AmyLee
@amyleewrites.bsky.social
Poetry
Short stories
Historical fiction
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Short stories
Historical fiction
Read my work on
http://medium.com/@amylee_53969
https://amygirlwrites.com/
Chat is for friends only
No politics - No religion
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AmyLee
@amyleewrites.bsky.social
· Nov 30
The Secret Lives of Ancestors: A California Pioneer Saga, Book 1: Amylee: 9798986083841: Amazon.com: Books
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Lost & found
myself again
while waiting
for salvation
on a mountainside
within a dream
love's grandest
exhortation
signal fire's
marking time
where air
is thin & rarefied
treetops dancing
to the clouds
& truth remains
a mystery sanctified
#wordedart
myself again
while waiting
for salvation
on a mountainside
within a dream
love's grandest
exhortation
signal fire's
marking time
where air
is thin & rarefied
treetops dancing
to the clouds
& truth remains
a mystery sanctified
#wordedart
August 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Lost & found
myself again
while waiting
for salvation
on a mountainside
within a dream
love's grandest
exhortation
signal fire's
marking time
where air
is thin & rarefied
treetops dancing
to the clouds
& truth remains
a mystery sanctified
#wordedart
myself again
while waiting
for salvation
on a mountainside
within a dream
love's grandest
exhortation
signal fire's
marking time
where air
is thin & rarefied
treetops dancing
to the clouds
& truth remains
a mystery sanctified
#wordedart
Summertime Prompt - Day 3
June 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Summertime Prompt - Day 3
My poetry books are on super-duper sale on Amazon, which is great for folks wanting to grow their poetry collections! See links below!
June 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
My poetry books are on super-duper sale on Amazon, which is great for folks wanting to grow their poetry collections! See links below!
I was a foreign object
a nail in the tire
when I wished
I were the prize
in the cereal box
instead
last one standing
in musical chairs
where sole purpose
humiliation
for a solitary child
am I too sensitive
& should I toughen up
I am a foreign object
#wordedart
a nail in the tire
when I wished
I were the prize
in the cereal box
instead
last one standing
in musical chairs
where sole purpose
humiliation
for a solitary child
am I too sensitive
& should I toughen up
I am a foreign object
#wordedart
May 29, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I was a foreign object
a nail in the tire
when I wished
I were the prize
in the cereal box
instead
last one standing
in musical chairs
where sole purpose
humiliation
for a solitary child
am I too sensitive
& should I toughen up
I am a foreign object
#wordedart
a nail in the tire
when I wished
I were the prize
in the cereal box
instead
last one standing
in musical chairs
where sole purpose
humiliation
for a solitary child
am I too sensitive
& should I toughen up
I am a foreign object
#wordedart
Local folks! Caitlyn's playing this coming Sunday at 2 p.m. in Miwuk Village, CA, at Diamond Jim's. It's going to be a wonderful afternoon!
May 25, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Local folks! Caitlyn's playing this coming Sunday at 2 p.m. in Miwuk Village, CA, at Diamond Jim's. It's going to be a wonderful afternoon!
miles traveled
mind on the move
the turns life has taken
underneath worn soles
little pebbles were
bricks & cobbled stones
weeds & wildflowers in cracks
birds on wires
nests elegantly perched
atop old telephone poles
sun rises & sets
heart squeezes
at simple things
#vsspoem
mind on the move
the turns life has taken
underneath worn soles
little pebbles were
bricks & cobbled stones
weeds & wildflowers in cracks
birds on wires
nests elegantly perched
atop old telephone poles
sun rises & sets
heart squeezes
at simple things
#vsspoem
May 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
miles traveled
mind on the move
the turns life has taken
underneath worn soles
little pebbles were
bricks & cobbled stones
weeds & wildflowers in cracks
birds on wires
nests elegantly perched
atop old telephone poles
sun rises & sets
heart squeezes
at simple things
#vsspoem
mind on the move
the turns life has taken
underneath worn soles
little pebbles were
bricks & cobbled stones
weeds & wildflowers in cracks
birds on wires
nests elegantly perched
atop old telephone poles
sun rises & sets
heart squeezes
at simple things
#vsspoem
On this Mother's Day, I'm thinking of how quickly childhood passes, and how lucky I am to have such a wonderful daughter.
