fran kw is writing ✍🏻💜
@thestillestsea.bsky.social
she/her, 33 - writing poetry/essays/fiction. also crafts, mental health memes, husband and a cat. bi, shy and determined not to cry 💖💜💙
✍️ thestillestsea.substack.com ✍️
buy me a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thestillestsea
✍️ thestillestsea.substack.com ✍️
buy me a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thestillestsea
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rebuild, rerun and whadda ya gonna do: Manchester Half 2025 and other stories
a sequel to the 2024 running essay. also featured: some musings on gratitude, negativity, and slowing the f down
open.substack.com
The essay is out. I like it. I hope you like it? Yeah, let’s go with that. Running (a half marathon, and myself ragged) and trying to reinvent myself, and my writing. Consider this Season Two of ‘the stillest sea’.
open.substack.com/pub/thestill...
open.substack.com/pub/thestill...
Christmas #nails are here!!! They remind me of fancy wrapping paper from John Lewis. amazing work as ever from my tech bestie - fashi0n.victim_ on Instagram 💅🏻
December 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Christmas #nails are here!!! They remind me of fancy wrapping paper from John Lewis. amazing work as ever from my tech bestie - fashi0n.victim_ on Instagram 💅🏻
making some watercolour Christmas cards, hoping they don't get too wet in the post. My mum isn't a Christmas person but when I lived at home point she delivered post for our village reading a black 'Bah Humbug' hat, so that one is for her!
December 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
making some watercolour Christmas cards, hoping they don't get too wet in the post. My mum isn't a Christmas person but when I lived at home point she delivered post for our village reading a black 'Bah Humbug' hat, so that one is for her!
how much can you shamelessly repost your same #poetry post for engagement purposes??? well this plucky young woman is trying to find out: open.substack.com/pub/thestill...
a collection of poems written 2014 - 2025
over eleven years. and yes, i did think of the Bright Eyes album when I wrote this post
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
how much can you shamelessly repost your same #poetry post for engagement purposes??? well this plucky young woman is trying to find out: open.substack.com/pub/thestill...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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can't believe this is real but my electric hob has had some sort of software update and now I have to unlock it before use every time and I'm so mad and also baffled like how did this happen?? what??
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
can't believe this is real but my electric hob has had some sort of software update and now I have to unlock it before use every time and I'm so mad and also baffled like how did this happen?? what??
wooloo mug my beloved 😭 look at him!!! also someone asked the best question about the mug and Pokémon centre did not know how to process it
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
wooloo mug my beloved 😭 look at him!!! also someone asked the best question about the mug and Pokémon centre did not know how to process it
I'm exhausted and I have a migraine so I'm gonna just retreat into my oodie like it's a little shell. and uh also promote last week's poetry post because I think it's dead good. love y'all x open.substack.com/pub/thestill...
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm exhausted and I have a migraine so I'm gonna just retreat into my oodie like it's a little shell. and uh also promote last week's poetry post because I think it's dead good. love y'all x open.substack.com/pub/thestill...
Thought I was cooked but why the hell did I start with such a non strategic word 😅
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Thought I was cooked but why the hell did I start with such a non strategic word 😅
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maybe you prefer viewing poems in video form?? anyway, I thought this would be fun ☺️ 🩷 #poetry #poetrycommunity
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
maybe you prefer viewing poems in video form?? anyway, I thought this would be fun ☺️ 🩷 #poetry #poetrycommunity
wake up babe new (and old) poems just dropped: open.substack.com/pub/thestill... #poetry #poetrycommunity
a collection of poems written 2014 - 2025
over eleven years. and yes, i did think of the Bright Eyes album when I wrote this post
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
wake up babe new (and old) poems just dropped: open.substack.com/pub/thestill... #poetry #poetrycommunity
just Ichi being adorable on the sofa. We went from having a very Not Cuddly cat to having a needy greedy cat who must sit next to her dad 🥹😭
November 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
just Ichi being adorable on the sofa. We went from having a very Not Cuddly cat to having a needy greedy cat who must sit next to her dad 🥹😭
writing poems in the back of the Uber on my way to therapy because for some reason I get car sick on my way to therapy and at no other time.
it's a bit heavy, fair warning. #poetry #poetrycommunity
it's a bit heavy, fair warning. #poetry #poetrycommunity
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
writing poems in the back of the Uber on my way to therapy because for some reason I get car sick on my way to therapy and at no other time.
it's a bit heavy, fair warning. #poetry #poetrycommunity
it's a bit heavy, fair warning. #poetry #poetrycommunity
Reposted by fran kw is writing ✍🏻💜
I also made more ✨aesthetic✨ graphics and updated the about page among other things. It's a lot more grown up now! Can't believe it's been three years. But yeah, here's some quotes from the longer piece.
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I also made more ✨aesthetic✨ graphics and updated the about page among other things. It's a lot more grown up now! Can't believe it's been three years. But yeah, here's some quotes from the longer piece.
i'm working on a new substack post, this time it'll be poetry flavoured. found some of my old stuff from 2014 when i was 22 and actually to my surprise I still liked all of them. that's growth girl! 😊💜
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
i'm working on a new substack post, this time it'll be poetry flavoured. found some of my old stuff from 2014 when i was 22 and actually to my surprise I still liked all of them. that's growth girl! 😊💜
Reposted by fran kw is writing ✍🏻💜
The essay is out. I like it. I hope you like it? Yeah, let’s go with that. Running (a half marathon, and myself ragged) and trying to reinvent myself, and my writing. Consider this Season Two of ‘the stillest sea’.
open.substack.com/pub/thestill...
open.substack.com/pub/thestill...
rebuild, rerun and whadda ya gonna do: Manchester Half 2025 and other stories
a sequel to the 2024 running essay. also featured: some musings on gratitude, negativity, and slowing the f down
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The essay is out. I like it. I hope you like it? Yeah, let’s go with that. Running (a half marathon, and myself ragged) and trying to reinvent myself, and my writing. Consider this Season Two of ‘the stillest sea’.
open.substack.com/pub/thestill...
open.substack.com/pub/thestill...
eight wonderful years -
the best decision I made
was being your wife.
happy anniversary, @woodhouse3d.com ❤️🥹 #haiku
the best decision I made
was being your wife.
happy anniversary, @woodhouse3d.com ❤️🥹 #haiku
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
eight wonderful years -
the best decision I made
was being your wife.
happy anniversary, @woodhouse3d.com ❤️🥹 #haiku
the best decision I made
was being your wife.
happy anniversary, @woodhouse3d.com ❤️🥹 #haiku
just watched season five episode twelve of the sopranos for the first time and I'm absolutely devastated 😭 how dare this show be so good at messing with my emotions!!!!
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
just watched season five episode twelve of the sopranos for the first time and I'm absolutely devastated 😭 how dare this show be so good at messing with my emotions!!!!
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Reposted by fran kw is writing ✍🏻💜
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Time will pass
more quickly
exponentially
Appreciate the moment
you will never get it back
Say I love you
and mean it
Rest days
are
imperative
#poetry
Time will pass
more quickly
exponentially
Appreciate the moment
you will never get it back
Say I love you
and mean it
Rest days
are
imperative
#poetry
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Time will pass
more quickly
exponentially
Appreciate the moment
you will never get it back
Say I love you
and mean it
Rest days
are
imperative
#poetry
Time will pass
more quickly
exponentially
Appreciate the moment
you will never get it back
Say I love you
and mean it
Rest days
are
imperative
#poetry