pinterest, poetry, + prose on IG: @thewillowandthebloom,

hi! i’m joelle 👋🏻 but most everyone i know calls me some form of ‘jo’ — you can, too.

i’m the poetry and prose writer behind The Willow and The Bloom and wanted to formally introduce myself here on this little side of

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“— unless i am myself, i am nobody.”
— virginia woolf

sunday series: #poemsthatfeellikethis

🦋 inspo from our pinterest

the sweet and the steadfast
the fire and ice
the breeze and the storm
the meadow and the terrain

i am all things. i am no thing.
i am all the women in me.

#thewillowandthebloom

our first illustrated piece :’) we are testing out what kind of

a cozy home is a cluttered kitchen 🌸

they say to not be of this world,
but that would deny my very birth right.
born of dirt and dust and moonlight,
the spirit of God that hovered over the waters,
breathing through my very lungs.

there’s an ache in my soul for this land.
to belo

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poetry + prose pieces with little extra thoughts written with them below:

my heart grew + it cracked.

Joelle Ballweg 1/4/22 Joelle Ballweg 1/4/22

my heart grew + it cracked.

on grief. on love. on flowers.

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Your limiting beliefs are lying to you.

Joelle Ballweg 12/13/21 Joelle Ballweg 12/13/21

Your limiting beliefs are lying to you.

poetry + prose about limiting beliefs. the re-entry from the cage you’ve been living in.

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to hold on + to let go, to know the difference and timing of both.

Joelle Ballweg 10/20/21 Joelle Ballweg 10/20/21

to hold on + to let go, to know the difference and timing of both.

blog + full prose

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