Archive - the utter

the trouble with Substack metrics

or really any metric regarding yer art

19 hrs ago •

Yrsa Daley-Ward

June 2025

it's okay to want something else

a permission loop.

Jun 27

i don't know what the hell to do next

and other yellow stories

Jun 24 •

Yrsa Daley-Ward

Once, we got so good at hiding, we looked even better than fine. No one could tell we were hurting, or coping, or feeling unwell, and our lies became…

Jun 20 •

Yrsa Daley-Ward

need me to tell you your dream is in motion?

of course it is coming.

Jun 17 •

Yrsa Daley-Ward

oh just me talking about talking

Jun 16 •

Yrsa Daley-Ward

7:20

“Friend, you have misunderstood me.”

Jun 13 •

Yrsa Daley-Ward

on self-severance

and several other ills

Jun 10 •

Yrsa Daley-Ward

your work knows more than you do

Jun 6 •

Yrsa Daley-Ward

make something only you can make

you won't know what it is until you do it.

Jun 3 •

Yrsa Daley-Ward

May 2025

lovers and other problems

I’m on tour, dear reader, and I want to send a poem because I am doing red-eye flights and late, late nights.

May 30 •

Yrsa Daley-Ward

ON U.S BOOK TOUR NOW: COME AND FIND ME!!!

if you're at any of these places!!!

May 29 •

Yrsa Daley-Ward

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