #hands
The person I was
or am
or will be.
I get lost in the details
seperating you from me.
Unable to keep track of my own cells
as they change.
My god, this life is so strange.
#poetry #poem #whereiendandyoubegin
#parenthood #photography #family #hands
January 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It's easy to forget
The person I was
or am
or will be.
I get lost in the details
seperating you from me.
Unable to keep track of my own cells
as they change.
My god, this life is so strange.
#poetry #poem #whereiendandyoubegin
#parenthood #photography #family #hands
The person I was
or am
or will be.
I get lost in the details
seperating you from me.
Unable to keep track of my own cells
as they change.
My god, this life is so strange.
#poetry #poem #whereiendandyoubegin
#parenthood #photography #family #hands
The pictures of you
I keep around my house
Are growing sharper every day
They cut me in a way
that nothing else can ever do.
Memories so sweet,
And growing further away
With every moon.
What a double edged sword it is
To remember you.
#poetry #poem #photography #photos #grief #missyou
I keep around my house
Are growing sharper every day
They cut me in a way
that nothing else can ever do.
Memories so sweet,
And growing further away
With every moon.
What a double edged sword it is
To remember you.
#poetry #poem #photography #photos #grief #missyou
January 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Isolation,
and a cabin
in the snow.
I havent spoken aloud in days.
Hush,
say the flakes
as they fall.
So I do.
I wait
until the sky tells
me something new.
#poetry #poem #photography #snow
#isolation #poet #hush #poemaday #write
and a cabin
in the snow.
I havent spoken aloud in days.
Hush,
say the flakes
as they fall.
So I do.
I wait
until the sky tells
me something new.
#poetry #poem #photography #snow
#isolation #poet #hush #poemaday #write
January 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Isolation,
and a cabin
in the snow.
I havent spoken aloud in days.
Hush,
say the flakes
as they fall.
So I do.
I wait
until the sky tells
me something new.
#poetry #poem #photography #snow
#isolation #poet #hush #poemaday #write
and a cabin
in the snow.
I havent spoken aloud in days.
Hush,
say the flakes
as they fall.
So I do.
I wait
until the sky tells
me something new.
#poetry #poem #photography #snow
#isolation #poet #hush #poemaday #write
The first time
I went swimming
after the drowning,
I floated face down
for as long as I could.
I wanted to feel
what you felt,
at the very end.
The kids in the pool laughed at me
and taught me how to float
with my face and heart open
to the sky.
#poetry #poem #grief #healing
#writing #photos
I went swimming
after the drowning,
I floated face down
for as long as I could.
I wanted to feel
what you felt,
at the very end.
The kids in the pool laughed at me
and taught me how to float
with my face and heart open
to the sky.
#poetry #poem #grief #healing
#writing #photos
December 28, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Dark silhouettes welcomed us home.
We leaned on each other like the mountains on the sky.
You became my roadmap,
And I the compass that keeps you pointed home.
At every mile we found new reasons to stay alive.
#poem
#poetry
#poemaday
#photography
#strangeskies
We leaned on each other like the mountains on the sky.
You became my roadmap,
And I the compass that keeps you pointed home.
At every mile we found new reasons to stay alive.
#poem
#poetry
#poemaday
#photography
#strangeskies
December 23, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Dark silhouettes welcomed us home.
We leaned on each other like the mountains on the sky.
You became my roadmap,
And I the compass that keeps you pointed home.
At every mile we found new reasons to stay alive.
#poem
#poetry
#poemaday
#photography
#strangeskies
We leaned on each other like the mountains on the sky.
You became my roadmap,
And I the compass that keeps you pointed home.
At every mile we found new reasons to stay alive.