You can find this poem and others in my second book of poetry, More Bright and Shiny Things.
bookshop.org/p/books/more...
You can find this poem and others in my second book of poetry, More Bright and Shiny Things.
bookshop.org/p/books/more...
May 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
On this Mother's Day, I'm thinking of how quickly childhood passes, and how lucky I am to have such a wonderful daughter.
You can find this poem and others in my second book of poetry, More Bright and Shiny Things.
bookshop.org/p/books/more...
You can find this poem and others in my second book of poetry, More Bright and Shiny Things.
bookshop.org/p/books/more...
If you're in the neighborhood...stop on by. I'll be selling my books at this event. I would love to meet you!
April 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
If you're in the neighborhood...stop on by. I'll be selling my books at this event. I would love to meet you!
I need to be ignited
My secret heart's grown dim
I need to burn it bright
All else would be a sin
Let me set a conflagration
And do my pages write
I'll beg the muses' intervention
I need to burn it bright.
#vsspoem
My secret heart's grown dim
I need to burn it bright
All else would be a sin
Let me set a conflagration
And do my pages write
I'll beg the muses' intervention
I need to burn it bright.
#vsspoem
April 23, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I need to be ignited
My secret heart's grown dim
I need to burn it bright
All else would be a sin
Let me set a conflagration
And do my pages write
I'll beg the muses' intervention
I need to burn it bright.
#vsspoem
My secret heart's grown dim
I need to burn it bright
All else would be a sin
Let me set a conflagration
And do my pages write
I'll beg the muses' intervention
I need to burn it bright.
#vsspoem
Down on my belly
in the garden
on the grass
with dirty toes
poked into damp soil
I watched
as pill bugs
marched along
on clovers & dandelions
& sour grass stalks
put my face
right down into the earth
breathed in life
until I was summoned
for bath time, then pajamas.
#vsspoem
in the garden
on the grass
with dirty toes
poked into damp soil
I watched
as pill bugs
marched along
on clovers & dandelions
& sour grass stalks
put my face
right down into the earth
breathed in life
until I was summoned
for bath time, then pajamas.
#vsspoem
April 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Down on my belly
in the garden
on the grass
with dirty toes
poked into damp soil
I watched
as pill bugs
marched along
on clovers & dandelions
& sour grass stalks
put my face
right down into the earth
breathed in life
until I was summoned
for bath time, then pajamas.
#vsspoem
in the garden
on the grass
with dirty toes
poked into damp soil
I watched
as pill bugs
marched along
on clovers & dandelions
& sour grass stalks
put my face
right down into the earth
breathed in life
until I was summoned
for bath time, then pajamas.
#vsspoem
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of Bird with a Bright Object. What?!?! I was so busy trying to figure out how to make MP3s that I missed it. But I've put the link in comments and I'd sure love it if you'd buy a copy. Tomorrow begins National Poetry Month!
March 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of Bird with a Bright Object. What?!?! I was so busy trying to figure out how to make MP3s that I missed it. But I've put the link in comments and I'd sure love it if you'd buy a copy. Tomorrow begins National Poetry Month!
I was a guest on a local radio show recently. It's always so much fun to hang out with the folks at KAAD-LP 103.5 in Sonora, California. I've dropped the links in the comments if you're interested in hearing a couple of my poems from my book, More Bright and Shiny Things.
March 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I was a guest on a local radio show recently. It's always so much fun to hang out with the folks at KAAD-LP 103.5 in Sonora, California. I've dropped the links in the comments if you're interested in hearing a couple of my poems from my book, More Bright and Shiny Things.
@wordsfrmanthrroom.bsky.social did me the honor of voicing this poem from my book Bird with a Bright Object. It's such a wonderful reading, please take a listen. Thank you, my friend.
