Writing by S.L. Sweede
@slsweede.bsky.social
Poetry | Astrology | Heart-led creativity
A devotion to emotion through thoughtful, Heart-led creativity.
Poetry: slsweede.substack.com
A devotion to emotion through thoughtful, Heart-led creativity.
Poetry: slsweede.substack.com
✨Fifty poems on Substack.
✨Fifty expressions of joy, fulfillment, creative power, & truth.
I am so happy to be here with you.
— S.L. Sweede
Poem #50: “Return to Me”
slsweede.substack.com/p/return-to-me
#poetry #lovepoems #pastlife #karmicrelationship #wedding #soulmates
✨Fifty expressions of joy, fulfillment, creative power, & truth.
I am so happy to be here with you.
— S.L. Sweede
Poem #50: “Return to Me”
slsweede.substack.com/p/return-to-me
#poetry #lovepoems #pastlife #karmicrelationship #wedding #soulmates
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
✨Fifty poems on Substack.
✨Fifty expressions of joy, fulfillment, creative power, & truth.
I am so happy to be here with you.
— S.L. Sweede
Poem #50: “Return to Me”
slsweede.substack.com/p/return-to-me
#poetry #lovepoems #pastlife #karmicrelationship #wedding #soulmates
✨Fifty expressions of joy, fulfillment, creative power, & truth.
I am so happy to be here with you.
— S.L. Sweede
Poem #50: “Return to Me”
slsweede.substack.com/p/return-to-me
#poetry #lovepoems #pastlife #karmicrelationship #wedding #soulmates
My #NaNoWriMo DIY calendar.
I haven’t participated in this event in years. It’s a different vibe this go-round. Instead of trying to write a book in a month, I’m challenging myself to show up every day.
I am so excited to celebrate progress & intention. #diy #author #poet #writingcommunity #joy
I haven’t participated in this event in years. It’s a different vibe this go-round. Instead of trying to write a book in a month, I’m challenging myself to show up every day.
I am so excited to celebrate progress & intention. #diy #author #poet #writingcommunity #joy
November 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My #NaNoWriMo DIY calendar.
I haven’t participated in this event in years. It’s a different vibe this go-round. Instead of trying to write a book in a month, I’m challenging myself to show up every day.
I am so excited to celebrate progress & intention. #diy #author #poet #writingcommunity #joy
I haven’t participated in this event in years. It’s a different vibe this go-round. Instead of trying to write a book in a month, I’m challenging myself to show up every day.
I am so excited to celebrate progress & intention. #diy #author #poet #writingcommunity #joy
“There were children taken from their beds,
Now they’ll never make it to Neverland.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede:
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #grief #loss #poemsaboutanger #advocacy #writingcommunity
Now they’ll never make it to Neverland.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede:
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #grief #loss #poemsaboutanger #advocacy #writingcommunity
October 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“There were children taken from their beds,
Now they’ll never make it to Neverland.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede:
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #grief #loss #poemsaboutanger #advocacy #writingcommunity
Now they’ll never make it to Neverland.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede:
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #grief #loss #poemsaboutanger #advocacy #writingcommunity
“Two owls call from the trees,
But not to me,
Even the brightly-colored spiders
Don’t bother me,
They trap the fly that disturbs my peace.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede: open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #returnhome #writingcommunity #solitude #naturepoetry
But not to me,
Even the brightly-colored spiders
Don’t bother me,
They trap the fly that disturbs my peace.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede: open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #returnhome #writingcommunity #solitude #naturepoetry
October 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“Two owls call from the trees,
But not to me,
Even the brightly-colored spiders
Don’t bother me,
They trap the fly that disturbs my peace.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede: open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #returnhome #writingcommunity #solitude #naturepoetry
But not to me,
Even the brightly-colored spiders
Don’t bother me,
They trap the fly that disturbs my peace.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede: open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #returnhome #writingcommunity #solitude #naturepoetry
“I desperately long to fly
Somewhere, they go places
While I dream”
Read full poem, “Flight 10-224,” on Substack: slsweede.substack.com/p/flight-10-...
#poetry #dream #poemsaboutlonging #rebirth #heartbreak
Somewhere, they go places
While I dream”
Read full poem, “Flight 10-224,” on Substack: slsweede.substack.com/p/flight-10-...
