Odessa Grimm
@odessagrimm.bsky.social
⛓️Odessa Grimm canadian writer🇨🇦
⛓️crow is based off my late bestfriend
⛓️i write for the ones that cant
⛓️⤵️ link to my books
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0FWLSWPN7
https://www.amazon.ca/stores/author/B0FWLSWPN7
⛓️crow is based off my late bestfriend
⛓️i write for the ones that cant
⛓️⤵️ link to my books
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0FWLSWPN7
https://www.amazon.ca/stores/author/B0FWLSWPN7
i will rewrite the ending so softly the page won’t even feel the ink dry.
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September 17, 2026 at 4:23 PM
i will rewrite the ending so softly the page won’t even feel the ink dry.
#poet
#poetrysky
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#booksky
#poetry
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#poetry
September 17, 2026
Some Nights Are Harder Than Days
The quiet gives grief more room.
Thoughts stretch out.
I sit with them instead of scrolling them away.
Presence hurts, but avoidance hurts longer.
I choose the ache that passes.
#poet
#poetrysky
#poetry
#booksky
#poem
Some Nights Are Harder Than Days
The quiet gives grief more room.
Thoughts stretch out.
I sit with them instead of scrolling them away.
Presence hurts, but avoidance hurts longer.
I choose the ache that passes.
#poet
#poetrysky
#poetry
#booksky
#poem
September 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
September 17, 2026
Some Nights Are Harder Than Days
The quiet gives grief more room.
Thoughts stretch out.
I sit with them instead of scrolling them away.
Presence hurts, but avoidance hurts longer.
I choose the ache that passes.
#poet
#poetrysky
#poetry
#booksky
#poem
Some Nights Are Harder Than Days
The quiet gives grief more room.
Thoughts stretch out.
I sit with them instead of scrolling them away.
Presence hurts, but avoidance hurts longer.
I choose the ache that passes.
#poet
#poetrysky
#poetry
#booksky
#poem
September 17 poetry prompt
I keep the record player because I can’t keep her.
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#poem
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#poetry
I keep the record player because I can’t keep her.
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September 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
September 17 poetry prompt
I keep the record player because I can’t keep her.
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#poet
#poem
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poetry
I keep the record player because I can’t keep her.
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#poet
#poem
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poetry
September 16 2026
I Still Write Like Someone Is Listening
Maybe you are.
Maybe you aren’t.
Either way, I write.
Poetry feels like the last honest language I have left.
I trust it more than reassurance.
Words don’t abandon me.
#poet
#poetrysky
#poetry
#poem
#booksky
I Still Write Like Someone Is Listening
Maybe you are.
Maybe you aren’t.
Either way, I write.
Poetry feels like the last honest language I have left.
I trust it more than reassurance.
Words don’t abandon me.
#poet
#poetrysky
#poetry
#poem
#booksky
September 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
September 16 2026
I Still Write Like Someone Is Listening
Maybe you are.
Maybe you aren’t.
Either way, I write.
Poetry feels like the last honest language I have left.
I trust it more than reassurance.
Words don’t abandon me.
#poet
#poetrysky
#poetry
#poem
#booksky
I Still Write Like Someone Is Listening
Maybe you are.
Maybe you aren’t.
Either way, I write.
Poetry feels like the last honest language I have left.
I trust it more than reassurance.
Words don’t abandon me.
#poet
#poetrysky
#poetry
#poem
#booksky
September 16 poetry prompt
The window outlived the hands that carved it.
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The window outlived the hands that carved it.
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#poetrysky
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September 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
September 16 poetry prompt
The window outlived the hands that carved it.
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#poet
#poem
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poetry
The window outlived the hands that carved it.
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#poem
#poetrysky
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September 15 2026
Halfway Through the Month
I check the date and feel surprised I made it this far.
September hasn’t crushed me.
It hasn’t saved me either.
It’s teaching me endurance without urgency.
That feels unfamiliar.
I let the middle be the middle.
#poet
#poem
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poetry
Halfway Through the Month
I check the date and feel surprised I made it this far.
September hasn’t crushed me.
It hasn’t saved me either.
It’s teaching me endurance without urgency.
That feels unfamiliar.
I let the middle be the middle.
