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I think tomorrow my spirit may unfold
like the flowers are this Spring

Josiah Olson
May 6, 20241 min read
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Oak Tree
growing up is realizing
theres no end to the Winters

Josiah Olson
Apr 25, 20241 min read
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where did the robins go?
hundreds of worms and not a robin in sight //
an odd omen indeed

Josiah Olson
Apr 17, 20241 min read
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Nuria
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I made a pact with Nuria I met her in a dream...

Josiah Olson
Mar 21, 20242 min read
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Desirée
French name, Spanish-German, raised in Ecuador, married a Jewish Russian man. I met Desirée in the Fargo airport, heading to Washington...

Josiah Olson
Mar 20, 20242 min read
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Inside our Home
"Daddy, do you want a beer?"
Angel asked me.
We were sitting on the couch, playing pretend.

Josiah Olson
Mar 17, 20241 min read
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Ugly Art
I haven't written poetry in a couple of days Just been watching sunrises and sunsets Walking Spending time with Mary before she moves...

Josiah Olson
Mar 7, 20242 min read
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Magnets
Seems an awful lot Of goddam work Trying to keep Two magnets half an inch apart And for what?

Josiah Olson
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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Sweet Things
I love sweet things I could just sit here drink honey out of a bottle or ice cream out of a tub or I could just hold you forever stare...

Josiah Olson
Mar 1, 20241 min read
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Winter Storm
I'm drowning they tell me it gets better I made a painting today two actually I wrote a couple poems I cleaned my shit up took out the...

Josiah Olson
Feb 29, 20243 min read
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![🧡My Orange Heart🧡 [Ch.3: The River]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/688b00_4aa94eb8df9145e891f810513671e930~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/688b00_4aa94eb8df9145e891f810513671e930~mv2.webp)
![🧡My Orange Heart🧡 [Ch.3: The River]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/688b00_4aa94eb8df9145e891f810513671e930~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/688b00_4aa94eb8df9145e891f810513671e930~mv2.webp)
🧡My Orange Heart🧡 [Ch.3: The River]
this brings me to the hardest part the river the death of our only child you see, the stars... they had already spoken and it was not her...

Rikyu
Feb 28, 20242 min read
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![🧡My Orange Heart🧡 [Ch.2: The Door]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/688b00_d1c1adfb5d9a45328fe5f664ae11dbd5~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/688b00_d1c1adfb5d9a45328fe5f664ae11dbd5~mv2.webp)
![🧡My Orange Heart🧡 [Ch.2: The Door]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/688b00_d1c1adfb5d9a45328fe5f664ae11dbd5~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/688b00_d1c1adfb5d9a45328fe5f664ae11dbd5~mv2.webp)
🧡My Orange Heart🧡 [Ch.2: The Door]
She shut herself away behind a thick door of oak black wrought iron latch locked tight She was screaming into a blanket muffled cries I...

Rikyu
Feb 27, 20242 min read
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the whole world to paint
this life I don't think I get it the way she runs when I walk close to her and comes up behind me to kiss my cheek the moment I look away...

Josiah Olson
Feb 26, 20242 min read
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![🧡My Orange Heart🧡 [Ch.1: The Ring]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/688b00_ca250e40f92146119831106b518c5873~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/688b00_ca250e40f92146119831106b518c5873~mv2.webp)
![🧡My Orange Heart🧡 [Ch.1: The Ring]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/688b00_ca250e40f92146119831106b518c5873~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/688b00_ca250e40f92146119831106b518c5873~mv2.webp)
🧡My Orange Heart🧡 [Ch.1: The Ring]
She is everything I know, tho I don't know her Yet Cuz my heart has never Danced the way its dancing Now I chase her thru the city Her...

Rikyu
Feb 22, 20241 min read
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Red Season, Again
When the fire hits Hot in the chest Leaves me teary eyed And I'm watching the sun Rise out of a tin can of a home Like the walls r so...

Rikyu
Feb 19, 20241 min read
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The Idol of My Youth
Love: the idol of my youth gold as the rising sun yet dead and lifeless bitter as they come Love, the way I learn'd it is rotten at its...

Rikyu
Feb 18, 20241 min read
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Summer Sun
i went without love 4 so long i forgot its like oxygen i forgot its like the sun guess i wasn't breathing much those days guess i wasn't...

Rikyu
Feb 15, 20241 min read
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