SUEDE the poet

Joined November 2025

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English Teacher by Day. Poet by Scarlight. Tattooed Storyteller. Trying to make beauty out of bruises and meaning out of madness. I write at the intersection of faith, psychology, philosophy, and the human condition.

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Fireplace on screen Crackles in high definition Hands learn irony
By SUEDE the poetabout a month ago in Poets
Performance Review
They break you down like water and wind and salt on rock— a slow rhythm of abuse. Passive aggressive emails pointing out how they would do things
By SUEDE the poet2 months ago in Poets
Carpool Confession
Fourteen years is not fireworks every night. It’s learning the sound of each other’s breathing in the dark and knowing when not to speak.
By SUEDE the poet2 months ago in Poets
Outlaw Infant
He does not come with banners— no brass, no cavalry of angels clattering down marble steps. He arrives like a rumor whispered
By SUEDE the poet2 months ago in Poets
Litany of Coal
I keep coming back to the fire after it has stopped being impressive. Not the blaze people gather for, not the heat that earns applause,
By SUEDE the poet2 months ago in Poets
The Room that Remembered. Content Warning.
He woke on cold stone, cheek pressed against grit. A throb pulsed behind his eyes—deep, steady, like a slow hammer striking bone. When he tried to move, pain shot through his shoulders. His wrists were bound behind him with coarse rope, tight enough to bite.
By SUEDE the poet2 months ago in Fiction
Somehow
Some nights, I lie still beside you and listen to the way your breathing soothes the dark— like you're stitching the torn places in me
By SUEDE the poet2 months ago in Poets
Prayerodox
The clock breathes heavy and slow— as if fighting for its next respire. The ceiling hums like tired bones, my spine folds into the mattress
By SUEDE the poet2 months ago in Poets
Sermon Without Witness
This morning the sanctuary glowed like nothing in the world was burning. Sunlight braided itself through stained glass, the choir breathed out hope in less-than-perfect harmony—
By SUEDE the poet3 months ago in Poets
Silence in Transit. Content Warning.
I’m sick of headlines written in blood, lives reduced to hashtags, daughters turned to cannon fodder— sacrificial lambs led to slaughter
By SUEDE the poet3 months ago in Poets
Metaphysical Conceits, Donne Anew
Let them recite our faults—let them declare that love like ours was forged too hot, too fast, that vows we made in youth could never last,
By SUEDE the poet3 months ago in Poets
The Night After the Fire. Runner-Up in The Last Flame Challenge.
The night does not speak— it only circles the dying fire, waiting for what must finally end. Even the wind keeps its distance, as if my hands
By SUEDE the poet3 months ago in Poets

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Performance Review

Carpool Confession

Outlaw Infant

Litany of Coal

The Room that Remembered. Content Warning.

Somehow

Prayerodox

Sermon Without Witness

Silence in Transit. Content Warning.

Metaphysical Conceits, Donne Anew

The Night After the Fire. Runner-Up in The Last Flame Challenge.

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