#poem
#poetry
#poemaday
#photography
#strangeskies
Winters Icy Grip
#photography #winter #icestorm #oregonwinter #pnw #frozenworld #photos #nature #imcold
#photography #winter #icestorm #oregonwinter #pnw #frozenworld #photos #nature #imcold
December 19, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Winters Icy Grip
#photography #winter #icestorm #oregonwinter #pnw #frozenworld #photos #nature #imcold
#photography #winter #icestorm #oregonwinter #pnw #frozenworld #photos #nature #imcold
Mornings like this
I wake up terrified
I want to take back every part of myself
Gather the pieces around me like a shrine
I am learning that you are a river
And all this time I thought you were more concrete
Your velocity changes daily
I think you're eroding me
#poem #poetry #photography #river
I wake up terrified
I want to take back every part of myself
Gather the pieces around me like a shrine
I am learning that you are a river
And all this time I thought you were more concrete
Your velocity changes daily
I think you're eroding me
#poem #poetry #photography #river
December 18, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Mornings like this
I wake up terrified
I want to take back every part of myself
Gather the pieces around me like a shrine
I am learning that you are a river
And all this time I thought you were more concrete
Your velocity changes daily
I think you're eroding me
#poem #poetry #photography #river
I wake up terrified
I want to take back every part of myself
Gather the pieces around me like a shrine
I am learning that you are a river
And all this time I thought you were more concrete
Your velocity changes daily
I think you're eroding me
#poem #poetry #photography #river
I spend a lot of time thinking about the past,
About loss
And death
And the life that I still have left.
All of it stretching out before me.
Unknowable and incomplete.
Who am I, in the vastness of this grief?
#poetry #poemaday #poet #greif
#photography #oregoncoast
#healing
About loss
And death
And the life that I still have left.
All of it stretching out before me.
Unknowable and incomplete.
Who am I, in the vastness of this grief?
#poetry #poemaday #poet #greif
#photography #oregoncoast
#healing
December 17, 2024 at 8:38 PM
I spend a lot of time thinking about the past,
About loss
And death
And the life that I still have left.
All of it stretching out before me.
Unknowable and incomplete.
Who am I, in the vastness of this grief?
#poetry #poemaday #poet #greif
#photography #oregoncoast
#healing
About loss
And death
And the life that I still have left.
All of it stretching out before me.
Unknowable and incomplete.
Who am I, in the vastness of this grief?
#poetry #poemaday #poet #greif
#photography #oregoncoast
#healing
But here I am,
thinking about death again.
Humbles out the stress,
helps the breath get in.
#lyrics #poetry #atmosphere #lovelife #spokenword #godlovesugly
thinking about death again.
Humbles out the stress,
helps the breath get in.
#lyrics #poetry #atmosphere #lovelife #spokenword #godlovesugly
December 14, 2024 at 5:54 PM
But here I am,
thinking about death again.
Humbles out the stress,
helps the breath get in.
#lyrics #poetry #atmosphere #lovelife #spokenword #godlovesugly
thinking about death again.
Humbles out the stress,
helps the breath get in.
#lyrics #poetry #atmosphere #lovelife #spokenword #godlovesugly
Going crazy in my room again.
My cat asks if I need a scratch.
(It will only hurt a little)
I lend him my arm and he takes a long time
To pull his claws across my skin.
You’ve had this itch for years, he purrs
And I pretend not to hear him.
#poetry #poet #poemaday
#ogart #catscratchfever
My cat asks if I need a scratch.
(It will only hurt a little)
I lend him my arm and he takes a long time
To pull his claws across my skin.
You’ve had this itch for years, he purrs
And I pretend not to hear him.
#poetry #poet #poemaday
#ogart #catscratchfever
December 13, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Going crazy in my room again.
My cat asks if I need a scratch.
(It will only hurt a little)
I lend him my arm and he takes a long time
To pull his claws across my skin.
You’ve had this itch for years, he purrs
And I pretend not to hear him.
#poetry #poet #poemaday
#ogart #catscratchfever
My cat asks if I need a scratch.
(It will only hurt a little)
I lend him my arm and he takes a long time
To pull his claws across my skin.
You’ve had this itch for years, he purrs
And I pretend not to hear him.
#poetry #poet #poemaday
#ogart #catscratchfever
As I paint my toes gold on the bathroom floor,
I remind myself to be brave.
You are a lion in the city.
Girl born of a blizzard and raised by trees.
