Writing by S.L. Sweede
@slsweede.bsky.social
Poetry | Astrology | Heart-led creativity
A devotion to emotion through thoughtful, Heart-led creativity.
Poetry: slsweede.substack.com
A devotion to emotion through thoughtful, Heart-led creativity.
Poetry: slsweede.substack.com
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I publish poetry on Substack that explores awakening, relationships, current events, mysteries (sacred, psychological, behavioral, among others), & sexuality.
I’m seeking to expand my knowledge, creative power, & self-awareness. I am thirsty for brilliant, sharp, & courageous writing & expression.
I’m seeking to expand my knowledge, creative power, & self-awareness. I am thirsty for brilliant, sharp, & courageous writing & expression.
✨Fifty poems on Substack.
✨Fifty expressions of joy, fulfillment, creative power, & truth.
I am so happy to be here with you.
— S.L. Sweede
Poem #50: “Return to Me”
slsweede.substack.com/p/return-to-me
#poetry #lovepoems #pastlife #karmicrelationship #wedding #soulmates
✨Fifty expressions of joy, fulfillment, creative power, & truth.
I am so happy to be here with you.
— S.L. Sweede
Poem #50: “Return to Me”
slsweede.substack.com/p/return-to-me
#poetry #lovepoems #pastlife #karmicrelationship #wedding #soulmates
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
✨Fifty poems on Substack.
✨Fifty expressions of joy, fulfillment, creative power, & truth.
I am so happy to be here with you.
— S.L. Sweede
Poem #50: “Return to Me”
slsweede.substack.com/p/return-to-me
#poetry #lovepoems #pastlife #karmicrelationship #wedding #soulmates
✨Fifty expressions of joy, fulfillment, creative power, & truth.
I am so happy to be here with you.
— S.L. Sweede
Poem #50: “Return to Me”
slsweede.substack.com/p/return-to-me
#poetry #lovepoems #pastlife #karmicrelationship #wedding #soulmates
I have an outline, a characters sketch document, and a WIP open.
Months in the making. The trust & patience that this would unfold in time served me so well. #amwriting #nanowrimo
What are you working on?
Months in the making. The trust & patience that this would unfold in time served me so well. #amwriting #nanowrimo
What are you working on?
November 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I have an outline, a characters sketch document, and a WIP open.
Months in the making. The trust & patience that this would unfold in time served me so well. #amwriting #nanowrimo
What are you working on?
Months in the making. The trust & patience that this would unfold in time served me so well. #amwriting #nanowrimo
What are you working on?
My #NaNoWriMo DIY calendar.
I haven’t participated in this event in years. It’s a different vibe this go-round. Instead of trying to write a book in a month, I’m challenging myself to show up every day.
I am so excited to celebrate progress & intention. #diy #author #poet #writingcommunity #joy
I haven’t participated in this event in years. It’s a different vibe this go-round. Instead of trying to write a book in a month, I’m challenging myself to show up every day.
I am so excited to celebrate progress & intention. #diy #author #poet #writingcommunity #joy
November 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My #NaNoWriMo DIY calendar.
I haven’t participated in this event in years. It’s a different vibe this go-round. Instead of trying to write a book in a month, I’m challenging myself to show up every day.
I am so excited to celebrate progress & intention. #diy #author #poet #writingcommunity #joy
I haven’t participated in this event in years. It’s a different vibe this go-round. Instead of trying to write a book in a month, I’m challenging myself to show up every day.
