Joanna Lindblad
@joannalindblad.bsky.social
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Jo is a new author with her first self - published poetry book [a sliver so slight] focusing on the chaos of loss. Available: amazon.com/dp/B0FHKZYH7T Website: joannalindblad.com
![Relinquish the perception
that you are but a stone
worn down to grains of sand
by force or will unknown
~from the poem [all life flows] by Joanna Lindblad](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjyx73nahf264fdu5ozp4e6l/bafkreibbi5q3kuhh5y6hsmv7u2axhl43ylaxxkwjomlo7uwu7yc2gud3ca)
![Dread not the night
for soon, a rising come
the dark veil slips, so sudden
there, I will find you… come the dawn
~from the poem [dread not] by Joanna Lindblad](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjyx73nahf264fdu5ozp4e6l/bafkreicl6l3rx46tmy45oset3nxxhsmzoy5hd3azxd5rpwvpgb56lbzxwm)
![It takes time
to mend
So be kind… to yourself
Be gentle
Have mercy
Stay open
to that next breath
That next step
Keep moving
~from the poem [what good can come] by Joanna Lindblad](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjyx73nahf264fdu5ozp4e6l/bafkreifzzztn7gdbyldtuu3pd2xas2ciypcfxnz76mgnglebwgnn5vmubu)
![From distant shores opposing
only emptiness leaves trace
ripples of once was reach out
slowly dissipate
~from the poem [cerulean hue] by Joanna Lindblad](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjyx73nahf264fdu5ozp4e6l/bafkreiao4vr2e5b2mrhzz7cihvynufx6weizxsqh2dycomqz6kgjg3nyzm)
![stung by unattainable desire
wait to cross treacherous waters
into the storms of passion
~from the poem [what is it to suffer] by Joanna Lindblad](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjyx73nahf264fdu5ozp4e6l/bafkreiffrnrqjxv4k7tzicsfl2zdjmopbc3noeghasv45zhofgxxi2hmje)
![Benefits of pretending
come at a cost… is our trust so uneasily
Earned; breaks the one
unworthy to fix the fault profound…
~from the poem [c\h/asm] by Joanna Lindblad](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjyx73nahf264fdu5ozp4e6l/bafkreibvk4vxpj56f4fbqar6ojfepzerpaa6zruzywjhpo6i57qnay2liq)
![twisted as growl of feline warn
such signal determines flight
strain against resistance
of teeth gnashed indent of bite
~from the poem [cleanskin] by Joanna Lindblad](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjyx73nahf264fdu5ozp4e6l/bafkreialxz2hvc7a3aeumlbxu3bpxtfdbjwu2g32vjdlrhskqmognbhz7y)
![On the cusp of opposing signs
silence fiery battles with waring cry
water flowing, earth grounding, sky
slipping, falling, landing, lie
~from the poem [cusp] by Joanna Lindblad](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjyx73nahf264fdu5ozp4e6l/bafkreicsxkwokak42bfr4dwwlykentnykllbshbgusg5ystfxcsol46zdy)
![May water cleanse the earth
and fire purify the sky
masked malevolence in eclipse
the blood moon shall rise
~from the poem [soulless eyes] by Joanna Lindblad](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjyx73nahf264fdu5ozp4e6l/bafkreihnjgg7abuudkgfsslrpfs7lc5a3oevd5g52ob7twnrvi36ry55ge)
![I am empty, but not alone
scared of this place
where I take up space
cold, gasping… I am (not) suffering…
~from the poem [peace left quietly] by Joanna Lindblad](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjyx73nahf264fdu5ozp4e6l/bafkreidihq2474m5vkvxf3mntg7psh2tmgp5yhgt54mnaqrxdydivcxnai)
![“Down hallowed halls
filled with the left and loss
The mourning gather
still voice sings soft
Beneath polished pews
behind dim glass stained
Reverence echoes…
and the rain never came”
~from the poem [October] by Joanna Lindblad](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjyx73nahf264fdu5ozp4e6l/bafkreicdqip5nazuujm36mhgrxokydehgn6zoak4mvsefrylemksilcg4u)
![“within the current of murky waters
struggling to keep
the sunken wreckage turns to rust with
the dissent of all undermined”
~from the poem [fathom] by Joanna Lindblad
Background is subtle waves in dark water.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjyx73nahf264fdu5ozp4e6l/bafkreifyqxcnzjna26hxot4l342oi7ndn2jvx4mbvzg7bzvwsgf4vgxdey)
![Lost within the gray
of these cold, stark days
where above mirrors below
a slow dying of souls…
Opposites attract then disenchant
within the shivers of my discontent
I succumb to a fate
unknown…
~from the poem [turning] by Joanna Lindblad](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjyx73nahf264fdu5ozp4e6l/bafkreiaxsxkoogn54dajtxyqlr7w4dekef3nqz7wpfnc2gpiea72s6yl2y)