#poet
#poem
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poetry
September 15, 2026 at 1:24 PM
September 15 2026
Halfway Through the Month
I check the date and feel surprised I made it this far.
September hasn’t crushed me.
It hasn’t saved me either.
It’s teaching me endurance without urgency.
That feels unfamiliar.
I let the middle be the middle.
#poet
#poem
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poetry
Halfway Through the Month
I check the date and feel surprised I made it this far.
September hasn’t crushed me.
It hasn’t saved me either.
It’s teaching me endurance without urgency.
That feels unfamiliar.
I let the middle be the middle.
#poet
#poem
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poetry
September 15 poetry prompt
The locket still hums a song no one sings.
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#poetry
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The locket still hums a song no one sings.
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#poem
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September 15, 2026 at 1:22 PM
September 15 poetry prompt
The locket still hums a song no one sings.
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#poetry
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The locket still hums a song no one sings.
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#poet
#poetry
#poem
#poetrysky
#booksky
September 14 2026
I Feel Older Than I Was
Loss ages you quietly.
I notice it in my patience.
My restraint.
The way I listen now.
I didn’t ask for this wisdom.
I carry it anyway.
#poetrysky
#poetry
#booksky
#poem
#poet
I Feel Older Than I Was
Loss ages you quietly.
I notice it in my patience.
My restraint.
The way I listen now.
I didn’t ask for this wisdom.
I carry it anyway.
#poetrysky
#poetry
#booksky
#poem
#poet
September 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM
September 14 2026
I Feel Older Than I Was
Loss ages you quietly.
I notice it in my patience.
My restraint.
The way I listen now.
I didn’t ask for this wisdom.
I carry it anyway.
#poetrysky
#poetry
#booksky
#poem
#poet
I Feel Older Than I Was
Loss ages you quietly.
I notice it in my patience.
My restraint.
The way I listen now.
I didn’t ask for this wisdom.
I carry it anyway.
#poetrysky
#poetry
#booksky
#poem
#poet
September 14 poetry prompt
The porch light remembers every version I tried to be.
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The porch light remembers every version I tried to be.
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#poetrysky
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#poem
September 14, 2026 at 2:11 PM
September 14 poetry prompt
The porch light remembers every version I tried to be.
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#poetry
#poetrysky
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#poem
The porch light remembers every version I tried to be.
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i gave without checking
what i had left
i didn’t know yet that
i was allowed to want too
#poet
#poem
#poetry
#poetrysky
#booksky
what i had left
i didn’t know yet that
i was allowed to want too
#poet
#poem
#poetry
#poetrysky
#booksky
September 13, 2026 at 8:24 PM
i gave without checking
what i had left
i didn’t know yet that
i was allowed to want too
#poet
#poem
#poetry
#poetrysky
#booksky
what i had left
i didn’t know yet that
i was allowed to want too
#poet
#poem
#poetry
#poetrysky
#booksky
Owned By Scripture
they read verses over me
slow and deliberate
as if each word
was a shackle tightening.
I felt the weight settle
in my shoulders
in my throat
in the space
where my future should have grown.
#poet
#poetrysky
#poem
#booksky
#poetry
they read verses over me
slow and deliberate
as if each word
was a shackle tightening.
I felt the weight settle
in my shoulders
in my throat
in the space
where my future should have grown.
#poet
#poetrysky
#poem
#booksky
#poetry
September 13, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Owned By Scripture
they read verses over me
slow and deliberate
as if each word
was a shackle tightening.
I felt the weight settle
in my shoulders
in my throat
in the space
where my future should have grown.
#poet
#poetrysky
#poem
#booksky
#poetry
they read verses over me
slow and deliberate
as if each word
was a shackle tightening.
I felt the weight settle
in my shoulders
in my throat
in the space
where my future should have grown.
#poet
#poetrysky
#poem
#booksky
#poetry
September 13 2026
I Don’t Want to Be Inspirational
I want to be honest.
Some days I’m okay.
Some days I’m not.
Both are true without canceling each other out.
Grief doesn’t need a lesson.
It needs space to move through.
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poem
#poet
#poetry
I Don’t Want to Be Inspirational
I want to be honest.
Some days I’m okay.
Some days I’m not.
Both are true without canceling each other out.