I am so excited to celebrate progress & intention. #diy #author #poet #writingcommunity #joy
“You & I crack jokes & later, I cry over the sink,
The kids take birthday photos in front of your tree,
They call you their aunt & I wish for eternity,
Like we don’t already have everything
Across lifetimes & what’s left of this season.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede
#poetry #griefpoems #cancer
The kids take birthday photos in front of your tree,
They call you their aunt & I wish for eternity,
Like we don’t already have everything
Across lifetimes & what’s left of this season.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede
#poetry #griefpoems #cancer
My Soul Knew Before I Did
My Soul knew before I did In the Barnes & Noble last Tuesday, I think you are my Soulmate. The last time this happened, It was love, And isn’t that what overwhelm and longing reflect In the gilded mir...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“You & I crack jokes & later, I cry over the sink,
The kids take birthday photos in front of your tree,
They call you their aunt & I wish for eternity,
Like we don’t already have everything
Across lifetimes & what’s left of this season.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede
#poetry #griefpoems #cancer
The kids take birthday photos in front of your tree,
They call you their aunt & I wish for eternity,
Like we don’t already have everything
Across lifetimes & what’s left of this season.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede
#poetry #griefpoems #cancer
Imagine watching “The Sound of Music” and rooting for Rolf.
October 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Imagine watching “The Sound of Music” and rooting for Rolf.
“I love her, I love her,
So do the people who march & demand to be protected like a few at the top who manipulate a system,
Can we devote ourselves to every one of each other,
Think beyond the narrative of one person?” #nokings
Read “America, the Beautiful”: open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
So do the people who march & demand to be protected like a few at the top who manipulate a system,
Can we devote ourselves to every one of each other,
Think beyond the narrative of one person?” #nokings
Read “America, the Beautiful”: open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
October 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“I love her, I love her,
So do the people who march & demand to be protected like a few at the top who manipulate a system,
Can we devote ourselves to every one of each other,
Think beyond the narrative of one person?” #nokings
Read “America, the Beautiful”: open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
So do the people who march & demand to be protected like a few at the top who manipulate a system,
Can we devote ourselves to every one of each other,
Think beyond the narrative of one person?” #nokings
Read “America, the Beautiful”: open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
“There were children taken from their beds,
Now they’ll never make it to Neverland.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede:
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#poetry #grief #loss #poemsaboutanger #advocacy #writingcommunity
Now they’ll never make it to Neverland.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede:
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#poetry #grief #loss #poemsaboutanger #advocacy #writingcommunity
October 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“There were children taken from their beds,
Now they’ll never make it to Neverland.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede:
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #grief #loss #poemsaboutanger #advocacy #writingcommunity
Now they’ll never make it to Neverland.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede:
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #grief #loss #poemsaboutanger #advocacy #writingcommunity
“Two owls call from the trees,
But not to me,
Even the brightly-colored spiders
Don’t bother me,
They trap the fly that disturbs my peace.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede: open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #returnhome #writingcommunity #solitude #naturepoetry
But not to me,
Even the brightly-colored spiders
Don’t bother me,
They trap the fly that disturbs my peace.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede: open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #returnhome #writingcommunity #solitude #naturepoetry
October 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“Two owls call from the trees,
But not to me,
Even the brightly-colored spiders
Don’t bother me,
They trap the fly that disturbs my peace.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede: open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #returnhome #writingcommunity #solitude #naturepoetry
But not to me,
Even the brightly-colored spiders
Don’t bother me,
They trap the fly that disturbs my peace.”
Read the full poem by S.L. Sweede: open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #returnhome #writingcommunity #solitude #naturepoetry
“I desperately long to fly
Somewhere, they go places
While I dream”
Read full poem, “Flight 10-224,” on Substack: slsweede.substack.com/p/flight-10-...
#poetry #dream #poemsaboutlonging #rebirth #heartbreak
Somewhere, they go places
While I dream”
Read full poem, “Flight 10-224,” on Substack: slsweede.substack.com/p/flight-10-...
#poetry #dream #poemsaboutlonging #rebirth #heartbreak
October 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“I desperately long to fly
Somewhere, they go places
While I dream”
Read full poem, “Flight 10-224,” on Substack: slsweede.substack.com/p/flight-10-...
#poetry #dream #poemsaboutlonging #rebirth #heartbreak
Somewhere, they go places
While I dream”
Read full poem, “Flight 10-224,” on Substack: slsweede.substack.com/p/flight-10-...
