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Love is always making something new
The fierce hope of unraveling what no longer works -- I stumbled across this statement recently and wrote it down right away. My heart and mind flashed…
Sep 25
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Together is the way forward
A little poem that went viral this week -- I went for a walk on Tuesday morning before taking my son to school. Hoping my shoes on the pavement would…
Sep 18
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The house that held us
Grief, awakening + the courage to let go -- We pay two mortgages on the first of each month. One for a home in Oregon that we live in. One for a home in…
Sep 11
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When the neighborhood waves back
How small gestures create big belonging -- I mindlessly turn my van into our neighborhood a few days ago. Lost in thought, I navigate around a parked…
Sep 4
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August 2025
Three years of The Thread!
Let's untangle life together -- Today is the third anniversary of The Thread! We co-created this space on August 28, 2022. I didn’t have a clue as to…
Aug 28
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It's just school supplies
A poem on late summer smiles + letting go -- it’s just school supplies i tell myselfbig emotions scramble my sense of rushing time as i try to make…
Aug 21
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Making peace with limits
Burnout is not an invitation to push harder -- Part of me hates limits. Part of me loves limits.
Aug 7
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July 2025
A truth is easing into view
Turning 43 and nodding yes -- I turned 43 on Sunday. I took myself to a new-to-me coffee shop to do one of my most favorite things in the world. Write…
Jul 31
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I'm losing my words lately
Pondering writing + our wild and soft hearts -- It’s a dangerous season for a writer when they stop writing. Necessary. Normal. Needed. But still…
Jul 24
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The white sparkly fireworks + potato salad slumber
A poem on the 4th of July in the midst of fascism -- i grew up loving the white sparkly fireworks the most - the ones that sizzled and fell from the sky…
Jul 10
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Love will win in the end
But it's not going to be pretty -- this is my prayer beforechecking the news, the desire to ignore and self-protect runs deep
Jul 3
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June 2025
Let it disintegrate
A couple thoughts on letting it all fall apart. Again. -- I sit by a sparkling creek that runs by the library at my town’s university campus. It’s late…
Jun 26
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