Justin Keeling

Joined April 2021

18 stories

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A systems thinker set to the task of disillusioning and reconciling a fragmented world through art, design, music, and story.

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Marmalade
Reclined on sheets of flower and fruit I feel you percolate the way citrus unravels across a field, from a jar you draw a spoonful of marmalade
By Justin Keeling5 days ago in Poets
In Green, There Is Blue
In hills, there is sand In rivers, there are tides . In thought, there's prayer In heart, there's hope In blood, there are roads
By Justin Keeling5 days ago in Poets
Hope (May This Guide You On Your Way)
Love yourself Love your partner—even if they’re gone Love your family friends & neighbors—especially on holly days . And think well of strangers
By Justin Keeling22 days ago in Poets
Relationship Advice From Grandpa
"A woman is like A fire—if you don't put the wood it will go out" — Grandpa Andrew
By Justin Keeling22 days ago in Poets
Weighted Blanket. Runner-Up in The Sonnet of Shadows Challenge.
For B . This weighted blanket you gave me lessens the sting of light though it no longer holds the scent you wore Christmas night, cut primrose.
By Justin Keeling3 months ago in Poets
Symphony of Senescence
Gusts of wind play on the leaves, decrescendoing in God’s Orchestra
By Justin Keeling4 months ago in Poets
Fall Revolver
as flag wavers fall upon asphalt canvases their blood becomes ink
By Justin Keeling4 months ago in Poets
Deciduous Jest
laughing blossoms laugh aground, they—yellowed, snapped, and withered—laugh alone
By Justin Keeling4 months ago in Poets
Autumn Reverie
scarlet parachutes folding innocence into seas of detritus
By Justin Keeling4 months ago in Poets
College Migration. Honorable Mention in Falling Leaves Challenge.
brown needles on the veranda, the last goodbye before the great wild
By Justin Keeling4 months ago in Poets
Leaves in the Beggar’s Cap
flipping old pennies golden pancakes trapezing falling on wheezes
By Justin Keeling4 months ago in Poets
Test Day
Morgan awoke on the 3rd of July feeling slightly dazed. He'd been in the middle of a wonderful dream—somebody was congratulating him with a certificate when his alarm clock rudely exploded into applause.
By Justin Keeling10 months ago in Humor

Justin Keeling

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Marmalade

In Green, There Is Blue

Hope (May This Guide You On Your Way)

Relationship Advice From Grandpa

Weighted Blanket. Runner-Up in The Sonnet of Shadows Challenge.

Symphony of Senescence

Fall Revolver

Deciduous Jest

Autumn Reverie

College Migration. Honorable Mention in Falling Leaves Challenge.

Leaves in the Beggar’s Cap

Test Day

Achievements (3)