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View Articlei wanted to tell you this:
i wanted to tell you that our hands were millimeters apart. i wanted to tell you that i could trap all your exhalations and keep them in a jar by my bedside. i wanted to tell you that i think about the...
View Articlehe gives her words instead.
she offers him her body as a pine tree, as a lit torch, as a raided medicine cabinet. he will not take it and gives her words instead for he knows this is the greatest gift of all.
View Article"Your body is not a temple. Your body is the house you grew up in. How dare...
“Your body is not a temple. Your body is the house you grew up in. How dare you try to burn it to the ground. You are bigger than this. You are bigger than this.” - Sierra Demulder. (via...
View Articlethe bare bones
i understood, finally, what it meant to be temporary. how to live in a room that was previously abandoned. we are all just different combinations of 26 letters; our wrists are the houses that hold us,...
View ArticleI think you should put all your poems in a book or zine. I would buy it in a...
I would love to do that someday, and I would be honored if someone as lovely as you bought it. Thank you <3
View Articlethe science of poetry
through your veins run many poems and through those poems run your soul. kiss me and i’ll extract them like DNA, separate their molecules until only the syllables remain.
View Articlethis is for you and for everyone else.
but how do i explain this to you? that the first time someone pulls your legs apart, they may not ask you for permission. there may not even be any words at all. it will hurt and you will close your...
View ArticleDo you have any tips for analyzing poems? Sometimes I get confused by certain...
I am not very good at this, but maybe I could give you some sort of outline for analysis. A few basic things you could start with are figuring out who is speaking, to whom they are speaking, what the...
View ArticleThis is for you and everyone else brought tears to my eyes. And NOTHING does...
For once I almost feel at a loss for words. Thank you so, so much. You are so kind. <3
View ArticleSorry, you seem to be getting asked a lot of questions on here. I have to...
Don’t apologize! I enjoy answering them. I have written a sonnet before. :) Maybe you could write about the forming of the universe, about lakes and rivers and how they are metaphors for love. You...
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undressing
he wished she’d take off her words like clothes, peel them from her skin till they revealed the hum and creak of clockwork underneath.
View ArticleYou always write about body parts, clavicals, ribcages etc. They always pop...
Bones have always been interesting to me; I love anatomy and I like to think of things like clavicles and ribs and vertebrae as a form of architecture. A lot of times I feel they describe what I’m...
View ArticleI used to write lyrics and poetry so often and for the last few months I've...
This message makes me want to cry and laugh because I am so glad that you’ve gotten all your inspiration back. That is incredible and I’m so happy for you. I know how it feels to have no inspiration...
View ArticleJust a little message to say that your writing is beautiful! Also, the way...
Thank you so much! It means a lot to me-I think it’s important to answer each question as fully as possible. :) Have a lovely day as well! xx
View ArticleAwhile ago I asked you to write a poem that rhymed, then I completely forgot...
Don’t worry about it! Here’s the link to your original question with my poem: http://writingsforwinter.tumblr.com/post/29989122138/i-challenge-you-to-write-a-poem-that-rhymes-make-it. :)
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she & him
once in a blue moon he measures her wrist bones with his fingers, digs between her vertebrae for the place where her heart sings. he used to take her down to the river every night to watch the stars,...
View ArticleHow do you write so well? Any advice for newbies? :)
Thank you. :) You have to pour words onto that page- as Hemingway said, you have to bleed. When you write, lose control. Write about the things that make you afraid or vulnerable, the controversial...
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