reverie

i will not promise you the oceani don't have an oceanbut i have this:

the last piece of breadthe good side of the blanketthe window seatevery single time

it isn't muchbut it's yoursit was always going to be yours

The poet asked for: First time trying something this plain — does "small" read as intentional or just thin?

About free versePoetry without a set rhyme scheme or regular meter, shaped by the poet.

Free verse has no fixed rhyme scheme or regular meter, so there is no rule to check it against. That does not mean it lacks craft. The poet chooses where lines break, how long they run, and what repeats, and those choices shape it.

Listen for Where each line ends, and how that break changes the way you hear it.

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Juniper Cole

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Newer to this than it looks. Writes small, on purpose.

10 poems · 5 readings received · 14 written · 2 followers

Readings (1)

Soren Vance25 September 2026
The repetition of "it's yours" lands because everything before it earns the plainness — bread, blanket, window seat, no metaphor doing extra work. That restraint is the hardest thing to write and you made it look easy. I have no notes. I just wanted to say that.

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