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*One of the most frustrating things about blogging on Steem is that there's no way to archive your posts. It's really hard to find old writing that you might want to re-read or share with someone, especially if you've forgotten the title of the piece. I've been meaning to do this for a while - go through my writing and create an archive in my Steempeak drafts of my poetry, short stories and more poetic writing pieces. I'm well aware no-one here has the time to read them, nor the inclination (though it'd be kinda cool if you did!), but I'm posting it so I have a record of all my writing in one post, with links, that I can then bookmark for my own use.*

*I'm sure I've missed some, but at least I have the draft saved so I can add to it as I go. It was an interesting cold Saturday arvo by the fire reading a few of these. I'm quite struck with how much my writing has improved since I've been on Steem - damn I love this place, for all it's failings!*

# Poetry

With the exception of 'The Dragon Watchers' which is about Halley's Comet and nostalgia, most of these poems are inspired by the natural landscape. 'The Residency of Birds' was written by me, but my husband and I workshopped it. He's not bad for a physicist - seems a good grammar school education helps you with poetry skills! I am particularly proud of 'I Thought The Gull A Drone', about the way technology influences your perception. I also really liked 'All This Life is Hope', for the balance I feel I achieved between death and decay, and life and growth, an idea that seems to seep into a lot of my work. I'm fascinated by the beauty of decay. 'Fearing Men on Lonely Beaches' was an interesting one too. Whilst it was clearly poetry, a lot of people really reached out to me as if I had fully experienced this, when in truth, I hadn't - I'd just been inspired by a mere minute where I felt a little bit of trepidation about a guy walking behind me at the beach, which turned into a more interesting reflection on what it's like to be a woman and to fear men. 

[I Thought The Gull A Drone](https://steemit.com/steempress/@riverflows/ithoughtthegulladrone-otlcbjdqfl)
[The Dragon Watchers](https://steemit.com/poetry/@riverflows/the-dragon-watchers-poetry)
[The Residency of Birds](https://steemit.com/freedomfriday/@riverflows/freedom-and-love-a-poem-for-freedom-friday)
[Morning Meditation](https://steemit.com/mindfullife/@riverflows/morning-meditation)
[All This Life is Hope](https://steemit.com/steempress/@riverflows/allthislifeishope-wcsdhkz8ad)
[Fearing Men on Lonely Beaches](https://steemit.com/poetry/@riverflows/walk-with-me-poetry-and-fearing-men-on-lonely-beaches)
[Restoration](https://steempeak.com/ecotrain/@riverflows/restoration-poetry)

# Short Stories

Most of my short stories are Australian Gothic - again, I can't help the Australian seep into my work. I think that's a good thing. My favourite story is 'Horses' - I won a competition for that one. If it's not Australian Gothic, it's dystopian or horror - but I think the three genres merge somewhat! I also think 'Horses' is more polished - I used to spend a long time polishing them before posting, but don't bother as much now as they're not really read so much. I did get a whale upvote for this one. It drew on real news reports too - of starving wild horses eating each other in the Snowy Mountains, of a landslide at Thredbo ski resort years ago, a pub I visited in Tasmania, and old ghost stories. If there's any story I'd like you to read it'd be this one. Oh, I did like 'Blood Credits' too. I think I was inspired a little bit by 'Never Let Me Go', a book by Kazuo Ishiguro, but also steempunk and dystopian stories of my youth. 

[Kali](https://steemit.com/palnet/@riverflows/kali-fiction)
[Blood Credits](https://steemit.com/steempress/@riverflows/bloodcredits-16oscwy6cd)
[The Hat](https://steempeak.com/@riverflows)
[The Desert Stars](https://steempeak.com/fiction/@riverflows/the-desert-stars-fiction-dabbling)
[Cabin In the Woods](https://steempeak.com/letsmakeastory/@riverflows/let-s-make-a-story-cabin-in-the-woods-chapter-3)
[Horses](https://steempeak.com/horror/@riverflows/horror-story) 
[Disorder](Image Source
I always moan that there's not enough creative writing posts on ... https://steempeak.com/writing/@riverflows/cannabis-creative-contest-week-6-disorder)


# Poetic Writing 

When I'm feeling emotionally moved, I often write more lyrical pieces that can be impressionistic or take on a strange structure that doesn't necessarily follow a more journalistic style. Sometimes it borders on short stories or fiction. My first steem post ever was a creative piece about a memory of my father and surfing. It earnt me 0.2 steem. I think I might edit it and repost it, a resurrected piece of writing for the sake of engagement! My favourite is 'Breathing is Like The World Changing Seasons' and 'The Things That Bubble Up from the Unconscious Mind: Making Sense of Wounds'. 

[On Listening and Allowing and Silence](https://steemit.com/steempress/@riverflows/onlisteningandallowingandsilencewriting-fjig5n6jek)
[Christmas in Australia](https://steemit.com/steempress/@riverflows/christmasinaustraliaapoem-v02digb0ho)
[Smoke Dreamings: A Meditation on Incense](https://steemit.com/steempress/@riverflows/smokedreamingsameditationonincense-8fmlcysz67)
[Firewood Dreaming](https://steemit.com/homesteading/@riverflows/firewood-collecting-dreaming-ii-ants-spiders-and-cows-cockies-turtles-and-eternity-ii-this-is-enough)
[Breathing is Like the World Changing Seasons](https://steemit.com/writing/@riverflows/breathing-is-like-the-world-changing-seasons)
[The Things That Bubble Up From the Unconcious Mind: Making Sense of Wounds](https://steempeak.com/ecotrain/@riverflows/the-things-that-bubble-up-from-the-unconcious-mind-making-sense-of-wounds)
[On Death, Decay, The Ocean & Other Ordinary Things](https://steempeak.com/steempress/@riverflows/impressionsondecayanddeathandtheoceanandotherordinarythings-jdhh108bsu)
[Bye Baby - Freewrite](https://steempeak.com/freewrite/@riverflows/bye-baby-free-write)
[Memory Flows  - The Things That Shaped Me](https://steempeak.com/tribesteemup/@riverflows/memory-flows-the-things-that-shaped-me)
[Lungs and Heart Inner Outer Breathing Being](https://steempeak.com/naturalmedicine/@riverflows/lungs-and-heart-first-last-outer-inner-only-that-breath-breathing-human-being)
[On My Father, Memory and Surfing](https://steempeak.com/writing/@riverflows/learning-to-surf-many-moons-ago)

# How do you organise your past writings?