The Unsaid.
Poetry by Domornie NelsonAn ongoing collection · 20 poems

Some things
can only be written.

Poetry about memory, longing, loss, identity, tenderness, and what remains.

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November 10, 2026

The Horizon Wears Your Face

Life has always been jealous of distance.

Every time I move toward you,
it rearranges the map.

A road becomes water.

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Recent poems

  1. 19You Asked Him to GrowThe ruin
  2. 18Still, I Choose YouThe return
  3. 17Let Me Be Your RestThe return
  4. 16Beyond LanguageThe return
Ways into the work

Three threads. One voice.

01 / 13 poems

The Return

Love remembered, rediscovered, and still held just beyond reach.

02 / 4 poems

The Ruin

Betrayal, erosion, and the moment leaving becomes an act of survival.

03 / 3 poems

The Becoming

What remains when grief, anger, survival, and identity turn inward.

Domornie Nelson, smiling broadly, in a black cap, tan blazer, and burgundy sweater over a collared shirt
About the author

Domornie Nelson is a man who learned to give his silence a voice.

Some men write because they have stories to tell. Others write because silence has become too heavy to carry.

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