poemsbyjonna
@poemsbyjonna.bsky.social
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
A first draft, a finished poem, and everything that changed in between.
In my latest Substack post, I’m sharing the revision process behind “Not a Good Idea.”
https://poemsbyjonna.substack.com/p/letters-from-the-writing-desk?
#poetry #writingprocess #substack #poetsofinstagram
In my latest Substack post, I’m sharing the revision process behind “Not a Good Idea.”
https://poemsbyjonna.substack.com/p/letters-from-the-writing-desk?
#poetry #writingprocess #substack #poetsofinstagram
September 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
A first draft, a finished poem, and everything that changed in between.
In my latest Substack post, I’m sharing the revision process behind “Not a Good Idea.”
https://poemsbyjonna.substack.com/p/letters-from-the-writing-desk?
#poetry #writingprocess #substack #poetsofinstagram
In my latest Substack post, I’m sharing the revision process behind “Not a Good Idea.”
https://poemsbyjonna.substack.com/p/letters-from-the-writing-desk?
#poetry #writingprocess #substack #poetsofinstagram
So… I released a book. ✨
*The Quiet Archive* is now out on Amazon — my first poetry collection, with poems about memory, silence, rooms, and what we leave behind.
I’m sharing two poems from the book in my latest post.
https://poemsbyjonna.substack.com/p/the-quiet-archive-is-out?
#poetry…
*The Quiet Archive* is now out on Amazon — my first poetry collection, with poems about memory, silence, rooms, and what we leave behind.
I’m sharing two poems from the book in my latest post.
https://poemsbyjonna.substack.com/p/the-quiet-archive-is-out?
#poetry…
September 6, 2026 at 5:31 PM
So… I released a book. ✨
*The Quiet Archive* is now out on Amazon — my first poetry collection, with poems about memory, silence, rooms, and what we leave behind.
I’m sharing two poems from the book in my latest post.
https://poemsbyjonna.substack.com/p/the-quiet-archive-is-out?
#poetry…
*The Quiet Archive* is now out on Amazon — my first poetry collection, with poems about memory, silence, rooms, and what we leave behind.
I’m sharing two poems from the book in my latest post.
https://poemsbyjonna.substack.com/p/the-quiet-archive-is-out?
#poetry…
Two poems about the things that still hurt — the relationships we know better than to return to, and the smaller wounds that linger long after.
Featuring "Not a Good Idea”and “Paper Cuts” in my latest Substack…
Featuring "Not a Good Idea”and “Paper Cuts” in my latest Substack…
August 30, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Two poems about the things that still hurt — the relationships we know better than to return to, and the smaller wounds that linger long after.
Featuring "Not a Good Idea”and “Paper Cuts” in my latest Substack…
Featuring "Not a Good Idea”and “Paper Cuts” in my latest Substack…
Two poems about the things we keep — and everything they come to carry.
My latest Substack post features “Inventory” and “Don’t Ask Me What’s Gone.”
https://poemsbyjonna.substack.com/p/what-our-things-keep?
#poetry #substack #poetsofinstagram #contemporarypoetry
My latest Substack post features “Inventory” and “Don’t Ask Me What’s Gone.”
https://poemsbyjonna.substack.com/p/what-our-things-keep?
#poetry #substack #poetsofinstagram #contemporarypoetry
August 23, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Two poems about the things we keep — and everything they come to carry.
My latest Substack post features “Inventory” and “Don’t Ask Me What’s Gone.”
https://poemsbyjonna.substack.com/p/what-our-things-keep?
#poetry #substack #poetsofinstagram #contemporarypoetry
My latest Substack post features “Inventory” and “Don’t Ask Me What’s Gone.”
https://poemsbyjonna.substack.com/p/what-our-things-keep?
#poetry #substack #poetsofinstagram #contemporarypoetry
What happens to the lives we almost lived — and the letters we never sent?
Two poems about fate, missed paths and things left unsaid, now on Substack. 💌
#poetry #substack #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #amwriting
https://poemsbyjonna.substack.com/p/the-letters-we-never-send?
