Van Miranda

Poetry Featured

Elastic #1

The things we pick up are the things we carry

Announcement

I've made Landfall on Ghost

Hello friends, A few weeks ago, I announced that this newsletter was going to hibernate for a bit while I figured things out. I may have said it more dramatically than that. Something about a project being completed? I don't know... Really, what I was feeling was a

Announcement

Thank you

One year of Landfall

Poetry

We didn't come here for Consistency

Plucking Light from Darkness

Song

When they ask "How's work?"

We say Fine

Song

give it nothin'

A Song when you're over Giving

Poetry

really, Dear

A snippet poem of imaginary Postcards

Poetry

Disappointment lies within reason

Letting go of the thread

Poetry

The Falling Tones

Everywhere I look green, is blazing from red, to brown Color spun, full circle now, cascading down The summer rays melt, running with feet, never touching the ground light, held safe and breathed clean as November water 🌬️This Post has made a journey from Substack (where it was originally published)

Poetry

Are we still trying?

Are we still trying to convince each other? Is it cynical to describe what’s there? Do we need to be condemned to life, behind a podium? Fielding questions from no-one, in particular Eyes, wide minds, stuffed like cannons aligned, broadside ready to point out the obvious Two flags and

Reflection

I Hope You Find A Better Job Soon

This photo is from one of my postal routes today. As I ride by, the voices play in my head. The woman from two days ago, in passing, as I’m delivering her mail: “I bet you had a different career, before. Well, I hope you find a better job

Poetry

What the hell are we doing here, anyway?

A question directed at no one, and everyone, in the Hotel Lobby Bar

Poetry

Diagnosis: Bad Babysitting

Why does it feel like we're still trying to convince each other?

Poetry

Tesla Whirld

The electric tire smoke of Perceived Inconvenience

Poetry

Absorbed / Forest Floor

Trying on a Stationary Perspective for Long-Term Views

Reflection

I've had enough coffee, it's time to get paid

A case for adding One-Time Payments to Substack

Poetry

wouldn't be / my choice

(don't be surprised)

Poetry

Well, Actually

Shapes of Asking

Poetry

The World-Wide Flower Market

A fragile trade

Poetry

At the Qeynos Gates

Revisiting childhood memories for safety

Poetry

Lemonade (for sale!)

The Origin Story of a Real Business

Poetry

There are tears, here

softening, as you speak

Poetry

Are you safe, J.K.?

Examining our Hypervigilant State

Poetry

Daddy Horsey

Play/Life Balance

Poetry

Del Dios

My one and only full-body epiphany