Grief doesn’t need a lesson.
It needs space to move through.
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poem
#poet
#poetry
September 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM
September 13 2026
I Don’t Want to Be Inspirational
I want to be honest.
Some days I’m okay.
Some days I’m not.
Both are true without canceling each other out.
Grief doesn’t need a lesson.
It needs space to move through.
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poem
#poet
#poetry
I Don’t Want to Be Inspirational
I want to be honest.
Some days I’m okay.
Some days I’m not.
Both are true without canceling each other out.
Grief doesn’t need a lesson.
It needs space to move through.
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poem
#poet
#poetry
September 13 poetry prompt
Grief taught me how to disappear politely.
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Grief taught me how to disappear politely.
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September 13, 2026 at 2:06 PM
September 13 poetry prompt
Grief taught me how to disappear politely.
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#poet
Grief taught me how to disappear politely.
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i handed over the hours
no one asked me to
that was before i knew
my own name mattered too
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poet
#poem
#poetry
no one asked me to
that was before i knew
my own name mattered too
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poet
#poem
#poetry
September 12, 2026 at 4:12 PM
i handed over the hours
no one asked me to
that was before i knew
my own name mattered too
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poet
#poem
#poetry
no one asked me to
that was before i knew
my own name mattered too
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poet
#poem
#poetry
September 12 2026
I Am Learning How to Exist After
After loss.
After survival.
After the worst day.
There’s no manual for
this version of life.
I experiment gently.
Trial and error.
Breathing counts as
success right now.
#poet
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poem
#poetry
I Am Learning How to Exist After
After loss.
After survival.
After the worst day.
There’s no manual for
this version of life.
I experiment gently.
Trial and error.
Breathing counts as
success right now.
#poet
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poem
#poetry
September 12, 2026 at 1:55 PM
September 12 2026
I Am Learning How to Exist After
After loss.
After survival.
After the worst day.
There’s no manual for
this version of life.
I experiment gently.
Trial and error.
Breathing counts as
success right now.
#poet
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poem
#poetry
I Am Learning How to Exist After
After loss.
After survival.
After the worst day.
There’s no manual for
this version of life.
I experiment gently.
Trial and error.
Breathing counts as
success right now.
#poet
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poem
#poetry
September 12 poetry prompt
The piano still smells like a year I lost.
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The piano still smells like a year I lost.
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#poem
September 12, 2026 at 1:54 PM
September 12 poetry prompt
The piano still smells like a year I lost.
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The piano still smells like a year I lost.
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#poem
i gave my attention like
rent due every day
i thought the cost
was the whole point of loving
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#poetrysky
#poem
#booksky
#poetry
rent due every day
i thought the cost
was the whole point of loving
#poet
#poetrysky
#poem
#booksky
#poetry
September 12, 2026 at 2:07 AM
i gave my attention like
rent due every day
i thought the cost
was the whole point of loving
#poet
#poetrysky
#poem
#booksky
#poetry
rent due every day
i thought the cost
was the whole point of loving
#poet
#poetrysky
#poem
#booksky
#poetry
Love Should Not Hurt Like Prayer
I prayed until my voice cracked
begging a silent sky for mercy
that never came.
every whispered plea felt like self harm
a ritual of desperation
performed on trembling lungs.
I offered my heart
my hope
my sanity
to a god who never answered
#poet
#poetrysky
#booksky
I prayed until my voice cracked
begging a silent sky for mercy
that never came.
every whispered plea felt like self harm
a ritual of desperation
performed on trembling lungs.
I offered my heart
my hope
my sanity
to a god who never answered
#poet
#poetrysky
#booksky
September 11, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Love Should Not Hurt Like Prayer
I prayed until my voice cracked
begging a silent sky for mercy
that never came.
every whispered plea felt like self harm
a ritual of desperation
performed on trembling lungs.
I offered my heart
my hope
my sanity
to a god who never answered
#poet
#poetrysky
#booksky
I prayed until my voice cracked
begging a silent sky for mercy
that never came.
every whispered plea felt like self harm
a ritual of desperation
performed on trembling lungs.
