Andi Leigh Writes

Hello! I'm Andi. I write books. andileighwrites.com

[poppiesandpromises]

Those stupid pink skies

I follow with starving eyes—

I've come to despise

This chasm I cannot fill

A heart that is never still

[pup-purgatory]

[thertg]

in you

i found a mirage

floating

on an endless sea

of tears.

—RTG

[poppiesandpromises]

It tasted just like happiness

Like roses and champagne

A sunset, star-soaked honey bliss

Devoid of any pain

I pressed the lovely sweet pea

Made wishes in the night

The dandelions soared with me

The tiny seeds took flight

I drank till I was sated

And then I drank some more

Until the fear had faded

Until I lost the shore

But surely in the morning

Inside the coldest light

The day became a warning

& I was sick with fright

The magic still lingers

It whispers in the trees

Golden webs between my fingers

A thread none but the forest sees

[robertjw4688]

A flash of lightning

caught in a glass jar

will be a pet

which we coddle

until time

and the spring sky

merge

into something

beyond our lives.

[oneandocey]

Two years have passed,

I'm here again,

What a nostalgic view,

To the right,

The flower field,

And fear that I am doomed.

[andileighwrites]

Happy Sunday!

I’ve made the decision to close my Ko-fi page/shop.

My eBook shop is back on Gumroad!

In the new shop you can find a mix of paid and free/pay what you want PDF ebooks.

Check it out!

[andileighwrites]

I'm going to get some writing done this weekend! Haven't been able to work on much this week.

[oatleaf]

Last year we started our online poetry journal and published 47 poems on our old blog. Those amazing poems were then collected into a digital volume that is available for download!

We’ve been on hiatus but Oatleaf is back! The journal is now on Substack and submissions are open!

[andileighwrites]

I saw a deer today! 🦌

[oatleaf]

Hello poets!

We have been on hiatus for a few months but we are excited to announce that Oatleaf is ready to get back up and running again.

Oatleaf is now on Substack!

It will be easier to subscribe to the journal and get poems sent directly to your inbox.

Submissions are open!

oatleafpoetry.com

[andileighwrites]

I'm getting closer to having 1,500 poems under my belt!

[paper-wounds]

via

[angelbabymikaa]

i’m begging you guys to read a book and at this point i don’t even care which one

[apoemaday]

Not Anyone Who Says

by Mary Oliver

Not anyone who says, “I’m going to be careful and smart in matters of love,” who says, “I’m going to choose slowly,” but only those lovers who didn’t choose at all but were, as it were, chosen by something invisible and powerful and uncontrollable and beautiful and possibly even unsuitable — only those know what I’m talking about in this talking about love.

[mothpetals]

i see you, darling and i'll let you sleep as lonely as i am and as much as i miss you together, in our gnarled branch home.

don't worry about me don't worry about me

(i'll bloom again by the time you wake up)

↳ wb

[poppiesandpromises]

I count the stars in violet skies

I wish upon the points of light

Some are dreams in poor disguise

I count the stars in violet skies

My soul shimmers in delight

The trees whisper their soft replies

I count the stars in violet skies

I wish upon the points of light