The Fern
Allison MurphyPoems and prompts.
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Moving Toward the Tension
Move toward the tension.
Why?
The tension has something to tell you.
Last year, I made a post on my LinkedIn voicing a tension that, at the time, was coming to a head for me in my career. My expertise vs. my beliefs.
And based o...
Letting Go of Perfectionism
Instead of a resolution, I’m letting something go.
At the end of 2025, I asked myself: what am I leaving behind this year?
As someone who’s always taking on new projects, goals, and hobbies, the idea of adding another to the list for 2026...
The Deep Work of Imagination for Social Impact Organizations
“Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds...
Widening The Fern's Circle
The Fern started as a personal poetry publication, but now occupies a wider circle of being.
Poetry will always be a part of The Fern, but it will no longer be the primary focus. If you came here for a poem, you can view all archived poet...
The world has always been burning
Hi friends,
Happy Fern Friday 🌿 This week, there are even more new folks on the subscriber list – hooray! And welcome. As we get closer to 100 subscribers, I’m curious: what do you want to hear more of? What does your ideal Substack comm...
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words for the world we want to live in | poems, stories, real life diary of a chronically offline writer
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