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31 July Writing Prompts
I’m a little late to posting this, but over on my instagram I shared a listing of writing prompts. I figures here’s also a good place to share that list. I like writing prompts a lot, I find they help me think through new ideas and they’re good exercises to keep yourself writing. I hope…
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Journalling Through Writer’s Block
A journal or diary is more than a living autobiography; it’s a companion, too. A confidante for the mundane and exciting experiences we find ourselves in. A dumping ground for angry rants and sobbing cries. A journal is my interiority turned exterior. I almost never leave the house without it. When I write in my…
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Come To Bed With Me – A Poem
come to bed with meturn off the lightstrip the shirtfrom your back don’t fusswith the sheetsi always leave themin a tangled mess fluff the pillowsand get comfortable let me kissyour forehead let my bodywarm your body let my heartbeat sync with yours let my breathshare your air —Theo Sterling, 2025
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Why Hello Spring
Spring is here, and I feel as though I can finally release the breath I didn’t know I was holding. Living where I do, winter stretches on like an overbearing in-law, coming up with endless reasons to spend “just another night”. But now, the grass has made a turn for the better, bringing life back…
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Seeking a Third
Trios, triplets, triads, threesomes—groups of three always seem better. As a kid growing up in the middle of nowhere Alberta, friends were hard to come by. There wasn’t a whole lot of options. My school was tiny, and so the pickin’s for best friends was whoever came your way or wasn’t your cousin. I was…
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On Turning 28 Years Old
On Easter Monday this year, I turned 28 years old. While I’m not harbouring feelings of resentment, unhappiness, melancholy or pride, I do feel a difficult swirling of emotions throughout my body as this realization of getting older settles into me. Maybe this is what resigned acceptance feels like—a sort of inevitability similar to seeing…
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