This poem from @amyleewrites.bsky.social's book Bird with a Bright Object really resonated with me. If you haven't checked out her writing yet, you should. I hope my reading of the poem does it justice✨️
March 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
@wordsfrmanthrroom.bsky.social did me the honor of voicing this poem from my book Bird with a Bright Object. It's such a wonderful reading, please take a listen. Thank you, my friend.
trying
to think better
of myself
when the voices
in my head
the ones that belittle
are so loud
for the countless times
I've heard
you can't
you won't
change the words
and watch
as I change my life
#vsspoem
to think better
of myself
when the voices
in my head
the ones that belittle
are so loud
for the countless times
I've heard
you can't
you won't
change the words
and watch
as I change my life
#vsspoem
March 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
trying
to think better
of myself
when the voices
in my head
the ones that belittle
are so loud
for the countless times
I've heard
you can't
you won't
change the words
and watch
as I change my life
#vsspoem
to think better
of myself
when the voices
in my head
the ones that belittle
are so loud
for the countless times
I've heard
you can't
you won't
change the words
and watch
as I change my life
#vsspoem
Right in my sights.
There it was,
my fondest wish.
Never before
have I felt so scared
to take a chance
and take the dare.
What if I failed
What if I didn't?
#vsspoem
There it was,
my fondest wish.
Never before
have I felt so scared
to take a chance
and take the dare.
What if I failed
What if I didn't?
#vsspoem
February 27, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Right in my sights.
There it was,
my fondest wish.
Never before
have I felt so scared
to take a chance
and take the dare.
What if I failed
What if I didn't?
#vsspoem
There it was,
my fondest wish.
Never before
have I felt so scared
to take a chance
and take the dare.
What if I failed
What if I didn't?
#vsspoem
Goodbye to you
I said
and I knew I'd be sorry
that this was only meant
to last so long
and then it's
over
once and for all -
And sorry I was.
I've said
farewell before
and will
say it again,
I'm sure.
It is the sweet pain
of life.
#vsspoem
I said
and I knew I'd be sorry
that this was only meant
to last so long
and then it's
over
once and for all -
And sorry I was.
I've said
farewell before
and will
say it again,
I'm sure.
It is the sweet pain
of life.
#vsspoem
January 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Goodbye to you
I said
and I knew I'd be sorry
that this was only meant
to last so long
and then it's
over
once and for all -
And sorry I was.
I've said
farewell before
and will
say it again,
I'm sure.
It is the sweet pain
of life.
#vsspoem
I said
and I knew I'd be sorry
that this was only meant
to last so long
and then it's
over
once and for all -
And sorry I was.
I've said
farewell before
and will
say it again,
I'm sure.
It is the sweet pain
of life.
#vsspoem
Moments of grace
a second's casual accounting
just a speck on the dial
surely we could spend a few
in idle contemplation
or conversation
because we never know
do we when
we'll come back to this place
once again.
#vsspoem
a second's casual accounting
just a speck on the dial
surely we could spend a few
in idle contemplation
or conversation
because we never know
do we when
we'll come back to this place
once again.
#vsspoem
January 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Moments of grace
a second's casual accounting
just a speck on the dial
surely we could spend a few
in idle contemplation
or conversation
because we never know
do we when
we'll come back to this place
once again.
#vsspoem
a second's casual accounting
just a speck on the dial
surely we could spend a few
in idle contemplation
or conversation
because we never know
do we when
we'll come back to this place
once again.
#vsspoem
Now are the days
I beseech
The sun to rise
Shun winter's cold
Shine persistently
& Call the worms & daffodils
Push through frozen soil
Journey madly
As seasons race time
Begin again.
#vsspoem
I beseech
The sun to rise
Shun winter's cold
Shine persistently
& Call the worms & daffodils
Push through frozen soil
Journey madly
As seasons race time
Begin again.
#vsspoem
January 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Now are the days
I beseech
The sun to rise
Shun winter's cold
Shine persistently
& Call the worms & daffodils
Push through frozen soil
Journey madly
As seasons race time
Begin again.
#vsspoem
I beseech
The sun to rise
Shun winter's cold
Shine persistently
& Call the worms & daffodils
Push through frozen soil
Journey madly
As seasons race time
Begin again.
#vsspoem