Two poems about fate, missed paths and things left unsaid, now on Substack. 💌
#poetry #substack #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #amwriting
https://poemsbyjonna.substack.com/p/the-letters-we-never-send?
August 16, 2026 at 5:49 PM
What happens to the lives we almost lived — and the letters we never sent?
Two poems about fate, missed paths and things left unsaid, now on Substack. 💌
#poetry #substack #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #amwriting
https://poemsbyjonna.substack.com/p/the-letters-we-never-send?
Two poems about fate, missed paths and things left unsaid, now on Substack. 💌
#poetry #substack #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #amwriting
https://poemsbyjonna.substack.com/p/the-letters-we-never-send?
Three poems about what summer leaves behind. New on Substack.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/three-poems-about-what-summer-leaves?
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/three-poems-about-what-summer-leaves?
August 9, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Three poems about what summer leaves behind. New on Substack.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/three-poems-about-what-summer-leaves?
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/three-poems-about-what-summer-leaves?
What is it about summer that can evoke a sense of sadness? Three new poem on my Substack. Link in bio
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/summertime-sadness-poems-and-reflections-af1?
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/summertime-sadness-poems-and-reflections-af1?
August 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
What is it about summer that can evoke a sense of sadness? Three new poem on my Substack. Link in bio
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/summertime-sadness-poems-and-reflections-af1?
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/summertime-sadness-poems-and-reflections-af1?
Three poems about silence, memory, and the rooms we leave behind.
New on Substack. Link in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/three-poems-about-the-rooms-we-leave
#poetrycommunity #substackwriter #newpoetry #memorypoems
New on Substack. Link in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/three-poems-about-the-rooms-we-leave
#poetrycommunity #substackwriter #newpoetry #memorypoems
July 26, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Three poems about silence, memory, and the rooms we leave behind.
New on Substack. Link in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/three-poems-about-the-rooms-we-leave
#poetrycommunity #substackwriter #newpoetry #memorypoems
New on Substack. Link in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/three-poems-about-the-rooms-we-leave
#poetrycommunity #substackwriter #newpoetry #memorypoems
Three poems about almosts, bad timing, and the things we don’t say in time.
Featuring “Three Days Later,” recently published by HAD.
New on Substack. Link in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/missed-connections/
#poetrycommunity #substackwriter #newpoetry #missedconnections
Featuring “Three Days Later,” recently published by HAD.
New on Substack. Link in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/missed-connections/
#poetrycommunity #substackwriter #newpoetry #missedconnections
July 19, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Three poems about almosts, bad timing, and the things we don’t say in time.
Featuring “Three Days Later,” recently published by HAD.
New on Substack. Link in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/missed-connections/
#poetrycommunity #substackwriter #newpoetry #missedconnections
Featuring “Three Days Later,” recently published by HAD.
New on Substack. Link in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/missed-connections/
#poetrycommunity #substackwriter #newpoetry #missedconnections
Six tanka poems on memory, and the traces we leave behind.
Read the full collection on Poems by Jonna. Link in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/echoes-of-my-mind/
🌿 #tanka #poetry #substack #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity
Read the full collection on Poems by Jonna. Link in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/echoes-of-my-mind/
🌿 #tanka #poetry #substack #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity
July 12, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Six tanka poems on memory, and the traces we leave behind.
Read the full collection on Poems by Jonna. Link in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/echoes-of-my-mind/
🌿 #tanka #poetry #substack #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity
Read the full collection on Poems by Jonna. Link in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/echoes-of-my-mind/
🌿 #tanka #poetry #substack #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity
Three small memories of my father — as a child, as a son, and as the one who came running when I fell.
New on Substack. Link in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/three-memories-of-my-father
#poetrycommunity #substackwriter #familymemory #newpoetry
New on Substack. Link in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/three-memories-of-my-father
#poetrycommunity #substackwriter #familymemory #newpoetry
July 5, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Three small memories of my father — as a child, as a son, and as the one who came running when I fell.
