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Alexandra Grant
@alexandragrant8229.com
I write words that breathe and stories that linger because I refuse to let them die in my drafts folder. With poetry, prose, and overthinking, I share my antics with you all. Find links on my website. Follow me just because. https://alexandragrant8229.com
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I have had many loves in my life. Of all of them, one beat out the rest by giving me something no other could. He gave me love for a lifetime.
spilledink-wp.alexandragrant8229.comFalling for OctoberI've been juggling five loves for years and I'm not even sorry about it. One's all empty promises. One won't stop dragging me out to do things. One's a charmer who shows up right on schedule, every year, no fail. One goes ice cold and ghosts for months. And one showed up out of nowhere and ruined me for the other four.
@poetry-with-hart.bsky.social The ripped-open test and the missing name on the other end made this ache. That kind of silence is its own loss. Beautifully hollow, and I'm glad you wrote it.
For #PoemsAbout #Hollow: "A Torn Heart" @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #BlueskyPoets
I cleared out my curio cabinet, traded my old books for store credit, and went shopping for more books. Decluttering is going great. A Top Story on Vocal. #Decluttering #Minimalism #Storytelling #WritingCommunity #SpilledInk vocal.media/writers/have...
Ink Trail Newsletter: Issue 10 Free Kindle copies, a new website page, and forty emails in forty outfits: this week’s Ink Trail, plus The Crayon Corner.
spilledink-wp.alexandragrant8229.comInk Trail Newsletter: Issue 10Free Kindle copies, a new website page, and forty emails in forty outfits: this week’s Ink Trail, plus The Crayon Corner.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0HNL55L3... Worldly Affairs and Drama Queen is out on Kindle. Poems about the state of the world and whoever is being dramatic about it. I'm in it. I won't say which one is me. #NewBook #NewRelease #Poetry #Poems #SpilledInk
vocal.media/poets/abando... New poem: Abandoned, Fallow Land. A heart left in drought, and what one small drop of love can do about it. Gardening metaphors have never been this thirsty. #Poetry #Poem #SadPoetry #WritingCommunity #Love
vocal.mediaAbandoned, Fallow LandThirsting for a Drop of Love
October brings cozy feelings and thoughts of hunkering down by a fire under a warm blanket. It invites us to come in after a long journey away.
spilledink-wp.alexandragrant8229.comBlankets and BinkiesBabies are beautiful, warm, cuddly, and parents rave about their sweet perfection. What no one warns you about is their projectile-throwing capacity.
medium.com/the-gravity/... I should have come with a warning label. New essay: I am a Type A person, my phone is on silent, and I yell at computers. Read at your own risk. #Essays #Humor #WritingCommunity #TypeA #Perfectionism
medium.comBuyer Beware: Type A PersonWith a Side of Dumpster Fire
alexandragrant8229.medium.com/the-earth-st... What if the internet just stopped and your whole family had to look at each other? A short story about one dead phone screen and a grandma who knew it all along. 8 minute read. #ShortStory #Fiction #DigitalDetox
alexandragrant8229.medium.comThe Earth Stood StillThe Old Became New
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youtube.com/shorts/5N2ls... A Torn Heart, read aloud. A forgotten winter coat, a fallen trinket, a memory that will not stay buried. Full poem: medium.com/the-rabbit-n... #Poetry #Grief #Poem #Loss #Memory
youtube.comA Torn Heart: A Poem of Grief and MemoryYouTube video by Ink and Echo
You are elated! You are confirmed pregnant by two innocent little pink lines, and the party begins. No one warns you about the warning lights flashing, too!
spilledink-wp.alexandragrant8229.comHidden WarningsYou are elated! You are confirmed pregnant by two innocent little pink lines, and the party begins. No one warns you about the warning lights flashing, too!
Some people leave and take the light with them. This poem is for the day the brilliance went out. Read the rest of The Sun and Stars Dimmed on Medium: medium.com/dancing-elep... #Poetry #Grief #Poem #Loss #Writing
medium.com/the-rabbit-n... The Rabbit Note's writing challenge asked what ordinary objects can hold. Mine dug through an old coat and found a key, a matchbox and a photograph. Tea and a tissue recommended. #Poetry #WritingChallenge #PoetryCommunity #PoemsOnMedium
medium.comThe Things We Leave Behind: A Writing ChallengeA Torn Heart — Barren and Hollow
My husband got called for jury duty. In the 25 years we have been married, he's stayed under the radar, and today his text cracked me up so hard.
spilledink-wp.alexandragrant8229.comImprov at the CourthouseMy husband got called for jury duty. In the 25 years we have been married, he's stayed under the radar, and today his text cracked me up so hard.
medium.com/the-inner-ca... Yes, I am Alexandra Grant. No, not that one. A short essay on sharing a name with someone else and every mix-up that followed. #Essay #Identity #Humor #Writing #Authors
medium.comI Am Alexandra GrantNo. Not That One!
medium.com/no-time/ange... I read the news, I hear the conversations, and everyone is furious. I have decided I do not have time for it. Anger is for the young, and I am busy. #Essay #Society #Culture #Mindfulness #Writing
medium.comAnger Is for the YoungI Don’t Have Time for Anger
kitchenpassport.alexandragrant8229.com/popeyes-new-... Your kid will not eat spinach. Your kid will eat anything fried. Meet the spinach croquette, the sneakiest peace treaty at the dinner table. #Recipe #Food #Foodie #Cooking #EasyRecipes
kitchenpassport.alexandragrant8229.comPopeye’s New Spinach CroquettesEat Your Spinach
medium.com/dancing-elep... Some people leave and take the light with them. This poem is for the day the brilliance went out. The Sun and Stars Dimmed, in Dancing Elephants Press on Medium. #Poetry #Grief #Poem #Loss #Writing
medium.comThe Sun and Stars DimmedThe Day They Lost Their Brilliance
vocal.media/poets/incubu... A poem about a machine that knows everything and still cannot find the right word. It has my whole vocabulary and none of my feelings. Incubus of Dreams, free on Vocal. #Poetry #Poem
vocal.mediaIncubus of DreamsSwindler in Daylight