List: Poetry | Curated by J.N. Estey

May 2, 2023

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Poetry
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Ode to Fine Lines (Aging Is a Privilege)
Apr 20, 2023
Apr 20, 2023
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That Time I Went to the New York Botanical Garden in the Dead of Winterhair days unwashed
coat dirty and too thin for the season
too tired to buy warmth
too tired to care about the cold
Dec 17, 2022
Dec 17, 2022
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Family
Nov 22, 2022
Nov 22, 2022
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Purgatory
Oct 4, 2022
Oct 4, 2022
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Inner Childthe person I see
gazing back at me
is not an enemy
or an abyss
or any form of emptiness
or malevolence at all
the soul I see is gentle
who…
Feb 21, 2021
Feb 21, 2021
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Continuuma piece of you
lives on in me
and in that way
we found a way
to be together
after all
Feb 21, 2021
Feb 21, 2021
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Closureto laugh
and to cry
in the same place
and to allow neither
to leave
a stain
Feb 21, 2021
Feb 21, 2021
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Wholeyou are not
dirty
just because someone
with unclean hands
dared
to touch you
Feb 22, 2021
Feb 22, 2021
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A Prayerrepeat into belief
repeat into truth
light seeps in
hallelujah
Feb 22, 2021
Feb 22, 2021
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Everything is Connected
Feb 24, 2021
Feb 24, 2021
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Willow & Elm
Feb 24, 2021
Feb 24, 2021
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Ode to Selfeven if
no one else
does
thank god
for me
Feb 24, 2021
Feb 24, 2021
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Winter Sunjust as you are
every dawn
thawed or frozen
every day
just as you are
just as you
just you
Feb 26, 2021
Feb 26, 2021
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Earthshineif you are the sun
then I will be the moon
just so you will always know
that moonlight
is sunlight too
Feb 28, 2021
Feb 28, 2021
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Unreliable Narratorjust because
you feel helpless
doesn’t mean
you are
Feb 28, 2021
Feb 28, 2021
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Nature’s Spectrumas the sea embraces rain
water is the same
love’s love no matter the name
Mar 2, 2021
Mar 2, 2021
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On Being Brokeon sleeping on the 1 train
because it’s the dead of winter
and you don’t yet have an apartment
but still can’t afford a hotel
Mar 2, 2021
1
Mar 2, 2021
1
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A Different Kind of Foreverwhen your abusive ex
unblocks you on Instagram
crawling back like a failed apex
and a weakened battering ram
Mar 2, 2021
Mar 2, 2021
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Venusbe soft and gentle
genuine and true
and with every fiber
of my being
I will love each and every
part of you
Mar 5, 2021
Mar 5, 2021
J.N. Estey
Resurrection
Mar 5, 2021
Mar 5, 2021

Poetry

Ode to Fine Lines (Aging Is a Privilege)

That Time I Went to the New York Botanical Garden in the Dead of Winter

hair days unwashed coat dirty and too thin for the season too tired to buy warmth too tired to care about the cold

Family

Purgatory

Inner Child

the person I see gazing back at me is not an enemy or an abyss or any form of emptiness or malevolence at all the soul I see is gentle who…

Continuum

a piece of you lives on in me and in that way we found a way to be together after all

Closure

to laugh and to cry in the same place and to allow neither to leave a stain

Whole

you are not dirty just because someone with unclean hands dared to touch you

A Prayer

repeat into belief repeat into truth light seeps in hallelujah

Everything is Connected

Willow & Elm

Ode to Self

even if no one else does thank god for me

Winter Sun

just as you are every dawn thawed or frozen every day just as you are just as you just you

Earthshine

if you are the sun then I will be the moon just so you will always know that moonlight is sunlight too

Unreliable Narrator

just because you feel helpless doesn’t mean you are

Nature’s Spectrum

as the sea embraces rain water is the same love’s love no matter the name

On Being Broke

on sleeping on the 1 train because it’s the dead of winter and you don’t yet have an apartment but still can’t afford a hotel

A Different Kind of Forever

when your abusive ex unblocks you on Instagram crawling back like a failed apex and a weakened battering ram

Venus

be soft and gentle genuine and true and with every fiber of my being I will love each and every part of you

Resurrection

J.N. Estey