New on Substack. Link in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/three-memories-of-my-father
#poetrycommunity #substackwriter #familymemory #newpoetry
New on Substack. Link in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/poemsbyjonna/p/three-memories-of-my-father
#poetrycommunity #substackwriter #familymemory #newpoetry
Three poems inspired by TV dramas.
Can you guess which ones?
New on Substack — link in bio.
#poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #substackwriter #poemsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #tvshowinspired #popculturepoetry #contemporarypoetry
Can you guess which ones?
New on Substack — link in bio.
#poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #substackwriter #poemsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #tvshowinspired #popculturepoetry #contemporarypoetry
June 28, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Three poems inspired by TV dramas.
Can you guess which ones?
New on Substack — link in bio.
#poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #substackwriter #poemsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #tvshowinspired #popculturepoetry #contemporarypoetry
Can you guess which ones?
New on Substack — link in bio.
#poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #substackwriter #poemsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #tvshowinspired #popculturepoetry #contemporarypoetry
A midsummer storm, childhood shores, and the first hint of autumn on the horizon.
Three summer poems are up on my Substack today. 🌿☀️
Link in bio
Three summer poems are up on my Substack today. 🌿☀️
Link in bio
June 19, 2026 at 5:40 PM
A midsummer storm, childhood shores, and the first hint of autumn on the horizon.
Three summer poems are up on my Substack today. 🌿☀️
Link in bio
Three summer poems are up on my Substack today. 🌿☀️
Link in bio
Three poems about my grandparents, memory, and the stories we carry forward.
*Hairpins*, *Letters*, and *Spinnable Chair* are now up on my Substack.
Link in bio. 🤍
#poetry #substack #memory #familystories
*Hairpins*, *Letters*, and *Spinnable Chair* are now up on my Substack.
Link in bio. 🤍
#poetry #substack #memory #familystories
June 14, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Three poems about my grandparents, memory, and the stories we carry forward.
*Hairpins*, *Letters*, and *Spinnable Chair* are now up on my Substack.
Link in bio. 🤍
#poetry #substack #memory #familystories
*Hairpins*, *Letters*, and *Spinnable Chair* are now up on my Substack.
Link in bio. 🤍
#poetry #substack #memory #familystories
Lately I’ve been writing poems about folklore, inherited fear, and the quiet uncanny — the way old stories linger beneath ordinary life.
Two new poems on Substack :
“The Cave Below” and “Three Times.”
#poetry #poetsofinstagram…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/beneath-the-mountain-writing-the-uncanny/
Two new poems on Substack :
“The Cave Below” and “Three Times.”
#poetry #poetsofinstagram…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/beneath-the-mountain-writing-the-uncanny/
May 31, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Lately I’ve been writing poems about folklore, inherited fear, and the quiet uncanny — the way old stories linger beneath ordinary life.
Two new poems on Substack :
“The Cave Below” and “Three Times.”
#poetry #poetsofinstagram…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/beneath-the-mountain-writing-the-uncanny/
Two new poems on Substack :
“The Cave Below” and “Three Times.”
#poetry #poetsofinstagram…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/beneath-the-mountain-writing-the-uncanny/
I love when writing becomes a conversation.
New Substack post featuring response poems from Thomas Cleary, Jeanne Vessantra, and Chris Heape — shared with lots of gratitude.
Link in bio.
#poetry #substackpoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/when-poems-answer-back/
New Substack post featuring response poems from Thomas Cleary, Jeanne Vessantra, and Chris Heape — shared with lots of gratitude.
Link in bio.
#poetry #substackpoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/when-poems-answer-back/
May 24, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I love when writing becomes a conversation.
New Substack post featuring response poems from Thomas Cleary, Jeanne Vessantra, and Chris Heape — shared with lots of gratitude.
Link in bio.
#poetry #substackpoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/when-poems-answer-back/
New Substack post featuring response poems from Thomas Cleary, Jeanne Vessantra, and Chris Heape — shared with lots of gratitude.
Link in bio.
