It’s a mindset, not the dream
You’re the one who has to change
You’re the one who has to change
January 7, 2026 at 10:16 PM
It’s a mindset, not the dream
You’re the one who has to change
You’re the one who has to change
You don’t get abundance by wanting it.
You get it by sitting down, opening the vein, and letting old ideas out.
What’s left has room to grow.💗
You get it by sitting down, opening the vein, and letting old ideas out.
What’s left has room to grow.💗
January 5, 2026 at 2:57 AM
You don’t get abundance by wanting it.
You get it by sitting down, opening the vein, and letting old ideas out.
What’s left has room to grow.💗
You get it by sitting down, opening the vein, and letting old ideas out.
What’s left has room to grow.💗
It’s a slippery slope
I’m posting great ideas, ones that have worked for me in the past. The trouble is, they don’t solve things, they soothe instead.
I make beauty
I hold space
I write toward truth
I don’t rush impact
I trust the ripple
What do you offer in times of collective chaos?
I’m posting great ideas, ones that have worked for me in the past. The trouble is, they don’t solve things, they soothe instead.
I make beauty
I hold space
I write toward truth
I don’t rush impact
I trust the ripple
What do you offer in times of collective chaos?
January 4, 2026 at 3:05 AM
It’s a slippery slope
I’m posting great ideas, ones that have worked for me in the past. The trouble is, they don’t solve things, they soothe instead.
I make beauty
I hold space
I write toward truth
I don’t rush impact
I trust the ripple
What do you offer in times of collective chaos?
I’m posting great ideas, ones that have worked for me in the past. The trouble is, they don’t solve things, they soothe instead.
I make beauty
I hold space
I write toward truth
I don’t rush impact
I trust the ripple
What do you offer in times of collective chaos?
I hate writers who wait for inspiration.
They talk about it like a rare bird
They talk about how it hasn’t landed yet,
how the weather isn’t right,
how the season feels off.
They talk about it like a rare bird
They talk about how it hasn’t landed yet,
how the weather isn’t right,
how the season feels off.
December 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I hate writers who wait for inspiration.
They talk about it like a rare bird
They talk about how it hasn’t landed yet,
how the weather isn’t right,
how the season feels off.
They talk about it like a rare bird
They talk about how it hasn’t landed yet,
how the weather isn’t right,
how the season feels off.
Leaving is easy.
Anyone can go when it gets cold, or quiet, or uncomfortable.
Staying takes patience, attention, and courage
Out on the ice, what survives isn’t what runs away, it’s what holds firm.
Staying isn’t weakness
It’s strength that doesn’t need an exit
and it’s why anything lasts.
Anyone can go when it gets cold, or quiet, or uncomfortable.
Staying takes patience, attention, and courage
Out on the ice, what survives isn’t what runs away, it’s what holds firm.
Staying isn’t weakness
It’s strength that doesn’t need an exit
and it’s why anything lasts.
December 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Leaving is easy.
Anyone can go when it gets cold, or quiet, or uncomfortable.
Staying takes patience, attention, and courage
Out on the ice, what survives isn’t what runs away, it’s what holds firm.
Staying isn’t weakness
It’s strength that doesn’t need an exit
and it’s why anything lasts.
Anyone can go when it gets cold, or quiet, or uncomfortable.
Staying takes patience, attention, and courage
Out on the ice, what survives isn’t what runs away, it’s what holds firm.
Staying isn’t weakness
It’s strength that doesn’t need an exit
and it’s why anything lasts.
A bridge invokes a story of leaving without looking back.
I once thought crossing it was the win
Some things don’t need escaping.
They need naming.
And when you name them, the power changes hands.
I once thought crossing it was the win
Some things don’t need escaping.
They need naming.
And when you name them, the power changes hands.
December 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A bridge invokes a story of leaving without looking back.
I once thought crossing it was the win
Some things don’t need escaping.
They need naming.
And when you name them, the power changes hands.
I once thought crossing it was the win
Some things don’t need escaping.
They need naming.
And when you name them, the power changes hands.
