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  • Awakening 1
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  • 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.

About Silas Fen
Echoes of Emotions
Love

Echoes of Emotions

May 20, 2022

In the quiet shadows of the soul, Pain and sorrow often take their toll.

Echoes From the Heart, Where the Heart Still Speaks, Where the Missing Things Go

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Crown of Thorns
Faith

Crown of Thorns

January 2, 2023

In sorrow's hues, a visage worn, Eyes deep as night, gaze forlorn.

Echoes From the Heart, Where the Heart Still Speaks, Love Was Never Ours to Keep

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Echoes in the Desert Homestead
Nature

Echoes in the Desert Homestead

August 5, 2025

Beneath the vast New Mexico skies, Where clouds like cotton softly rise.

Echoes From the Heart, Where the Heart Still Speaks, What Remains of Us

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The Hollow Veil

The Hollow Veil

October 14, 2026

I am a cellar wall, and I hold fast what rolled down here: potatoes, glue, and wine,

A Silence in the Stone

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The Liturgist

The Liturgist

October 14, 2026

I am her kettle. Four years she has spent learning my moods: two clicks, and then a threat.

A Silence in the Stone

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Home
Inspirational

Home

July 1, 2026

I searched for it in distant lands, Beyond the reach of roads I'd known. Shifting years and changing sands,

Love Was Never Ours to Keep

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The Angel’s Blind Spot
Love

The Angel’s Blind Spot

Even angels need reminding, not of how to spread their wings, but that the heart behind the feathers

Love Was Never Ours to Keep

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The Man Who Stayed
Inspirational

The Man Who Stayed

I do not need the crowd’s applause, Nor strangers saying I belong. I’ve learned to live without a cause

Love Was Never Ours to Keep

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The Wealth of Ordinary Days
Inspirational

The Wealth of Ordinary Days

I used to think that joy would come with trumpets sounding from the sky, some grand event, some distant drum,

Love Was Never Ours to Keep

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The Empty Reach
Resilience

The Empty Reach

I slipped beyond the cliff’s stark edge, The wind erased each steady trace. No hand appeared upon the ledge,

Ink and Embers

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One More Good Thing
Inspirational

One More Good Thing

The page spoke low beside the flame, Add one more good thing before you sleep.

Love Was Never Ours to Keep

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Sunset Instructions
Inspirational

Sunset Instructions

A weathered board stood in the sand, Its message brief, yet strangely wise. It did not beg or make demands,

Love Was Never Ours to Keep

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Silas Fen — The Rustic Poet
Silas Fen

Silas Fen

Poet & Visual Artist

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