Winter Days | Jaya Avendel

Sun as though the moon

Lone sliver of light dances

A palette in greys. 


Jaya Avendel is a micro-poetess and word witch from the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia, passionate about life where it intersects with writing and the dreamscapes lost in between. With writing published widely online and in print anthologies detailing everything from women’s empowerment to climate change, she writes at www.ninchronicles.com.

Selected by the editor as a featured submission, November 2022

Snowfall | Jaya Avendel

Stars tumble silver

Orchestrated music woos

My perfume silk heart.


Jaya Avendel is a micro-poetess and word witch from the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia, passionate about life where it intersects with writing and the dreamscapes lost in between. With writing published widely online and in print anthologies detailing everything from women’s empowerment to climate change, she writes at www.ninchronicles.com.

Past | Jaya Avendel

She hugs herself close

Nails trimmed short as a kindness

Saying forgive me.


Jaya Avendel is a micro-poetess and word witch from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, passionate about life where it intersects with writing and the dreamscapes lost in between. Explore her world of words at www.ninchronicles.com.

Taste | Jaya Avendel

First day of flurries

Wood smoke and citrus make up

Bronze winter whiskey.


Jaya Avendel is a word witch from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, writing family into fantasy through poetry and prose. Her work has been published here at Whispers and Echoes, Visual Verse, and Spillwords Press, among others. She writes further at ninchronicles.com

Let Go | Jaya Avendel

Summer wine chilled in snow

Dried flowers and beeswax candles

Moonlight in your cups.


Jaya Avendel is a word witch from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, writing family into fantasy through poetry and prose. Her work has been published here at Whispers and Echoes, Visual Verse, and Spillwords Press, among others. She writes further at ninchronicles.com

Winters | Jaya Avendel

December is made

Of sunshine and ice cream cones

Snowflakes you dream of.


Jaya Avendel is a word witch from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, writing family into fantasy through poetry and prose. Her work has been published here at Whispers and Echoes, Visual Verse, and Spillwords Press, among others. She writes further at ninchronicles.com

Dancing | Jaya Avendel

Steam curls in the cold

Mingling with golden leaves

Dreaming of raindrops.


Jaya Avendel lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, where she dips her pen into the inkwell of fantasy and prose. Her work has been published at Free Verse Revolution, Visual Verse, and Spillwords Press. She writes further at ninchronicles.wordpress.com

Selected by the editor as a featured submission, January 2021.