“You stayed because love
had been taught as endurance,
because hope is persuasive,
because leaving looks loud
from the inside.
”by Tree Langdon, Words In Motion
had been taught as endurance,
because hope is persuasive,
because leaving looks loud
from the inside.
”by Tree Langdon, Words In Motion
December 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“You stayed because love
had been taught as endurance,
because hope is persuasive,
because leaving looks loud
from the inside.
”by Tree Langdon, Words In Motion
had been taught as endurance,
because hope is persuasive,
because leaving looks loud
from the inside.
”by Tree Langdon, Words In Motion
If you think you have nothing to write about, you’ve stopped paying attention.
December 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If you think you have nothing to write about, you’ve stopped paying attention.
I used to think I needed more words to explain myself.
Then I looked down at my scuffed boots and realized I’d already said everything by showing up.
Then I looked down at my scuffed boots and realized I’d already said everything by showing up.
December 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I used to think I needed more words to explain myself.
Then I looked down at my scuffed boots and realized I’d already said everything by showing up.
Then I looked down at my scuffed boots and realized I’d already said everything by showing up.
If you’re waiting for the world to be decent before you live bravely, you’re choosing comfort over aliveness.
Bloom right in the middle of the thorns.
I dare you.
Bloom right in the middle of the thorns.
I dare you.
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If you’re waiting for the world to be decent before you live bravely, you’re choosing comfort over aliveness.
Bloom right in the middle of the thorns.
I dare you.
Bloom right in the middle of the thorns.
I dare you.
December 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
You have the key, the world awaits
“Arise and take the hardest step to love that is beyond the walls. Go find your truth outside the gate You have the key, the world awaits.” Tree Langdon
“Arise and take the hardest step to love that is beyond the walls. Go find your truth outside the gate You have the key, the world awaits.” Tree Langdon
You have the key, the world awaits
“Arise and take the hardest step to love that is beyond the walls. Go find your truth outside the gate You have the key, the world awaits.” Tree Langdon
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October 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
You have the key, the world awaits
“Arise and take the hardest step to love that is beyond the walls. Go find your truth outside the gate You have the key, the world awaits.” Tree Langdon
“Arise and take the hardest step to love that is beyond the walls. Go find your truth outside the gate You have the key, the world awaits.” Tree Langdon
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The Quiet Between Things
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Waving from a Distance on Words In Motion
Quality prose and poem. Superb, really. Also, thanks for the explanation. I write some Haiku, but although I'd looked up Haibun, I'd thought at the time, I do not understand. Yet. Your explanation and...
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September 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The Quiet Between Things
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Overwhelm Is A Liar
I’m Tree Langdon, a best-selling poet, artist, editor, and traveling photographer.To find out more about me, check this out. Why Join Me? Life is a series of lessons, and I’ve learned my share. I’ve been the boss of other people and am learning how to be the boss of me. I lived…
I’m Tree Langdon, a best-selling poet, artist, editor, and traveling photographer.To find out more about me, check this out. Why Join Me? Life is a series of lessons, and I’ve learned my share. I’ve been the boss of other people and am learning how to be the boss of me. I lived…
Overwhelm Is A Liar
I’m Tree Langdon, a best-selling poet, artist, editor, and traveling photographer.To find out more about me, check this out. Why Join Me? Life is a series of lessons, and I’ve learned my share. I’ve been the boss of other people and am learning how to be the boss of me. I lived on my own at 16, learning things you can only discover on the street.
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Overwhelm Is A Liar
I’m Tree Langdon, a best-selling poet, artist, editor, and traveling photographer.To find out more about me, check this out. Why Join Me? Life is a series of lessons, and I’ve learned my share. I’ve been the boss of other people and am learning how to be the boss of me. I lived…
I’m Tree Langdon, a best-selling poet, artist, editor, and traveling photographer.To find out more about me, check this out. Why Join Me? Life is a series of lessons, and I’ve learned my share. I’ve been the boss of other people and am learning how to be the boss of me. I lived…
Are You Stuck in Your Stuff?
