Kristen Balyeat

Joined January 2023

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Words fly to me on the wind, bump into me as I'm strolling the city, splash me in the face while I rest by the river, and shake me awake in the middle of the night—I’m humbly one of the vessels they use to come to life.

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e n l i g h t e n
new insights glisten meteors through velvet sky let me fetch my net
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
w o n d e r
clouds shift in delight to your tiny voice—urging me to remember
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
r e l e a s e
monsoons pour from my eyes purging tributaries then the rainbow comes
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
r e s o n a n c e
i examined the nebulas and found the gaze fixated on me
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
m o o n l i t
waters of my blood once churned the tides—still, i crest by sway of the moon ****** author's note~ inspiration and a few words for this haiku borrowed from one of my early poems on vocal:
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
a u r e a t e
galaxies whorl hymns of gold, harmonics echoed through shell and auris
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
b l i g h t e d
small seed tossed in your winds—i bloomed in your sun, then withered in your drought
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
k'-E-le-ok. Top Story - October 2024.
sing to my soul tides of old cradle my spirit in your lull breathing in the spray of time i drink the wisdom of ancient brine
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
f o {r} e s t
bare wintered feet traverse a cold trail, catching sharp edges in toes—reminding coddled nerves of ancestral energies that walk these paths of stone
By Kristen Balyeat2 years ago in Poets
magnum opus. Runner-up in Sensational II Challenge.
rhythmic pressure builds, softening the portal between heaven and earth tanging wafts of copper, iron, broken soil, and celestial dust
By Kristen Balyeat2 years ago in Poets
desert rain
desiccated emotions condense behind arid eyes brimming the rigid veil relents overladen droplets trace serpentine lines
By Kristen Balyeat2 years ago in Poets
scar tissue. Honorable Mention in I Didn’t Say That Out Loud Challenge. Top Story - September 2024.
c i c a t r i z e d heart m o m e n t a r i l y succumbs to malleability e x p e r i e n c e lends it no use disregarding
By Kristen Balyeat2 years ago in Poets