#poetry #dream #poemsaboutlonging #rebirth #heartbreak
I publish poetry on Substack that explores awakening, relationships, current events, mysteries (sacred, psychological, behavioral, among others), & sexuality.
I’m seeking to expand my knowledge, creative power, & self-awareness. I am thirsty for brilliant, sharp, & courageous writing & expression.
I’m seeking to expand my knowledge, creative power, & self-awareness. I am thirsty for brilliant, sharp, & courageous writing & expression.
October 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I publish poetry on Substack that explores awakening, relationships, current events, mysteries (sacred, psychological, behavioral, among others), & sexuality.
I’m seeking to expand my knowledge, creative power, & self-awareness. I am thirsty for brilliant, sharp, & courageous writing & expression.
I’m seeking to expand my knowledge, creative power, & self-awareness. I am thirsty for brilliant, sharp, & courageous writing & expression.
October 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“I’m laughing on the driveway,
A melody, watch me float into the trees
Without this burden within me,
We’ve worn nothing but bed sheets all week”
— “Call it Burden,” S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #chronicillness #griefpoems
A melody, watch me float into the trees
Without this burden within me,
We’ve worn nothing but bed sheets all week”
— “Call it Burden,” S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #chronicillness #griefpoems
October 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“I’m laughing on the driveway,
A melody, watch me float into the trees
Without this burden within me,
We’ve worn nothing but bed sheets all week”
— “Call it Burden,” S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #chronicillness #griefpoems
A melody, watch me float into the trees
Without this burden within me,
We’ve worn nothing but bed sheets all week”
— “Call it Burden,” S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #chronicillness #griefpoems
Reposted by Writing by S.L. Sweede
September 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“I am falling in love with America,
We are not okay.”
Read “America the Beautiful” by S.L. Sweede: slsweede.substack.com/p/america-th...
#poetry #america #amwriting #liberation
We are not okay.”
Read “America the Beautiful” by S.L. Sweede: slsweede.substack.com/p/america-th...
#poetry #america #amwriting #liberation
September 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“I am falling in love with America,
We are not okay.”
Read “America the Beautiful” by S.L. Sweede: slsweede.substack.com/p/america-th...
#poetry #america #amwriting #liberation
We are not okay.”
Read “America the Beautiful” by S.L. Sweede: slsweede.substack.com/p/america-th...
#poetry #america #amwriting #liberation
“When I close my eyes I see pieces of messages,
I heal across lifetimes,
A Violet garden crowns my head,
And when we insist, None of it is real,
I wish we would stop”
— excerpt from “When it Happens” by S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #writingcommunity #awakening
I heal across lifetimes,
A Violet garden crowns my head,
And when we insist, None of it is real,
I wish we would stop”
— excerpt from “When it Happens” by S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #writingcommunity #awakening
September 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“When I close my eyes I see pieces of messages,
I heal across lifetimes,
A Violet garden crowns my head,
And when we insist, None of it is real,
I wish we would stop”
— excerpt from “When it Happens” by S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #writingcommunity #awakening
I heal across lifetimes,
A Violet garden crowns my head,
And when we insist, None of it is real,
I wish we would stop”
— excerpt from “When it Happens” by S.L. Sweede
open.substack.com/pub/slsweede...
#poetry #writingcommunity #awakening
September 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I’m reading “Sea Witch” by Sarah Henning and “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë simultaneously.
The leaves are falling and I’m learning to surrender what I’ll never understand.
I am settling into myself and recognize her.
— Peace Part III
#poetry #amwriting #femalepoet #writingcommunity #peace
The leaves are falling and I’m learning to surrender what I’ll never understand.
I am settling into myself and recognize her.
— Peace Part III
#poetry #amwriting #femalepoet #writingcommunity #peace
September 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I’m reading “Sea Witch” by Sarah Henning and “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë simultaneously.
The leaves are falling and I’m learning to surrender what I’ll never understand.
I am settling into myself and recognize her.
