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Poetry

Restoration

October 28, 2026November 13, 2026 by Katie Ellyn

I’ll sit here until I have peace in my soulUntil all the tension from my shoulders can fallAll the stories and burdens and secrets I

Poetry

Presence

April 6, 2026April 6, 2026 by Katie Ellyn

I am with youI feel your needNot to be conceived or decipheredBut carefully metA nearby presenceUnobtrusiveYet clearing awayKeeping at bayThat which might disturbOr cause unrestI

Poetry

Dissociate

April 6, 2026April 6, 2026 by Katie Ellyn

I don’t know if I’m realThough I think and I feelI touch and I seeI breathe and believeAnd engage and doThen a moment comesA pauseThat

Poetry

Look, See

November 3, 2025January 3, 2026 by Katie Ellyn

You look differentI don’t mean the way you appearThat is neither there nor hereI mean what lies behind your eyesThat which peers out of youPerceiving

Poetry

An Unknown Wind

September 23, 2025October 17, 2025 by Katie Ellyn

I hear you speakYou do not whistle you do not roarNor whine nor blowYou rise and fallLike waves on the shoreWhat word to describe that

Philosophy

Election Reflection 2025

May 4, 2025May 8, 2025 by Katie Ellyn

I have a professional background in statistics, health and population statistics specifically, and for many years election night with Antony Green and his jaunty tie

Poetry

Still Water

April 20, 2025May 31, 2026 by Katie Ellyn

I go down to the water and my mind falls stillNo thought can enter inI went with the intent to writeOn the most significant of

Poetry

First Light

December 21, 2024May 31, 2026 by Katie Ellyn

There is poetry in the unfettered bushIn the sun in the breezeIn the grass in the leavesIn the bushes and the treesFurry body scurrying feetSinging

Poetry

When She Calls

September 22, 2024May 31, 2026 by Katie Ellyn

Some days I awakenUnsettled and shakenAnd I know it is not a day like any otherBut a day for retreatA day on which I need

Poetry

Warble

August 17, 2024May 31, 2026 by Katie Ellyn

Birds sing for the joy of the dayNo more quintessential soundThan the magpie atop a metal light poleSinging his joySinging his heart across the streetscapeThe

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