Jessica Dowding

Joined January 2022

31 stories

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I have an overactive imagination and I really like petting dogs. I love using creative writing to dig into the small moments that make up humanity.

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The Taste of Winter
Morning tea lingers In fogged glasses, warm hands, Spiced lips pressed to mine.
By Jessica Dowding12 days ago in Poets
Star Valley
The first-day fire sputtered and coughed to life, Smoking with rain-damp needles and muddy rocks, Clinging to our dusty coats and
By Jessica Dowding22 days ago in Poets
A Message. Top Story - December 2025.
“Tell me, what is the point?” My soul cries on dark days When the heaviness drags at my bones. “Is it worth going on?
By Jessica Dowdingabout a month ago in Poets
Tempus Fugit. Runner-Up in Villanelle of Regret Challenge.
I wish that I had gone along with you And crossed the river, red with evening light. (I could have saved you if I’d been there too.)
By Jessica Dowdingabout a month ago in Poets
Bouquet. Honorable Mention in Harvest of Memory Challenge.
Between my ribs and heart, I keep A flower-press of smiles. I gather them from chapels, parks, Museums, and shopping aisles.
By Jessica Dowding2 months ago in Poets
Callisto. Runner-Up in The Sound of First Frost Challenge.
winter crawls near like a wakening bear, bottomless eyes and flashing teeth, greedy and wide and coming, coming. --
By Jessica Dowding2 months ago in Poets
Perigee. Runner-Up in Letters to the Moon Challenge.
And what have you seen From your perch in the sky As the seconds and hours And eons slip by? Do you weep at our wars?
By Jessica Dowding2 months ago in Poets
An Old Witch's Advice. Top Story - February 2024.
Always be creative. Don't eat frogs, garden-gnomes, hogs. Ignore judgy killjoys, love. Murder no — - Oh, Penelope, quiet! -
By Jessica Dowding2 years ago in Poets
The Old Witch's Advice
Ah, Barnaby. Courage! Don't Eat Frogs, Garden-gnomes, Hogs. Ick. Just Keep Learning. Make Noise! Oblige
By Jessica Dowding2 years ago in Poets
Why I Use Curbside Pickup. Runner-Up in the Snafu Senryu Challenge.
I fist bump him back. He frowns. He was just trying To give me my change.
By Jessica Dowding2 years ago in Poets
to the traveler
to the traveler: thy trail (though treacherous) takes thee to triumph. -- to the traveler: traversing troubles tasting tenderness,
By Jessica Dowding3 years ago in Poets
The First Job Dilemma
There one was a young grad named Hirst Who declared his job hunting was cursed: "Entry level! Apply! And to prequalify Just get three years' experience first."
By Jessica Dowding3 years ago in Poets