— Peace Part III
#poetry #amwriting #femalepoet #writingcommunity #peace
The leaves are falling and I’m learning to surrender what I’ll never understand.
I am settling into myself and recognize her.
— Peace Part III
#poetry #amwriting #femalepoet #writingcommunity #peace
What a Brave Home We Keep by S.L. Sweede
CONTENT WARNING: This poem contains sensitive verses about school shootings. Please prioritize your needs.
#poetrycommunity #schoolshootings #endgunviolence #protectkidsnotguns #americanfamilies
slsweede.substack.com/p/what-a-bra...
CONTENT WARNING: This poem contains sensitive verses about school shootings. Please prioritize your needs.
#poetrycommunity #schoolshootings #endgunviolence #protectkidsnotguns #americanfamilies
slsweede.substack.com/p/what-a-bra...
September 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
What a Brave Home We Keep by S.L. Sweede
CONTENT WARNING: This poem contains sensitive verses about school shootings. Please prioritize your needs.
#poetrycommunity #schoolshootings #endgunviolence #protectkidsnotguns #americanfamilies
slsweede.substack.com/p/what-a-bra...
CONTENT WARNING: This poem contains sensitive verses about school shootings. Please prioritize your needs.
#poetrycommunity #schoolshootings #endgunviolence #protectkidsnotguns #americanfamilies
slsweede.substack.com/p/what-a-bra...
We were Everywhere by S.L. Sweede
“If she knows, I didn’t tell her,
In her next life,
The song she sang in this one
Will call her home”
slsweede.substack.com/p/we-were-ev...
#femalepoets #poetry #hauntingpoetry #artisforever #wewereeverywhere #amwriting #writingcommunity
“If she knows, I didn’t tell her,
In her next life,
The song she sang in this one
Will call her home”
slsweede.substack.com/p/we-were-ev...
#femalepoets #poetry #hauntingpoetry #artisforever #wewereeverywhere #amwriting #writingcommunity
September 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We were Everywhere by S.L. Sweede
“If she knows, I didn’t tell her,
In her next life,
The song she sang in this one
Will call her home”
slsweede.substack.com/p/we-were-ev...
#femalepoets #poetry #hauntingpoetry #artisforever #wewereeverywhere #amwriting #writingcommunity
“If she knows, I didn’t tell her,
In her next life,
The song she sang in this one
Will call her home”
slsweede.substack.com/p/we-were-ev...
#femalepoets #poetry #hauntingpoetry #artisforever #wewereeverywhere #amwriting #writingcommunity
How to Live Forever by S.L. Sweede
“My belief
Is
An open meadow of lilac lupine
That was once a forest,
Roots like fangs,
Birthed from fire,
Saying, Look what beauty
Thrives from an inferno”
slsweede.substack.com/p/how-to-liv...
#femalepoets #poetrycommunity #spiritualawakening
“My belief
Is
An open meadow of lilac lupine
That was once a forest,
Roots like fangs,
Birthed from fire,
Saying, Look what beauty
Thrives from an inferno”
slsweede.substack.com/p/how-to-liv...
#femalepoets #poetrycommunity #spiritualawakening
September 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
How to Live Forever by S.L. Sweede
“My belief
Is
An open meadow of lilac lupine
That was once a forest,
Roots like fangs,
Birthed from fire,
Saying, Look what beauty
Thrives from an inferno”
slsweede.substack.com/p/how-to-liv...
#femalepoets #poetrycommunity #spiritualawakening
“My belief
Is
An open meadow of lilac lupine
That was once a forest,
Roots like fangs,
Birthed from fire,
Saying, Look what beauty
Thrives from an inferno”
slsweede.substack.com/p/how-to-liv...
#femalepoets #poetrycommunity #spiritualawakening
How to Keep Time by S.L. Sweede
“I keep time by seasons,
Tie twine to my children’s backpacks
In the ninth month of the calendar year,
Hope that magick keeps them safe,
Suspended between this moment and
Violence”
#guncontrol #poetrycommunity #schoolshootings
slsweede.substack.com/p/how-to-kee...