#poetry #dream #poemsaboutlonging #rebirth #heartbreak
October 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“I desperately long to fly
Somewhere, they go places
While I dream”
Read full poem, “Flight 10-224,” on Substack: slsweede.substack.com/p/flight-10-...
#poetry #dream #poemsaboutlonging #rebirth #heartbreak
Somewhere, they go places
While I dream”
Read full poem, “Flight 10-224,” on Substack: slsweede.substack.com/p/flight-10-...
#poetry #dream #poemsaboutlonging #rebirth #heartbreak
October 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“I’m laughing on the driveway,
A melody, watch me float into the trees
Without this burden within me,
We’ve worn nothing but bed sheets all week”
— “Call it Burden,” S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #chronicillness #griefpoems
A melody, watch me float into the trees
Without this burden within me,
We’ve worn nothing but bed sheets all week”
— “Call it Burden,” S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #chronicillness #griefpoems
October 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“I’m laughing on the driveway,
A melody, watch me float into the trees
Without this burden within me,
We’ve worn nothing but bed sheets all week”
— “Call it Burden,” S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #chronicillness #griefpoems
A melody, watch me float into the trees
Without this burden within me,
We’ve worn nothing but bed sheets all week”
— “Call it Burden,” S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #chronicillness #griefpoems
“I am falling in love with America,
We are not okay.”
Read “America the Beautiful” by S.L. Sweede: slsweede.substack.com/p/america-th...
#poetry #america #amwriting #liberation
We are not okay.”
Read “America the Beautiful” by S.L. Sweede: slsweede.substack.com/p/america-th...
#poetry #america #amwriting #liberation
September 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“I am falling in love with America,
We are not okay.”
Read “America the Beautiful” by S.L. Sweede: slsweede.substack.com/p/america-th...
#poetry #america #amwriting #liberation
We are not okay.”
Read “America the Beautiful” by S.L. Sweede: slsweede.substack.com/p/america-th...
#poetry #america #amwriting #liberation
“When I close my eyes I see pieces of messages,
I heal across lifetimes,
A Violet garden crowns my head,
And when we insist, None of it is real,
I wish we would stop”
— excerpt from “When it Happens” by S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #writingcommunity #awakening
I heal across lifetimes,
A Violet garden crowns my head,
And when we insist, None of it is real,
I wish we would stop”
— excerpt from “When it Happens” by S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #writingcommunity #awakening
September 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“When I close my eyes I see pieces of messages,
I heal across lifetimes,
A Violet garden crowns my head,
And when we insist, None of it is real,
I wish we would stop”
— excerpt from “When it Happens” by S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #writingcommunity #awakening
I heal across lifetimes,
A Violet garden crowns my head,
And when we insist, None of it is real,
I wish we would stop”
— excerpt from “When it Happens” by S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #writingcommunity #awakening
September 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
What a Brave Home We Keep by S.L. Sweede
CONTENT WARNING: This poem contains sensitive verses about school shootings. Please prioritize your needs.
#poetrycommunity #schoolshootings #endgunviolence #protectkidsnotguns #americanfamilies
slsweede.substack.com/p/what-a-bra...
CONTENT WARNING: This poem contains sensitive verses about school shootings. Please prioritize your needs.
#poetrycommunity #schoolshootings #endgunviolence #protectkidsnotguns #americanfamilies
slsweede.substack.com/p/what-a-bra...
September 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
What a Brave Home We Keep by S.L. Sweede
CONTENT WARNING: This poem contains sensitive verses about school shootings. Please prioritize your needs.
#poetrycommunity #schoolshootings #endgunviolence #protectkidsnotguns #americanfamilies
slsweede.substack.com/p/what-a-bra...
CONTENT WARNING: This poem contains sensitive verses about school shootings. Please prioritize your needs.
#poetrycommunity #schoolshootings #endgunviolence #protectkidsnotguns #americanfamilies
slsweede.substack.com/p/what-a-bra...
We were Everywhere by S.L. Sweede
“If she knows, I didn’t tell her,
In her next life,
The song she sang in this one
Will call her home”
slsweede.substack.com/p/we-were-ev...
#femalepoets #poetry #hauntingpoetry #artisforever #wewereeverywhere #amwriting #writingcommunity
“If she knows, I didn’t tell her,
In her next life,
The song she sang in this one
Will call her home”
slsweede.substack.com/p/we-were-ev...
