Jeremy C Kester

Jeremy C Kester

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  • Novels
    • The Good Teacher
    • Remember the Yorktown (Gravity 1)
    • The Dangerous Life of Agnes Pyle
  • short stories
    • Into Fire’s Den
    • Farm Life Lost
  • PoemsPoems by Jeremy C Kester
    • Change of Seasons: Selected Poems
    • varied degrees of darkness: selected poems
  • The Practice

    The Practice

    When you are a creative person — a writer, a painter, a woodcarver — you crave the very act itself. You need to do it; not unlike the need to eat or drink, more spiritual in a way, it remains as necessary. Rot and despair follow otherwise, only serving to further spin the doom loop.

    Jeremy C Kester

    June 5, 2025
    Blog, Essays
    essay, goals, independent writing, life, life lessons, personal essay, process, self publishing, thoughts, writer, writerslife, writing, writing process, writing struggle
  • Carrying Time

    Carrying Time

    3 poems: “Clock”, “Carried”, and “If But We Wait”

    Jeremy C Kester

    May 29, 2025
    Poems
    contemporary poem, independent writing, learning, life, life lessons, poem, poetry, time, writer, writerslife, writing, writing struggle
  • Rooting for Blame

    Rooting for Blame

    Sometimes I must Forget myself

    Jeremy C Kester

    May 11, 2025
    Poems
    anxiety, contemporary poem, independent writing, learning, life, life lessons, poem, poetry, writer, writerslife, writing, writing struggle
  • A Knock at the Door

    A Knock at the Door

    a poem Temptation knocks at the doorBegging me to openTo let her inAs I refuseCowering in the cornerNot of who stands on the other sideBut of the monsterWho would but openAnd relish in the submissionTo the thingsWhich would destroy whatI hold most dear Photo and words copyright © 2025 by Jeremy C Kester – all…

    Jeremy C Kester

    April 30, 2025
    Poems
    contemporary poem, distraction, independent writing, life, poem, poetry, temptation, writerslife, writing
  • Newspeak

    Newspeak

    Fear not the words For thought they bite The teeth they have Are those only that you give

    Jeremy C Kester

    April 19, 2025
    Poems
    contemporary poem, independent writing, poem, poetry, writing
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