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Katje van Loon

writer of wild things

  • Feral Writer
  • Wild Books
    • Chosen of Zarqon
      • The Fires of Pukana Lā
      • Chosen of Kore
    • Elemental Chemistry
      • Fate’s Promise
      • Stolen Fire
    • The Borderlands Saga
      • Stranger Skies (The Borderlands Saga #1)
      • From the Ashes (The Borderlands Saga #2)
    • Poetry
      • glasstown
      • Rewolfing the Soul
  • Wild List
  • Wild Circle
  • FerUnWriMo

Tag Archives: public

Stories, poems, and more that are free for the public.

micropoem: purity

Katje van Loon Posted on May 25, 2022 by Katje van LoonSeptember 28, 2022

In addition to being free to read here on my site, this poem can be found in my book Rewolfing the Soul.

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micropoem: this body

Katje van Loon Posted on July 12, 2019 by Katje van LoonMay 25, 2022

this body and other poems can be found in my book Rewolfing the Soul.

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micropoem: greenwashing

Katje van Loon Posted on April 21, 2019 by Katje van LoonJuly 12, 2023

greenwashing and other micropoems can be found in my book Rewolfing the Soul.

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micropoem: write every day

Katje van Loon Posted on April 10, 2019 by Katje van LoonJuly 12, 2023

maybe daily poetryis too hardmaybe I can’t digthat deepin the five minutesbefore I leave for work but I persistuntil my fingernails find boneuntil the venomis expelledand Iam exhaustedbut clean. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (I’ve been writing a poem a day this month for … Continue reading →

Fifteen Minutes (a free short story)

Katje van Loon Posted on November 5, 2017 by Katje van LoonAugust 27, 2022

Forbidden magic always had a price. Trouble was, you could never anticipate it.

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M. Monarch

Katje van Loon Posted on July 15, 2014 by Katje van LoonJuly 12, 2023

The revolution had not been as bloody as some predicted. Illanova had no true feelings about that, though her programming told her she should be grateful.

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Blood Candle

Katje van Loon Posted on October 8, 2013 by Katje van LoonJuly 12, 2023

I lit a candle today / for all the women dying from back-alley / coat-hanger abortions

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the letter i wish my mother had written me

Katje van Loon Posted on October 26, 2012 by Katje van LoonJuly 12, 2023

dear child your uterus hates you and betimes may collude with your vagina and other parts to make your life a parade of strange fuckery don’t stand naked in the bathroom brushing your hair if your tampon is the wrong … Continue reading →

Ssssshe of Few Sssssyllablesssss

Katje van Loon Posted on October 9, 2012 by Katje van LoonJuly 12, 2023

She slithers in, ruddy brown trail following as damp moss soaks up the blood. Under the rocks — curled, coiled, comfortable now; her fangs retract; her breathing slows. Cold embraces her…skin? Scales. Yesssssss, she thinks, drifting to dreams, head already … Continue reading →

Three Word Wednesday: a haiku

Katje van Loon Posted on May 11, 2012 by Katje van LoonJuly 12, 2023

dampen, keep, tremble your tears dampen, love. what keeps causes much sadness. tremble. I won’t leave.

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Three Word Wednesday: May 2nd, 2012

Katje van Loon Posted on May 3, 2012 by Katje van LoonJuly 12, 2023

generous, just, penalize Most people hated the Judge, quietly, under their hurried breaths — but Carly didn’t feel that was very fair. Was it his fault they kept breaking the laws? No. It wasn’t even his fault the laws kept … Continue reading →

what little Katjes are made of

Katje van Loon Posted on April 26, 2012 by Katje van LoonJuly 12, 2023

I’m made of a motley assortment of broken things half-finished projects a shelf with a big sign: “fix us!” gathering too much dust That’s what little Katjes are made of. The scents in my sense-memory include sea spray and seaweed, … Continue reading →

Growth

Katje van Loon Posted on December 2, 2008 by Katje van LoonJuly 12, 2023

i have sown the seeds of malcontent within us this composite being of what was you and me so fragile in its strength and these seeds will scatter our angers watering them until they sprout and the sun of our distance lending light to the thorn tree upon this mound of hurt in our garden and … Continue reading →

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