#femalepoets #poetry #hauntingpoetry #artisforever #wewereeverywhere #amwriting #writingcommunity
September 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We were Everywhere by S.L. Sweede
“If she knows, I didn’t tell her,
In her next life,
The song she sang in this one
Will call her home”
slsweede.substack.com/p/we-were-ev...
#femalepoets #poetry #hauntingpoetry #artisforever #wewereeverywhere #amwriting #writingcommunity
“If she knows, I didn’t tell her,
In her next life,
The song she sang in this one
Will call her home”
slsweede.substack.com/p/we-were-ev...
#femalepoets #poetry #hauntingpoetry #artisforever #wewereeverywhere #amwriting #writingcommunity
How to Live Forever by S.L. Sweede
“My belief
Is
An open meadow of lilac lupine
That was once a forest,
Roots like fangs,
Birthed from fire,
Saying, Look what beauty
Thrives from an inferno”
slsweede.substack.com/p/how-to-liv...
#femalepoets #poetrycommunity #spiritualawakening
“My belief
Is
An open meadow of lilac lupine
That was once a forest,
Roots like fangs,
Birthed from fire,
Saying, Look what beauty
Thrives from an inferno”
slsweede.substack.com/p/how-to-liv...
#femalepoets #poetrycommunity #spiritualawakening
September 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
How to Live Forever by S.L. Sweede
“My belief
Is
An open meadow of lilac lupine
That was once a forest,
Roots like fangs,
Birthed from fire,
Saying, Look what beauty
Thrives from an inferno”
slsweede.substack.com/p/how-to-liv...
#femalepoets #poetrycommunity #spiritualawakening
“My belief
Is
An open meadow of lilac lupine
That was once a forest,
Roots like fangs,
Birthed from fire,
Saying, Look what beauty
Thrives from an inferno”
slsweede.substack.com/p/how-to-liv...
#femalepoets #poetrycommunity #spiritualawakening
How to Keep Time by S.L. Sweede
“I keep time by seasons,
Tie twine to my children’s backpacks
In the ninth month of the calendar year,
Hope that magick keeps them safe,
Suspended between this moment and
Violence”
#guncontrol #poetrycommunity #schoolshootings
slsweede.substack.com/p/how-to-kee...
“I keep time by seasons,
Tie twine to my children’s backpacks
In the ninth month of the calendar year,
Hope that magick keeps them safe,
Suspended between this moment and
Violence”
#guncontrol #poetrycommunity #schoolshootings
slsweede.substack.com/p/how-to-kee...
August 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
How to Keep Time by S.L. Sweede
“I keep time by seasons,
Tie twine to my children’s backpacks
In the ninth month of the calendar year,
Hope that magick keeps them safe,
Suspended between this moment and
Violence”
#guncontrol #poetrycommunity #schoolshootings
slsweede.substack.com/p/how-to-kee...
“I keep time by seasons,
Tie twine to my children’s backpacks
In the ninth month of the calendar year,
Hope that magick keeps them safe,
Suspended between this moment and
Violence”
#guncontrol #poetrycommunity #schoolshootings
slsweede.substack.com/p/how-to-kee...
The Poison Pen Letter by S.L. Sweede
“The monster inside of me
Emerges from your shower’s fog,
I befriend the frightening creature
In your bathroom mirror,
You’re just a man about to fall.”
slsweede.substack.com/p/the-poison...
#poetry #amwriting #haunting #penisthesword #patriarchy
“The monster inside of me
Emerges from your shower’s fog,
I befriend the frightening creature
In your bathroom mirror,
You’re just a man about to fall.”
slsweede.substack.com/p/the-poison...
#poetry #amwriting #haunting #penisthesword #patriarchy
August 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Poison Pen Letter by S.L. Sweede
“The monster inside of me
Emerges from your shower’s fog,
I befriend the frightening creature
In your bathroom mirror,
You’re just a man about to fall.”
slsweede.substack.com/p/the-poison...
#poetry #amwriting #haunting #penisthesword #patriarchy
“The monster inside of me
Emerges from your shower’s fog,
I befriend the frightening creature
In your bathroom mirror,
You’re just a man about to fall.”
slsweede.substack.com/p/the-poison...
#poetry #amwriting #haunting #penisthesword #patriarchy
A United People by S.L. Sweede
slsweede.substack.com/p/a-united-p...
