Archive - Amanda Grinstead

blues for the waiting room

i’m sitting in a plastic chair

Jul 29 •

Amanda Grinstead

no map for this

Jul 21 •

Amanda Grinstead

a woman of appalachia

i’m a woman born where the hills roll like old records,

Jul 18 •

Amanda Grinstead

nowhere train (a beginning)

i left on a tuesday because monday's felt too cinematic.

Jul 18 •

Amanda Grinstead

i slept in the arms of cities

Jul 15 •

Amanda Grinstead

Fourth of July, my ass

i saw the flag hang limp in the sweat-burned air

Jul 4 •

Amanda Grinstead

June 2025

chronic illness

i walk into the clinic

Jun 29 •

Amanda Grinstead

i slept in the arms of cities

Jun 27 •

Amanda Grinstead

first cigarette, first prayer

i howled at the moon from a rooftop

Jun 26 •

Amanda Grinstead

May 2025

A teacup dreams on the windowsill, half-full of sky and a curl of steam; its thoughts are of lavender fields and library corners where time naps softly.

May 13 •

Amanda Grinstead

A teacup dreams on the windowsill, half-full of sky and a curl of steam; its thoughts are of lavender fields and library corners where time naps softly.

May 13 •

Amanda Grinstead

April 2025

this bitter earth

Nothing grows easy here.

Apr 28 •

Amanda Grinstead

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