Welcome to Liora Writes: Start Here

Poems, reflections, and fragments forged in fire — the heart of everything I create. Updated 11.21.2025

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Pull up a chair by the fire

I don’t write for clicks or comfort. I write because I have to — to survive betrayal and loss, to name injustice, to connect with what’s still human in all of us — and hopefully help others find their voices, too.

Some words arrive as poems, sharp and unflinching.
Some as reflections, soft enough to hold.
Some as scraps of story, born from lived experience.

All of them come from the same fire: survival, justice, and connection.

I’ve lived many lives in one body.
Worked inside systems.
Buried people I love.
Numbed out.
Fought to stay sane.
Held kittens to my chest and remembered what it means to feel whole.

That, too, is part of the story.

This space is for connection and honest witnessing.

It’s for those who’ve been through too much, still feel too much… and are still trying to live anyway.

If you’ve ever felt invisible, gutted by grief, or tethered to life by the smallest thing — a cat in your arms, a kind word from a stranger — you’ll feel at home here.

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What lives in this flagship

This space is the heart of it all:

• Poetry by Firelight — poems that don’t flinch

• Reflections through Flame — lived experience turned into meaning

• Through the Fire — process notes and updates on my book series, as Amazon exclusivity end: volumes made available

• Embodied Shadows — giving shape to the anxieties, mistrust, and addictions we all wrestle with

• Connections (monthly) — community spotlights, project updates, and behind-the-scenes truth

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Here you’ll also find open doors into my other publications:

• The Forge → my fiction lane. Serialized novels, short sparks, collaborations, and community showcases. If poetry was my survival, fiction is proof of my healing.

• The Reckoning Lens → grounded analysis where policy and lived reality collide. If you’ve ever wanted clarity in the chaos, this is where I break down what’s happening, why it matters, and what we can do about it.

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A note on recent developments:

I am in the process of retooling my works and expanding my vision. This is not a fast process, but it is ongoing. The Forge is fired up and gaining more work. The Reckoning Lens is up! Read the first issue of Grounded Truth and expect weekly issues with monthly recaps that dive deeper!

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Choose Your Own Path (subscriptions you control)

You’re always free to choose what lands in your inbox, simply choose the sections across any of these publications that you want to see.

How to set this: click Subscribe, then use Manage subscription in any email to customize your experience. You can change this anytime.

For ease of navigation, I’ve provided a link to the home page at the bottom of my posts. Feel free to return here, especially on mobile, to find your path.

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⚠️On Content & Tone:

The work you’ll find here spans the emotional spectrum. Some pieces are soft and reflective, others are blunt, rage-soaked, or profane when the moment calls for it.
I write from lived experience: military, trauma, neurodivergence, healing, grief, advocacy…And I speak plainly.
This space won’t coddle, but it will hold. You are always invited to engage, disagree, reflect, or step away when needed. Your safe word:

Caution: This one has teeth.

Please consider this a content warning: while my work is always meant to provoke thought, some of the themes could be triggering.

Take care of yourself here.

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Why Subscribe?

I release new work across all my publications on a regular rhythm. This space is growing with intention — built on honesty, depth, and the kind of writing that doesn’t look away.

If something here moves you, tell me.
If there’s something you want more of, tell me that too.

This isn’t about performance. It’s about presence.
Connection. Resonance. Showing up as we are.

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Why Upgrade?

The core of what I’m doing here is building books. Most of what you read — poems, essays, stories, fragments — eventually becomes part of a larger body of work I’m shaping for publication.

I’ve offered nearly everything freely for a long time. But deep, sustained work takes time, energy, and stability. I can’t keep pouring from an empty place.

Going forward, I’ll still share across all my publications, but the larger, fuller pieces — the ones that take the most out of me and mean the most — will live behind the paywall. I’ll run periodic sales and always announce them.

If my writing speaks to you, I hope you’ll consider supporting it. It genuinely makes more of it possible.

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Thanks so much for reading. — Liora 💜

Thanks so much for reading. If my work resonates with you, come sit by the fire with me. I hope you’ll stay awhile.