1.31.25

wade into the work 

wander

until you are anymore

no longer

sonder

with wonder (and a touch of guilt)

for not believing

you were only

doing your best

by what you were

given

#katyamills

1.30.25

 walking the city streets to work she stopped only for coffee. ideas clamored for attention since she shut out the news. today it was why not get a kitten for my two cats to raise? the wind bit her neck and she pulled up her collar. got to work super early. time to write. #katyamills

1.29.25

hoping to conjure up a good story
press words like piano keys push
warmth into the floorboards by
the soles of feet the souls
of characters etched
by heart

#katyamills

#5amwritersclub

Bluesky post 1.28.25 ... maybe your piece was inspired by an image. maybe it was a dream. or a thought. or something somebody said. or did. a week long snow storm. last night on my way home from work I witnessed two cars collide. it was frightening. surprising. not exactly inspirational ... not yet.

 #katyamills

1.26.25

she ran downstairs
flush with emotion and hid with a plushy under a blanket. the double digits of siblings counted off one short. they ran around crazy searching for her. the youngest hollered out I found her! I found her! all ran downstairs scared. blanket pull. tears of relentless joy


this morning I write with Intelligentsia pour over from Chicago and reading a 5,000 word story out loud to my cat Bunny and if he likes it I will submit
#5amwritersclub

#katyamills

1.25.25

5am. the wilderness in the heart need not be tamed. listen with all your senses. breathe into its arrhythmias. stay long enough to record it. if you dare.

#katyamills

1.24.25

 if you lose your way

focus on one word at a time

place your palm over your heart

and ask it to speak

#katyamills

1.23.25

 the room where I write has five walls and a light hanging off a ten foot chain. a newsprint by Banksy tacked up to remind me. a girl with her legs crossed. seated. looking thoughtfully at a bird. if you get tired, it says, learn to rest, not to quit.   #katyamills

get into it

read by blown

glass tear drop

sixty watt candle

light






get into it






lace the boots

pull them

tight

 

#katyamills

dis.solve

we crisscross the binary line until it finally dissolves

#katyamills

1.17.25

world closing in

out of luck out of 

money 

she castigates herself

all the mistakes 

retreat into sleep 

wake up by the sun 

oil the chain 

nowhere to run 

face the pain 

ride on

#katyamills

1.15.25

silence amplifies

the words amplify

the silence






we talk for a while and then i feel better

about it






what would I do without

you




#katyamills

1.12.25

woke up a little dizzy and shook the sleep #dust off. dreams have been particularly vivid this year. not sure why. hoping to rustle up a good story and nudge it out into the world. prayers for LA

#katyamills

1.11.25

 

@Katya444ever


there is no quit. there is fatigue and for this there is a solution. rest. then we wake again to our intentions what we value and let the spirit take us. there is no #quit.

sweet

You could just listen to them and enjoy them for a couple hours it's not like you had to go home with them. She was surface sweet. It's easy to lose yourself in a sugar cookie.

#katyamills

guess one eight

my guess is yours he said. so she took his guess and she loved the heck out of it and it turned into something so certain you could never say it was not true

#katyamills

 https://kissilent.wordpress.com/2025/01/08/guess-one-eight/

1.6.25

I went to measure my fingers for ring size. I got a gift certificate I can use for fashion rings. some of my fingers grew out at different slants. we were rough house kids. they broke and healed on their own. that was the way back then. live with it. #katyamills

1.5.25

the question I asked myself this morning: is there something wrong with me to not be dreading going back to work tomorrow after the holiday break? the answer: no. it just means you finally found work that uplifts and inspires you even while it tires you.  #katyamills

1.4.25

I tend to delight in things others dont make much of. I know you poets and writers understand. then it's like I am a bore to them. but I am not trying to be a great entertainer. just myself. the ones who care tend to show up for more.  #katyamills

submission #1 published

 I am so happy one of my first submissions was accepted and published by New Words Press today! Here is the link ... https://www.newwordspress.com/solar-strike-by-katya-mills/

2025+

new year's day
high resolution imagery
fills the head
who i am
what i stand for
how i can
contribute to my
community
and have a great
fuckin
life!

#katyamills