Justin Keeling

Joined April 2021

28 stories

Bio

A systems thinker set to the task of disillusioning and reconciling a fragmented world through art, design, music, and story.

I sing for the dryads who spring through city sidewalks.

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Hope (May This Guide You On Your Way)
Love yourself Love your partner—even if they’re gone Love your family friends & neighbors—especially on holly days . And think well of strangers
By Justin Keelingabout a month ago in Poets
Relationship Advice From Grandpa
"A woman is like A fire—if you don't put the wood it will go out" — Grandpa Andrew
By Justin Keelingabout a month ago in Poets
Weighted Blanket. Runner-Up in The Sonnet of Shadows Challenge.
For B . This weighted blanket you gave me lessens the sting of light though it no longer holds the scent you wore Christmas night, cut primrose.
By Justin Keeling4 months ago in Poets
Symphony of Senescence
Gusts of wind play on the leaves, decrescendoing in God’s Orchestra
By Justin Keeling4 months ago in Poets
Fall Revolver
as flag wavers fall upon asphalt canvases their blood becomes ink
By Justin Keeling4 months ago in Poets
Deciduous Jest
laughing blossoms laugh aground, they—yellowed, snapped, and withered—laugh alone
By Justin Keeling4 months ago in Poets
Autumn Reverie
scarlet parachutes folding innocence into seas of detritus
By Justin Keeling4 months ago in Poets
College Migration. Honorable Mention in Falling Leaves Challenge.
brown needles on the veranda, the last goodbye before the great wild
By Justin Keeling4 months ago in Poets
Leaves in the Beggar’s Cap
flipping old pennies golden pancakes trapezing falling on wheezes
By Justin Keeling4 months ago in Poets
Test Day
Morgan awoke on the 3rd of July feeling slightly dazed. He'd been in the middle of a wonderful dream—somebody was congratulating him with a certificate when his alarm clock rudely exploded into applause.
By Justin Keeling11 months ago in Humor
Buffering Autumn_Sunrise.mp4
If the sunrise ran on internet explorer it'd last forever
By Justin Keelingabout a year ago in Poets
Civilization
Mutual sorrow Imaginary scoreboards Civilization
By Justin Keelingabout a year ago in Poets