writing – Page 2 – Sierra V. Fedorko

February 10, 2026

Returning to an Old Piece of Myself…

So I wasn’t totally crazy late last year when after publishing my (third!!) poetry book I found myself writing about a dragon in my garden… That ended up being part of a tiny little identity crash BUT I just needed to sit back for a minute and let some time pass before jumping into new… Continue reading

Short Stories

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January 27, 2026

Let’s Chat – Quitting Instagram, How I Approach Substack, and Where to Find My Stories

It’s been nearly four years since I gave up Instagram. You want to know my breaking point? One day while flipping through Stories, someone was talking passionately about gun control and then her next slide was about growing tomatoes. And the whiplash of gun control to tomatoes took me out. This, of course, wasn’t an… Continue reading

lifestyle

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January 13, 2026

The Audacity – a poem for winter nights

The following is one of the few poems I wrote in the fall when I was finalizing Carol of the Mourning Dove and sharing it with the world. While it was a poem inspired by my sunflowers in the autumn, I think it is quite a fitting dare and resolution for these winter nights. I… Continue reading

Poetry

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July 15, 2025

Poems of Hope – life, loss, and the mourning dove

Hello, hi🙋‍♀️ Sierra, here. Yes, I still write poetry and no, you’re not imagining things! It’s been awhile since you’ve seen a new one from me in this space. Summer is busy and the garden is loud this time of year which often lends itself to fewer poems, but the BIG reason you’ve not seen… Continue reading

Books

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