#femalepoets #poetrycommunity #unitedwestand #plutoinaquarius #writingcommunity
slsweede.substack.com/p/a-united-p...
#femalepoets #poetrycommunity #unitedwestand #plutoinaquarius #writingcommunity
August 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A United People by S.L. Sweede
slsweede.substack.com/p/a-united-p...
#femalepoets #poetrycommunity #unitedwestand #plutoinaquarius #writingcommunity
slsweede.substack.com/p/a-united-p...
#femalepoets #poetrycommunity #unitedwestand #plutoinaquarius #writingcommunity
My husband will forgive me
by S.L. Sweede
“When he arrives home,
Bags of groceries,
Full hands and arms,
A steel barrier, turned [Keep away].”
slsweede.substack.com/p/my-husband...
#femalepoets #writingcommunity #substackpoetry #blueskypoets #amwriting
by S.L. Sweede
“When he arrives home,
Bags of groceries,
Full hands and arms,
A steel barrier, turned [Keep away].”
slsweede.substack.com/p/my-husband...
#femalepoets #writingcommunity #substackpoetry #blueskypoets #amwriting
August 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My husband will forgive me
by S.L. Sweede
“When he arrives home,
Bags of groceries,
Full hands and arms,
A steel barrier, turned [Keep away].”
slsweede.substack.com/p/my-husband...
#femalepoets #writingcommunity #substackpoetry #blueskypoets #amwriting
by S.L. Sweede
“When he arrives home,
Bags of groceries,
Full hands and arms,
A steel barrier, turned [Keep away].”
slsweede.substack.com/p/my-husband...
#femalepoets #writingcommunity #substackpoetry #blueskypoets #amwriting
Gemini Voices by S.L. Sweede
“Coiled snake dancing up my spine,
Candles fill spaces in my mind,
A Hermit of seclusion, wisdom, Time,
It’s Time,
It’s Time,
A new voice emerging, arise.”
#geminichiron #throatchakra #kundaliniawakening #poetry #writingcommunity #voice
“Coiled snake dancing up my spine,
Candles fill spaces in my mind,
A Hermit of seclusion, wisdom, Time,
It’s Time,
It’s Time,
A new voice emerging, arise.”
#geminichiron #throatchakra #kundaliniawakening #poetry #writingcommunity #voice
August 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Gemini Voices by S.L. Sweede
“Coiled snake dancing up my spine,
Candles fill spaces in my mind,
A Hermit of seclusion, wisdom, Time,
It’s Time,
It’s Time,
A new voice emerging, arise.”
#geminichiron #throatchakra #kundaliniawakening #poetry #writingcommunity #voice
“Coiled snake dancing up my spine,
Candles fill spaces in my mind,
A Hermit of seclusion, wisdom, Time,
It’s Time,
It’s Time,
A new voice emerging, arise.”
#geminichiron #throatchakra #kundaliniawakening #poetry #writingcommunity #voice
I’m seeking pens I love. What do you recommend? #amwriting #writingcommunity #favoritepens #journaling
✨ I fill journals in about 4 months (250 pages of legal pad size)
✨ I use different colors
✨ I've always preferred felt sharpies, but they run out of ink too quickly
✨ I fill journals in about 4 months (250 pages of legal pad size)
✨ I use different colors
✨ I've always preferred felt sharpies, but they run out of ink too quickly
August 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I’m seeking pens I love. What do you recommend? #amwriting #writingcommunity #favoritepens #journaling
✨ I fill journals in about 4 months (250 pages of legal pad size)
✨ I use different colors
✨ I've always preferred felt sharpies, but they run out of ink too quickly
✨ I fill journals in about 4 months (250 pages of legal pad size)
✨ I use different colors
✨ I've always preferred felt sharpies, but they run out of ink too quickly
“I’ll make bouquets of these verses & stanzas, I promise her.”
— “I Promise Her,” by S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#femalepoet #chronicillness #amwriting #astrology #taurussun #sixthhouse #12thhouse
— “I Promise Her,” by S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#femalepoet #chronicillness #amwriting #astrology #taurussun #sixthhouse #12thhouse
August 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“I’ll make bouquets of these verses & stanzas, I promise her.”