I love writing and collaborating with others. So leave a comment if: You have a burning interest in a topic. I’ll do my best to cover it for you. You want to share a cool tool or app that improved your life. You have a word that you wish were in the dictionary (I love…
I love writing and collaborating with others. So leave a comment if: You have a burning interest in a topic. I’ll do my best to cover it for you. You want to share a cool tool or app that improved your life. You have a word that you wish were in the dictionary (I love…
Are You Stuck in Your Stuff?
I love writing and collaborating with others. So leave a comment if: You have a burning interest in a topic. I’ll do my best to cover it for you. You want to share a cool tool or app that improved your life. You have a word that you wish were in the dictionary (I love that) You just want to say hello!
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Are You Stuck in Your Stuff?
I love writing and collaborating with others. So leave a comment if: You have a burning interest in a topic. I’ll do my best to cover it for you. You want to share a cool tool or app that improved your life. You have a word that you wish were in the dictionary (I love…
I love writing and collaborating with others. So leave a comment if: You have a burning interest in a topic. I’ll do my best to cover it for you. You want to share a cool tool or app that improved your life. You have a word that you wish were in the dictionary (I love…
Overwhelm Is A Liar
I was reading the profile of a writer I recently met and noticed that Adam Slawson used a word I’d never heard of: “vulnerebel”. He used it like this: Vulnerebel — “Writing about being a vulnerebel in life, love and business. Founder of Plight Club — The first rule is: you DO…
I was reading the profile of a writer I recently met and noticed that Adam Slawson used a word I’d never heard of: “vulnerebel”. He used it like this: Vulnerebel — “Writing about being a vulnerebel in life, love and business. Founder of Plight Club — The first rule is: you DO…
Overwhelm Is A Liar
I was reading the profile of a writer I recently met and noticed that Adam Slawson used a word I’d never heard of: “vulnerebel”. He used it like this: Vulnerebel — “Writing about being a vulnerebel in life, love and business. Founder of Plight Club — The first rule is: you DO talk about it- Paid subscribers can access the entire archive of my stories from the beginning, along with my poetry and every article I’ve ever written…
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Overwhelm Is A Liar
I was reading the profile of a writer I recently met and noticed that Adam Slawson used a word I’d never heard of: “vulnerebel”. He used it like this: Vulnerebel — “Writing about being a vulnerebel in life, love and business. Founder of Plight Club — The first rule is: you DO…
I was reading the profile of a writer I recently met and noticed that Adam Slawson used a word I’d never heard of: “vulnerebel”. He used it like this: Vulnerebel — “Writing about being a vulnerebel in life, love and business. Founder of Plight Club — The first rule is: you DO…
Pantoum Poetry Challenge
Words In Motion invites you to play with words Photo by Author - GeorgeTown, Malaysia, 2024 It’s time for a new poetry challenge! I’ve been playing around with different forms of poetry and thought it would be a great way to challenge our brains. Let’s write a Pantoum! We…
Words In Motion invites you to play with words Photo by Author - GeorgeTown, Malaysia, 2024 It’s time for a new poetry challenge! I’ve been playing around with different forms of poetry and thought it would be a great way to challenge our brains. Let’s write a Pantoum! We…
Pantoum Poetry Challenge
Words In Motion invites you to play with words Photo by Author - GeorgeTown, Malaysia, 2024 It’s time for a new poetry challenge! I’ve been playing around with different forms of poetry and thought it would be a great way to challenge our brains. Let’s write a Pantoum! We were in Malaysia last year, so I was intrigued when I discovered a form of poetry that originated there.
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Pantoum Poetry Challenge
Words In Motion invites you to play with words Photo by Author - GeorgeTown, Malaysia, 2024 It’s time for a new poetry challenge! I’ve been playing around with different forms of poetry and thought it would be a great way to challenge our brains. Let’s write a Pantoum! We…
Words In Motion invites you to play with words Photo by Author - GeorgeTown, Malaysia, 2024 It’s time for a new poetry challenge! I’ve been playing around with different forms of poetry and thought it would be a great way to challenge our brains. Let’s write a Pantoum! We…