#poetry #substackpoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/when-poems-answer-back/
Four elements, four poems: water, air, fire, earth. 🌊💨🔥🌿
From a seashell you swear still holds the ocean, to a voice that won’t stay quiet, to smoke closing in, to what the soil (and flood) reveals.
New on Substack.
#poetry #elements #substackpoetry…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/water-air-fire-earth/
From a seashell you swear still holds the ocean, to a voice that won’t stay quiet, to smoke closing in, to what the soil (and flood) reveals.
New on Substack.
#poetry #elements #substackpoetry…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/water-air-fire-earth/
May 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Four elements, four poems: water, air, fire, earth. 🌊💨🔥🌿
From a seashell you swear still holds the ocean, to a voice that won’t stay quiet, to smoke closing in, to what the soil (and flood) reveals.
New on Substack.
#poetry #elements #substackpoetry…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/water-air-fire-earth/
From a seashell you swear still holds the ocean, to a voice that won’t stay quiet, to smoke closing in, to what the soil (and flood) reveals.
New on Substack.
#poetry #elements #substackpoetry…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/water-air-fire-earth/
A man by the river.
A patch of thyme.
A mouth that moved—no sound.
New on Substack: The Man By the Water. Link in bio.
#poetry #substackpoetry #poetsofinstagram #lyricpoetry #intuition #uncanny #writingcommunity #poetrylovers
https://poemsbyjonna.com/the-man-by-the-water/
A patch of thyme.
A mouth that moved—no sound.
New on Substack: The Man By the Water. Link in bio.
#poetry #substackpoetry #poetsofinstagram #lyricpoetry #intuition #uncanny #writingcommunity #poetrylovers
https://poemsbyjonna.com/the-man-by-the-water/
May 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
A man by the river.
A patch of thyme.
A mouth that moved—no sound.
New on Substack: The Man By the Water. Link in bio.
#poetry #substackpoetry #poetsofinstagram #lyricpoetry #intuition #uncanny #writingcommunity #poetrylovers
https://poemsbyjonna.com/the-man-by-the-water/
A patch of thyme.
A mouth that moved—no sound.
New on Substack: The Man By the Water. Link in bio.
#poetry #substackpoetry #poetsofinstagram #lyricpoetry #intuition #uncanny #writingcommunity #poetrylovers
https://poemsbyjonna.com/the-man-by-the-water/
A poem by my grandfather, two poems of mine — written from the same sea. 🌊
New on Substack, link in bio.
#poetry #substackpoetry #swedishpoetry #poetsofinstagram #writingcommunity #oceanpoetry #käringön #poetryinheritance
https://poemsbyjonna.com/following-my-grandfather-to-the-harbour/
New on Substack, link in bio.
#poetry #substackpoetry #swedishpoetry #poetsofinstagram #writingcommunity #oceanpoetry #käringön #poetryinheritance
https://poemsbyjonna.com/following-my-grandfather-to-the-harbour/
May 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
A poem by my grandfather, two poems of mine — written from the same sea. 🌊
New on Substack, link in bio.
#poetry #substackpoetry #swedishpoetry #poetsofinstagram #writingcommunity #oceanpoetry #käringön #poetryinheritance
https://poemsbyjonna.com/following-my-grandfather-to-the-harbour/
New on Substack, link in bio.
#poetry #substackpoetry #swedishpoetry #poetsofinstagram #writingcommunity #oceanpoetry #käringön #poetryinheritance
https://poemsbyjonna.com/following-my-grandfather-to-the-harbour/
Three poems from the shoreline’s quiet archive: salt-stung survival, blurred maps of memory, and the small things the tide refuses to keep. 🌊
New on Substack — link in bio.
#poetry #substackpoetry #oceanpoetry #poetsofinstagram…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/things-the-tide-refuses-to-take/
New on Substack — link in bio.
#poetry #substackpoetry #oceanpoetry #poetsofinstagram…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/things-the-tide-refuses-to-take/
April 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Three poems from the shoreline’s quiet archive: salt-stung survival, blurred maps of memory, and the small things the tide refuses to keep. 🌊
New on Substack — link in bio.
