the summer we took some time off from each other
The summer we decided to “take a break from one another,"which sounds like we were both going to shatter like dinner plates,the seals down at the dock invented a new language.I don’t know what makes...
View Articleletter from a woman with an eating disorder to a woman without one
I’ve inhaled onion rings like smoke rings just to spit them outlike bitter words of regret for as long as I can remember.My heart has been so damaged by acid refluxfrom all the meals I’ve thrown up...
View ArticleI know that you did this once already, but i'm starting a writing blog and i...
Thank you! :)To organize your blog with tags, you can create pages. Say you want to create a page called “Poems About Cats," and you want all your poems that are written about cats to be placed under...
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"Portion Control" Part of my project Brain Notes. "Waking up...
"Portion Control"Part of my project Brain Notes."Waking up without someone on the other side of the bed is like going down to the beach and swimming in an ocean that’s only half-full."
View ArticleI’ll stow away my greys In a padlocked case and in a padlocked room...
I’ll stow away my greys In a padlocked case and in a padlocked room Only to be released When I sing all the songs I wrote about you Oh, this is the last one I’ll do I feel better and better and worse...
View ArticleI've noticed you don't take feedback for criticism well. I'm not hating but I...
I think that you might be confusing plain old criticism for constructive criticism.Throughout my two years writing on tumblr, I have received almost solely plain criticism, which consists of insults...
View Article"If I love you more, will you suffer less?"
“If I love you more, will you suffer less?” - Elie Wiesel quotes his five-year-old grandson at Boston University lecture series (via memereve)
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After A Night of Particularly Bad Insomnia
It feels strange tearing petals off flowers saying He loves me,he loves me not. More often I feel the need to tear offmy own limbs-I don’t care which ones. Arms, fingertips,ankles, even kneecaps, as if...
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Just a quick thank you for all the great constructive criticism you all have...
Just a quick thank you for all the great constructive criticism you all have sent me today-stuff about not overusing certain lines or metaphors like whale carcasses, fruit pits, etc.I appreciate it. :)
View Article"I still love the people I’ve loved, even if I cross the street to avoid them."
“I still love the people I’ve loved, even if I cross the street to avoid them.” - Uma Thurman (via wolf-cub)
View ArticleI am ultimately confused about it but writing draws me in and when I get into...
There’s a great quote from the movie Little Miss Sunshine that says it all:"Do what you love, and fuck the rest."
View ArticleThis isn't a writing-related question. But I'd like to know what's your...
You know, I guess they say that sometimes “the third time’s the charm," but honestly, in my own opinion, I don’t think that someone who was unfaithful to you twice already will ever be capable of...
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"So wherever you are I hope you’re happy I really do I hope the stars are...
“So wherever you are I hope you’re happy I really do I hope the stars are kissing your cheeks tonight I hope you finally found a way to quit smoking I hope your lungs are open and breathing your life I...
View Articlewhy i only ever wrote you letters instead of poems
Writing to someone who only crushes my words like coffee beanscould probably be considered an unhealthy idea, but the truth isyou have not made me any less careful than I was seven years ago,back when...
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