— “I Promise Her,” by S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#femalepoet #chronicillness #amwriting #astrology #taurussun #sixthhouse #12thhouse
— “I Promise Her,” by S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#femalepoet #chronicillness #amwriting #astrology #taurussun #sixthhouse #12thhouse
July 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“The Writer’s Way” by S.L. Sweede
“Knowing that the moon is not always full,
The trees aren’t bare forever,
It’s not always easy
To trust the bud of something new
Will emerge overnight,
But so much comes alive
Before the light returns.”
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#writingcommunity #poetry
“Knowing that the moon is not always full,
The trees aren’t bare forever,
It’s not always easy
To trust the bud of something new
Will emerge overnight,
But so much comes alive
Before the light returns.”
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#writingcommunity #poetry
July 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
“The Writer’s Way” by S.L. Sweede
“Knowing that the moon is not always full,
The trees aren’t bare forever,
It’s not always easy
To trust the bud of something new
Will emerge overnight,
But so much comes alive
Before the light returns.”
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#writingcommunity #poetry
“Knowing that the moon is not always full,
The trees aren’t bare forever,
It’s not always easy
To trust the bud of something new
Will emerge overnight,
But so much comes alive
Before the light returns.”
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Thank you, everyone. I’m grateful to connect with all of you & I’m looking forward to finding more beauty & voices on BlueSky & Substack.
#jupiterincancer #firsthouse #writingcommunity #substackpoet #substackauthor #jupitersquaremars #northnodeconjunctjupiter #piscesmidheaven #jupitertrinepluto
#jupiterincancer #firsthouse #writingcommunity #substackpoet #substackauthor #jupitersquaremars #northnodeconjunctjupiter #piscesmidheaven #jupitertrinepluto
July 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Thank you, everyone. I’m grateful to connect with all of you & I’m looking forward to finding more beauty & voices on BlueSky & Substack.
#jupiterincancer #firsthouse #writingcommunity #substackpoet #substackauthor #jupitersquaremars #northnodeconjunctjupiter #piscesmidheaven #jupitertrinepluto
#jupiterincancer #firsthouse #writingcommunity #substackpoet #substackauthor #jupitersquaremars #northnodeconjunctjupiter #piscesmidheaven #jupitertrinepluto
A Love Letter to Pluto by S.L. Sweede
“What light emanates from art remained.”
slsweede.substack.com/p/love-lette...
#leonewmoon #sunopposepluto #moonopposepluto #plutoconjunctsun #plutoconjunctmoon #poetrycommunity #amwriting #astrologer
“What light emanates from art remained.”
slsweede.substack.com/p/love-lette...
#leonewmoon #sunopposepluto #moonopposepluto #plutoconjunctsun #plutoconjunctmoon #poetrycommunity #amwriting #astrologer
July 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A Love Letter to Pluto by S.L. Sweede
“What light emanates from art remained.”
slsweede.substack.com/p/love-lette...
#leonewmoon #sunopposepluto #moonopposepluto #plutoconjunctsun #plutoconjunctmoon #poetrycommunity #amwriting #astrologer
“What light emanates from art remained.”
slsweede.substack.com/p/love-lette...
#leonewmoon #sunopposepluto #moonopposepluto #plutoconjunctsun #plutoconjunctmoon #poetrycommunity #amwriting #astrologer
If Women Could Talk by S.L. Sweede
“In the next era we’ll call her a queen,
Speak of her transformation,
Record gospels of her great floods and cleansing fires,
Celebrate her courage
When all of us ignored her pleas to change ourselves.”
slsweede.substack.com/p/if-women-c...
#poetry #amwriting
“In the next era we’ll call her a queen,
Speak of her transformation,
Record gospels of her great floods and cleansing fires,
Celebrate her courage
When all of us ignored her pleas to change ourselves.”
slsweede.substack.com/p/if-women-c...
#poetry #amwriting
July 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
If Women Could Talk by S.L. Sweede
“In the next era we’ll call her a queen,
Speak of her transformation,
Record gospels of her great floods and cleansing fires,
Celebrate her courage
When all of us ignored her pleas to change ourselves.”
slsweede.substack.com/p/if-women-c...
#poetry #amwriting
“In the next era we’ll call her a queen,
Speak of her transformation,
Record gospels of her great floods and cleansing fires,
Celebrate her courage
When all of us ignored her pleas to change ourselves.”
slsweede.substack.com/p/if-women-c...
#poetry #amwriting