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42 poems

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  • Awakening 1
  • Faith 1
  • Freedom 1
  • History & Mystery 1
  • Inspirational 10
  • Loss 1
  • Love 6
  • Nature 9
  • Places 2
  • Resilience 7
  • Sorrow 2
  • Wisdom 1
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Silas Fen

Silas Fen

Silas Fen writes from Santa Fe and the wider West, shaping poetry and visual work from reflection, lived experience, and the moments most people overlook.

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Where Two Remain
Love

Where Two Remain

July 20, 2026

The wind came sharpened from the west, and carved its hunger into stone.

Not Every Loss Has a Grave

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The Strength Beneath
Resilience

The Strength Beneath

July 20, 2026

The years stripped borrowed clay away, and left the buried stones revealed. What seemed like ruin cleared the way

Not Every Loss Has a Grave

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I Wore Pain Like It Belonged to Me
Resilience

I Wore Pain Like It Belonged to Me

July 2, 2026

I wore pain like it belonged to me, a weathered coat I would not shed.

Love Was Never Ours to Keep

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The Face the Jungle Kept
Nature

The Face the Jungle Kept

July 1, 2026

Before the maps and border lines, Before the roads through jungle rain, The Harakbut walked these ancient vines

Love Was Never Ours to Keep

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Guardians of the Clouds
History & Mystery

Guardians of the Clouds

May 30, 2026

High in Peru where condors glide, The guardians confront the sky. They shield the dead along the side

Love Was Never Ours to Keep

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Carla, After the Words
Awakening

Carla, After the Words

May 30, 2026

Carla went still beside the chair, Warm noise moved through drink and glass. Yet something deeper caught her there,

Love Was Never Ours to Keep

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Devoured Tide
Loss

Devoured Tide

May 17, 2026

The ocean bit deep through ash and bone, Dark waves rehearsed a final scar. A ruined pulse stood there alone,

Love Was Never Ours to Keep

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Bait's Silence
Wisdom

Bait's Silence

May 17, 2026

The hook hides deep in borrowed praise, Soft mouths rush fast toward the gleam.

Love Was Never Ours to Keep

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Three Walks with Pipes
Nature

Three Walks with Pipes

May 9, 2026

Three times a day, we crossed the shore — Pipes kept rhythm near my feet, dancing the edge of every…

Love Was Never Ours to Keep

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The Passage of Fear
Inspirational

The Passage of Fear

April 22, 2023

I stand before the storm within, a tide of dread that rises fast.

Ink and Embers

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Old Debts
Resilience

Old Debts

April 22, 2026

In the moonlit bay I stand, My conscience casts a shade, Cold waves revise my plan, Old debts demand be…

Love Was Never Ours to Keep

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Muddy Water's Edge
Inspirational

Muddy Water's Edge

July 29, 2024

In the hush where waters meet the land, A symphony soft and grand. Muddy waves, in gentle play,

The Things We Leave Unsaid, Echoes From the Heart

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Silas Fen — The Rustic Poet
Silas Fen

Silas Fen

Poet & Visual Artist

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