Magma Star

Joined February 2026

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Geologist and poet, author of 5 poetry collections.

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Episode 6: The Crack in the Foundation
“When I published my first book and saw my heart on paper, I realized a terrible truth: my life did not resemble the love of the two people who adopted me. It was all just an illusion.”
By Magma Stara day ago in Poets
Episode 5: Between Skyscrapers and Embraces
“Under the microscope, the world was logical. Crystals didn’t lie. They had a clear structure, predictable fractures, and a pure beauty.”
By Magma Stara day ago in Poets
Engineering of the Soul vs. Digital Costume Jewelry
Today, the system pushed a profile of one of those “successful” women into my feed. You know them—the ones who breakfast in Bangkok, shimmer on Dubai rooftops, and sell “freedom guides” for tens of thousands of dollars. I look at those photos, those artificial lips, those practiced poses, and that “scream” for attention, and I don’t feel envy. I feel nausea. As a mineralogy engineer, I learned one thing: the rock does not lie. The earth does not forgive poor construction.
By Magma Stara day ago in Poets
Episode 4: Pyrite and the Microscope
“A true diamond is not recognized by how it shines in the sun, but by how it withstands the dark when pressed from all sides.”
By Magma Star2 days ago in Poets
Episode 3: Pressure and Ice
“I was sitting on the carpet in an empty apartment. We had no chairs, no beds. We had a ten thousand dollar debt and a silence that echoed. I looked at my hands and asked myself: ‘Why did I need this?’”
By Magma Star2 days ago in Poets
Episode 2: Kimberlite
“I was a diamond that didn’t yet know it was the hardest material in the world. I thought my purpose was to be the ‘good daughter’ and the ‘loyal girlfriend,’ never suspecting that the tectonic plates of my life were just about to crack.”
By Magma Star4 days ago in Poets
Episode 1: The Coal Layer
“I was looking for a doll or a book, and I found a baptismal certificate. A piece of paper that, in one second, changed the chemical composition of my world. Mother’s name: Inka. Father’s name: A slash (/). Emptiness.”
By Magma Star6 days ago in Poets
The Scent of My Mother: An Invisible Embrace
The scent of her skin still lives in me. When I close my eyes, she is there — present, gentle, safe. It was the scent of white, soft skin,
By Magma Star12 days ago in Poets
Life Without Replay
I say something. I speak a thought, just as I feel it. I get a comment. The answer comes quickly, but there is a bad connection.
By Magma Star13 days ago in Poets
The Door: When Poetry Becomes a Way Out
Thank you to the poem I once wrote while my hands were trembling, and my heart was trying to forgive what should never have been survived.
By Magma Star14 days ago in Poets
Quiet Strength: When Peace is a Shield
Again a step of introduction, again the same starting point. I wonder if I have the strength to be gentle as I am, while I carry a storm inside.
By Magma Star14 days ago in Poets
I Did Not Give Up: Falling Upright
I was broken and I did not fall apart. I was alone and I did not give up. I was silent not because I had no voice, but because I didn’t want
By Magma Star14 days ago in Poets

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Episode 6: The Crack in the Foundation

Episode 5: Between Skyscrapers and Embraces

Engineering of the Soul vs. Digital Costume Jewelry

Episode 4: Pyrite and the Microscope

Episode 3: Pressure and Ice

Episode 2: Kimberlite

Episode 1: The Coal Layer

The Scent of My Mother: An Invisible Embrace

Life Without Replay

The Door: When Poetry Becomes a Way Out

Quiet Strength: When Peace is a Shield

I Did Not Give Up: Falling Upright

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