Colleen Millsteed

Joined May 2021

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My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.

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Let It Be
Any life truly lived with authenticity will ride the uncertainty of life’s ups and downs, Trusting in the greater plan, Taking the lessons learned, the hard yakka thrown their way,
By Colleen Millsteed about a year ago in Poets
She Takes No Prisoners . Top Story - January 2025.
She hitches her breath as she sighs with relief, She passed that obstinate hurdle with ease, Almost too much, she saved it with her grace,
By Colleen Millsteed about a year ago in Poets
Her Private Fairytale
She climbs aboard her dreams at the end of her day, Comfortable in her cloud of solitude, Peace reigns as she sinks into her alternate reality,
By Colleen Millsteed about a year ago in Poets
The Progression of Age
He has grown tired in his advanced years, life has been tough, He climbs from his bed and dresses to character, In his mind he’s still young, handsome with his short dark hair,
By Colleen Millsteed about a year ago in Poets
A Storm Of Destruction
Confusion rains as he cries wolf, pushing for unsustainability, Insanity rides the airwaves as he begs for rejection, Questions are raised about the stability of the communication,
By Colleen Millsteed about a year ago in Poets
The Quiet Let Go
She has understood the silence, the quiet letting go, Felt the spaces between the continuum like a dark cloak of the night,
By Colleen Millsteed about a year ago in Poets
The Power Of Hunger
Have you ever known what it’s like to be truly hungry? I mean extreme hunger, where your stomach cramps until you’re doubled over in pain?
By Colleen Millsteed about a year ago in Photography
He Beat The Odds
The birth of my oldest son was traumatic to say the least, and it was touch and go for the first few days, but he fought for his place in this world, for which I will be forever grateful.
By Colleen Millsteed about a year ago in Photography
Catch All For My Tears
Wikipedia defines a drabble as follows : A drabble is a short work of fiction of precisely one hundred words in length. The purpose of the drabble is brevity, testing the author's ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in a confined space.
By Colleen Millsteed about a year ago in Fiction
She’s Human
She knows she’s human! Oh boy, she sure understands this from the depth of her soul, Just as she understands we are all human, all doing those stupid human things we do,
By Colleen Millsteed about a year ago in Poets
Where Did Your Monsters Hide. Content Warning.
There are childhoods, and then there are childhoods, And a million different degrees in between, Forging future generations one child at a time,
By Colleen Millsteed about a year ago in Poets
An Innocent Mistake
Sucker punched on overload, The triggers that sit heavy and undigested, There to derail in a moments notice, Intolerable with such a destructive force.
By Colleen Millsteed about a year ago in Poets

Colleen Millsteed

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Let It Be

She Takes No Prisoners . Top Story - January 2025.

Her Private Fairytale

The Progression of Age

A Storm Of Destruction

The Quiet Let Go

The Power Of Hunger

He Beat The Odds

Catch All For My Tears

She’s Human

Where Did Your Monsters Hide. Content Warning.

An Innocent Mistake

Achievements (2)