Poetry and Prose
I am drawn to the beautifully unconventional, and my work is shaped by a desire to see and portray life in a way that is raw, unfiltered, and deeply individual. Through my writing, I explore emotion and perspective in their most vulnerable forms, gravitating toward the personal as a way to honor lived experience. My voice is guided by a peculiar lens that seeks out nuance and truth, embracing the idea that our differences are what make us compelling. Each piece is an attempt to capture the quiet complexities of being human, preserving fleeting moments, emotions, and perspectives with honesty and care.
Currently, I write for personal enjoyment and expression only. I publish a select portion of my work to my SubStack, and intend to increase the amount I share in the coming year.
My Journey to Writing
I have always been an extremely sentimental, emotional girl. Growing up, I felt like I was drowning in the emotions that flooded inside of me. I was told I was too much, too emotional, too dramatic. I never felt seen or understood by those around me, and questioned how they carried the weight of these feelings with such ease. I lived in my head, trying to figure out how to communicate what I was feeling. I could never find the right words, and adjectives never felt like enough. I wasn’t sad, or excited, or afraid. These simple descriptions never encapsulated even a fraction of what I was feeling.
One day, I picked up a pen and let myself spill my mind onto a page. I probably wrote for an hour straight, hand sweaty and cramped by the end. I wrote and didn’t confine myself to shallow labels for my feelings. I turned my emotion into a mess of metaphors and rhymes. It was the first time I was ever able to truly express what I was feeling.
Since then, writing poetry and prose has been an outlet for expressing the deep, complex feelings that I carry everyday. It has transformed my emotion from being overwhelmingly too much, to an honest, raw reflection of myself. Writing has allowed me to transform my deepness into a beautiful, expressive art form that allows me to understand myself, and others, wholly.
Jordan Miller 