You can be as happy or as sad as you want to be.
#poet #poetry #poemaday
#photography #shadows
I remind myself to be brave.
You are a lion in the city.
Girl born of a blizzard and raised by trees.
You can be as happy or as sad as you want to be.
#poet #poetry #poemaday
#photography #shadows
December 12, 2024 at 6:07 PM
As I paint my toes gold on the bathroom floor,
I remind myself to be brave.
You are a lion in the city.
Girl born of a blizzard and raised by trees.
You can be as happy or as sad as you want to be.
#poet #poetry #poemaday
#photography #shadows
I remind myself to be brave.
You are a lion in the city.
Girl born of a blizzard and raised by trees.
You can be as happy or as sad as you want to be.
#poet #poetry #poemaday
#photography #shadows
🔖Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
🔖One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
🔖No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
9/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
🔖One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
🔖No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
9/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
December 11, 2024 at 7:04 PM
🔖Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
🔖One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
🔖No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
9/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
🔖One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
🔖No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
9/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
🔖Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
🔖One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
🔖No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
8/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
🔖One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
🔖No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
8/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
December 4, 2024 at 5:30 PM
🔖Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
🔖One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
🔖No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
8/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
🔖One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
🔖No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
8/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Compulsion is a word I seem to understand.
I need to let go as best as I can
And learn to ride the waves of each compulsion.
Swimming in the turbulence
Instead of thinking that I alone
Could hold the power
To calm an entire sea.
#poetry #blueskypoet #photography #oregoncoast
#compulsions
I need to let go as best as I can
And learn to ride the waves of each compulsion.
Swimming in the turbulence
Instead of thinking that I alone
Could hold the power
To calm an entire sea.
#poetry #blueskypoet #photography #oregoncoast
#compulsions
December 4, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Compulsion is a word I seem to understand.
I need to let go as best as I can
And learn to ride the waves of each compulsion.
Swimming in the turbulence
Instead of thinking that I alone
Could hold the power
To calm an entire sea.
#poetry #blueskypoet #photography #oregoncoast
#compulsions
I need to let go as best as I can
And learn to ride the waves of each compulsion.
Swimming in the turbulence
Instead of thinking that I alone
Could hold the power
To calm an entire sea.
#poetry #blueskypoet #photography #oregoncoast
#compulsions
A good day to get lost
In the hush of the snow
As it wraps its arms
around the trees
#poetry #blueskypoet #photography #nature #winterincolorado
In the hush of the snow
As it wraps its arms
around the trees
#poetry #blueskypoet #photography #nature #winterincolorado
November 29, 2024 at 4:28 PM
A good day to get lost
In the hush of the snow
As it wraps its arms
around the trees
#poetry #blueskypoet #photography #nature #winterincolorado
In the hush of the snow
As it wraps its arms
around the trees
#poetry #blueskypoet #photography #nature #winterincolorado
🔖Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
🔖One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
🔖No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
7/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
🔖One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
🔖No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
7/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
November 25, 2024 at 11:27 PM
🔖Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
🔖One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
🔖No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
7/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
🔖One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
🔖No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
7/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
It was deliberate and not deliberate.
If I jumped, I would land in a bed of pink and yellow roses.
Dead but not dead.
Speaking an unknown tongue.
#blackoutpoetry #poems #collage #mixedmedia #poet #writing #booksky #create #art #handmade
If I jumped, I would land in a bed of pink and yellow roses.
Dead but not dead.
Speaking an unknown tongue.
#blackoutpoetry #poems #collage #mixedmedia #poet #writing #booksky #create #art #handmade
November 24, 2024 at 9:27 PM
It was deliberate and not deliberate.
If I jumped, I would land in a bed of pink and yellow roses.
Dead but not dead.
Speaking an unknown tongue.
#blackoutpoetry #poems #collage #mixedmedia #poet #writing #booksky #create #art #handmade
If I jumped, I would land in a bed of pink and yellow roses.
Dead but not dead.
Speaking an unknown tongue.
#blackoutpoetry #poems #collage #mixedmedia #poet #writing #booksky #create #art #handmade