“I keep time by seasons,
Tie twine to my children’s backpacks
In the ninth month of the calendar year,
Hope that magick keeps them safe,
Suspended between this moment and
Violence”
#guncontrol #poetrycommunity #schoolshootings
slsweede.substack.com/p/how-to-kee...
August 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
How to Keep Time by S.L. Sweede
“I keep time by seasons,
Tie twine to my children’s backpacks
In the ninth month of the calendar year,
Hope that magick keeps them safe,
Suspended between this moment and
Violence”
#guncontrol #poetrycommunity #schoolshootings
slsweede.substack.com/p/how-to-kee...
“I keep time by seasons,
Tie twine to my children’s backpacks
In the ninth month of the calendar year,
Hope that magick keeps them safe,
Suspended between this moment and
Violence”
#guncontrol #poetrycommunity #schoolshootings
slsweede.substack.com/p/how-to-kee...
The Poison Pen Letter by S.L. Sweede
“The monster inside of me
Emerges from your shower’s fog,
I befriend the frightening creature
In your bathroom mirror,
You’re just a man about to fall.”
slsweede.substack.com/p/the-poison...
#poetry #amwriting #haunting #penisthesword #patriarchy
“The monster inside of me
Emerges from your shower’s fog,
I befriend the frightening creature
In your bathroom mirror,
You’re just a man about to fall.”
slsweede.substack.com/p/the-poison...
#poetry #amwriting #haunting #penisthesword #patriarchy
August 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Poison Pen Letter by S.L. Sweede
“The monster inside of me
Emerges from your shower’s fog,
I befriend the frightening creature
In your bathroom mirror,
You’re just a man about to fall.”
slsweede.substack.com/p/the-poison...
#poetry #amwriting #haunting #penisthesword #patriarchy
“The monster inside of me
Emerges from your shower’s fog,
I befriend the frightening creature
In your bathroom mirror,
You’re just a man about to fall.”
slsweede.substack.com/p/the-poison...
#poetry #amwriting #haunting #penisthesword #patriarchy
A United People by S.L. Sweede
slsweede.substack.com/p/a-united-p...
#femalepoets #poetrycommunity #unitedwestand #plutoinaquarius #writingcommunity
slsweede.substack.com/p/a-united-p...
#femalepoets #poetrycommunity #unitedwestand #plutoinaquarius #writingcommunity
August 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A United People by S.L. Sweede
slsweede.substack.com/p/a-united-p...
#femalepoets #poetrycommunity #unitedwestand #plutoinaquarius #writingcommunity
slsweede.substack.com/p/a-united-p...
#femalepoets #poetrycommunity #unitedwestand #plutoinaquarius #writingcommunity
How’s your writing coming along? What are you working on? #writingcommunity
August 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
How’s your writing coming along? What are you working on? #writingcommunity
My husband will forgive me
by S.L. Sweede
“When he arrives home,
Bags of groceries,
Full hands and arms,
A steel barrier, turned [Keep away].”
slsweede.substack.com/p/my-husband...
#femalepoets #writingcommunity #substackpoetry #blueskypoets #amwriting
by S.L. Sweede
“When he arrives home,
Bags of groceries,
Full hands and arms,
A steel barrier, turned [Keep away].”
slsweede.substack.com/p/my-husband...
#femalepoets #writingcommunity #substackpoetry #blueskypoets #amwriting
August 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My husband will forgive me
by S.L. Sweede
“When he arrives home,
Bags of groceries,
Full hands and arms,
A steel barrier, turned [Keep away].”
slsweede.substack.com/p/my-husband...
#femalepoets #writingcommunity #substackpoetry #blueskypoets #amwriting
by S.L. Sweede
“When he arrives home,
Bags of groceries,
Full hands and arms,
A steel barrier, turned [Keep away].”
slsweede.substack.com/p/my-husband...
#femalepoets #writingcommunity #substackpoetry #blueskypoets #amwriting