Nathan Heard

Joined August 2017

6 stories

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I'm 20 years old, working on my sixth novel and publishing poetry and short stories in the meantime! nathanheardwords.com

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First Fall
Curious the joy that we take in a light fall of snow. Powdery, wet flakes swirl down from the sky, precursor to a curse
By Nathan Heard8 years ago in Poets
Flight
I’ve been in this nest for my whole life, I think; my wings are stronger now, my feathers more firm. A fledgling, am I ready to fly
By Nathan Heard8 years ago in Poets
Salt Water
Salt Water It always brings to bear everything that you want not to consider. It surrounds you, and if there is so much
By Nathan Heard8 years ago in Poets
Sea Glass
Half-buried in the coarse sand, mostly submerged under a sheen of foam constantly renewed by the now gentle, now violent lapping or crashing of the waves,
By Nathan Heard8 years ago in Poets
Hope
It springs from the ashes of a devastating fire and yet I cling to the chance that the pain, the charred ground, the wasteland,
By Nathan Heard8 years ago in Poets
Behind the Screen
Our conversation lulls for a moment too long, and I feel awkward, uncomfortable… unsure what to say or do next. So I pull out my phone.
By Nathan Heard8 years ago in Poets