I offered my heart
my hope
my sanity
to a god who never answered
#poet
#poetrysky
#booksky
love leaves ruins
and i am someone
who is very good
at living
in the ruins
#poet
#poetry
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poem
and i am someone
who is very good
at living
in the ruins
#poet
#poetry
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poem
September 11, 2026 at 5:13 PM
love leaves ruins
and i am someone
who is very good
at living
in the ruins
#poet
#poetry
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poem
and i am someone
who is very good
at living
in the ruins
#poet
#poetry
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poem
September 11 2026
The Body Keeps Its Own Calendar
My chest tightens
without explanation today.
No thoughts attached.
Just sensation.
The body remembers
dates differently than the mind.
I listen instead of panicking.
Pain without context
still deserves care.
#poetry
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poem
#poet
The Body Keeps Its Own Calendar
My chest tightens
without explanation today.
No thoughts attached.
Just sensation.
The body remembers
dates differently than the mind.
I listen instead of panicking.
Pain without context
still deserves care.
#poetry
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poem
#poet
September 11, 2026 at 2:24 PM
September 11 2026
The Body Keeps Its Own Calendar
My chest tightens
without explanation today.
No thoughts attached.
Just sensation.
The body remembers
dates differently than the mind.
I listen instead of panicking.
Pain without context
still deserves care.
#poetry
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poem
#poet
The Body Keeps Its Own Calendar
My chest tightens
without explanation today.
No thoughts attached.
Just sensation.
The body remembers
dates differently than the mind.
I listen instead of panicking.
Pain without context
still deserves care.
#poetry
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poem
#poet
September 11 poetry prompt
The locket learned my grief.
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#poetrysky
The locket learned my grief.
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#poetry
#poet
#booksky
#poetrysky
September 11, 2026 at 2:22 PM
September 11 poetry prompt
The locket learned my grief.
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#poetry
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#poetrysky
The locket learned my grief.
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#poetrysky
my hands knew how to
open before they knew
how to hold
i was still learning
what i was worth keeping
#poetrysky
#poet
#poem
#poetry
#booksky
open before they knew
how to hold
i was still learning
what i was worth keeping
#poetrysky
#poet
#poem
#poetry
#booksky
September 11, 2026 at 2:41 AM
my hands knew how to
open before they knew
how to hold
i was still learning
what i was worth keeping
#poetrysky
#poet
#poem
#poetry
#booksky
open before they knew
how to hold
i was still learning
what i was worth keeping
#poetrysky
#poet
#poem
#poetry
#booksky
i kept none of the good
light for my own room
i thought that ache was
just what devotion felt like
#poet
#poetrysky
#poem
#poetry
#booksky
light for my own room
i thought that ache was
just what devotion felt like
#poet
#poetrysky
#poem
#poetry
#booksky
September 11, 2026 at 12:49 AM
i kept none of the good
light for my own room
i thought that ache was
just what devotion felt like
#poet
#poetrysky
#poem
#poetry
#booksky
light for my own room
i thought that ache was
just what devotion felt like
#poet
#poetrysky
#poem
#poetry
#booksky
I learned to swallow wonder
until it tasted like self betrayal.
but wonder has teeth
and one day it bit back
chewing through every chain
they looped around my mind.
#poet
#poem
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poetry
until it tasted like self betrayal.
but wonder has teeth
and one day it bit back
chewing through every chain
they looped around my mind.
#poet
#poem
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poetry
September 10, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I learned to swallow wonder
until it tasted like self betrayal.
but wonder has teeth
and one day it bit back
chewing through every chain
they looped around my mind.
#poet
#poem
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poetry
until it tasted like self betrayal.
but wonder has teeth
and one day it bit back
chewing through every chain
they looped around my mind.
#poet
#poem
#poetrysky
#booksky
#poetry
Punished For Thinking
I asked one question
one tiny spark
and they smothered it
with lectures and warnings
as if curiosity was a wildfire
that would swallow the church whole.
they punished me
not with fists
but with scorn
and scorn can bruise deeper
than any blow.
#poet
#poem
#poetry
#booksky
I asked one question
one tiny spark
and they smothered it
with lectures and warnings
as if curiosity was a wildfire
that would swallow the church whole.
they punished me
not with fists
but with scorn
and scorn can bruise deeper
than any blow.
#poet
#poem
#poetry
#booksky
September 10, 2026 at 8:12 PM