#poetry #substackpoetry #oceanpoetry #poetsofinstagram…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/things-the-tide-refuses-to-take/
New on Substack — link in bio.
#poetry #substackpoetry #oceanpoetry #poetsofinstagram…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/things-the-tide-refuses-to-take/
Some moments don’t leave us.
They soften, shift, linger — but they stay.
Three tanka poems on memory, longing, and the quiet ways we let go.
A form of five lines, holding what’s hardest to say out loud.
Read the full post on…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/before-the-bloom-fell-still-three-tanka-poems/
They soften, shift, linger — but they stay.
Three tanka poems on memory, longing, and the quiet ways we let go.
A form of five lines, holding what’s hardest to say out loud.
Read the full post on…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/before-the-bloom-fell-still-three-tanka-poems/
April 19, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Some moments don’t leave us.
They soften, shift, linger — but they stay.
Three tanka poems on memory, longing, and the quiet ways we let go.
A form of five lines, holding what’s hardest to say out loud.
Read the full post on…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/before-the-bloom-fell-still-three-tanka-poems/
They soften, shift, linger — but they stay.
Three tanka poems on memory, longing, and the quiet ways we let go.
A form of five lines, holding what’s hardest to say out loud.
Read the full post on…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/before-the-bloom-fell-still-three-tanka-poems/
Not everything turns to ash.
Some things stay —
in the body, in the breath, in memory.
Three poems about what the fire left behind 🔥
(link in stories)
#poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #writingcommunity #substackwriters…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/three-poems-about-what-the-fire-left-behind/
Some things stay —
in the body, in the breath, in memory.
Three poems about what the fire left behind 🔥
(link in stories)
#poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #writingcommunity #substackwriters…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/three-poems-about-what-the-fire-left-behind/
April 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Not everything turns to ash.
Some things stay —
in the body, in the breath, in memory.
Three poems about what the fire left behind 🔥
(link in stories)
#poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #writingcommunity #substackwriters…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/three-poems-about-what-the-fire-left-behind/
Some things stay —
in the body, in the breath, in memory.
Three poems about what the fire left behind 🔥
(link in stories)
#poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #writingcommunity #substackwriters…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/three-poems-about-what-the-fire-left-behind/
The body remembers in weather.
In tides. In storms. In breath.
Three new poems are up on my Substack ✨
(link in stories)
#poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #writingcommunity #substackwriters #modernpoetry
https://poemsbyjonna.com/three-poems-about-the-body-as-weather/
In tides. In storms. In breath.
Three new poems are up on my Substack ✨
(link in stories)
#poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #writingcommunity #substackwriters #modernpoetry
https://poemsbyjonna.com/three-poems-about-the-body-as-weather/
April 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The body remembers in weather.
In tides. In storms. In breath.
Three new poems are up on my Substack ✨
(link in stories)
#poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #writingcommunity #substackwriters #modernpoetry
https://poemsbyjonna.com/three-poems-about-the-body-as-weather/
In tides. In storms. In breath.
Three new poems are up on my Substack ✨
(link in stories)
#poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #writingcommunity #substackwriters #modernpoetry
https://poemsbyjonna.com/three-poems-about-the-body-as-weather/
When she was 8 months old — on vacation, walking into town, my mother caught a moment I still carry with me.
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A poem about a photograph, a shoulder, cobblestones, and time.
New on Substack (link in bio).
#poetry #substackpoetry…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/when-she-was-eight-months-old/
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A poem about a photograph, a shoulder, cobblestones, and time.
New on Substack (link in bio).
#poetry #substackpoetry…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/when-she-was-eight-months-old/
March 29, 2026 at 5:31 PM
When she was 8 months old — on vacation, walking into town, my mother caught a moment I still carry with me.
.
A poem about a photograph, a shoulder, cobblestones, and time.
New on Substack (link in bio).
#poetry #substackpoetry…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/when-she-was-eight-months-old/
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A poem about a photograph, a shoulder, cobblestones, and time.
New on Substack (link in bio).
#poetry #substackpoetry…
https://poemsbyjonna.com/when-she-was-eight-months-old/