Poems, Fragments, and Afterthoughts
from A Thousand Ways to Say I’m Sorry.
They say a poem can be a map, or a confession, or just a place to put your secrets. These are Jojo Tiller’s poems: a record of longing, grief, hope, and wild humor. Some are true. Some are wishful thinking. All of them belong to him—and to anyone who’s ever tried to write their way out of a hard place.
Volume One: Goodbye
Volume Two: For Molly
Volume Three: Letters Home
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Lanterns are just borrowed fire, carrying hope through the dark. Light enough for two, if you sit close.
Some days the sky is so big, it’s like the world is teaching you to breathe. Beauty burns fast, but it comes back every fall.
Wildflowers don’t care if you remember their names. They bloom anyway. Proof that ordinary things can be a miracle, if you look close.
Even when the day’s over, the sunflower turns its face toward whatever light is left. That’s how you last until morning.
EMILY GIRARD | FICTION WRITER
All photos © Emily Bump Girard, taken in the Shenandoah Valley