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corsicans: I can’t turn the other cheek (par home is wherever...

corsicans:I can’t turn the other cheek (par home is wherever i’m with you)

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"There are days that walk through me and I cannot hold them."

“There are days that walk through me and I cannot hold them.” - Katherine Larson, “The Gardens in Tunisia”  (via tamnasrca)

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I really love your writing, I think your poems are sort of sad and poignant,...

Thank you! :)I find most of my inspiration outdoors, by people-watching and listening to conversations, in films or books, in poems by other writers, sitting beneath willow trees near lakes, and in...

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"Inside us there is a word we cannot pronounce and that is who we are."

“Inside us there is a word we cannot pronounce and that is who we are.” - Anthony Marra, from A Constellation Of Vital Phenomena   (via driftwoodbench)

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Hi! I think you should really try to work on publishing your excellent works....

Hello! Thank you so much for the sweet message; I am actually currently in the midst of getting a small collection of poetry published. :)I do have several writing topics to recommend that may interest...

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I struggle with feeling like my writing is any good. I call myself a writer,...

That’s a very common feeling for writers. I don’t think you can ever really fully overcome it, but it helps to stop comparing yourself to other writers by saying: “This part of my writing is so bad,...

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you can date an illiterate girl and still be the happiest person in the world

All that “you should date a girl who reads, you should date a girl who writes” stuff is bull crap. You don’t even have to date a girl if you don’t swing that way. Writing and reading are intelligent,...

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What do you like most in Andrea Gibson's poems? And your favorite poem of her.

She has this incredible use of metaphors, yet they’re never overdone or overpowering. Each and every single simile or metaphor has a purpose, and she writes about a multitude of controversial subjects....

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Your poem "Dear Mom" was so beautiful it made me cry. I've been in that...

I hope things are going more smoothly for you now, and thank you. <3(If anyone else would like to read “Dear Mom?,” it’s here.)

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"Cussing doesn’t come from a lack of vocabulary – I know all the other words....

“Cussing doesn’t come from a lack of vocabulary – I know all the other words. None of them speak the same language that my fucking heart does.” - Anis Mojgani (via elisekristin)

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this may come out wrong, for which i apologise, but i just read 'dear mom'...

How on earth could I be offended by any of this? I know as well as anybody else that I get stuck in writing ruts and have plenty of awful poems! Thank you so much for the kind comments; I appreciate...

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I’ve stood naked as child, amongst the silverware in my father’s...

This flows so nicely and the word choice is great, but the switch from the molasses part to the “heart as an iceberg” metaphor is very abrupt and there’s honestly nothing at all connecting the...

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You are a very wonderful writer. Have you always been inclined to writing...

Thank you! I’ve only really become interested in writing/inspired the past two years or so.

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I want to be forgotten, and I don’t want to be reminded.

I want to be forgotten, and I don’t want to be reminded.

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I Almost Loved You

I Almost Loved You

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"when you told me about losing your virginity do you know i wanted to be...

“when you told me about losing your virginity do you know i wanted to be there to shake you and say, “wait dammit, wait for me.”” - unsent, derrick brown (via lightveins)

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Hi! I was the anon that asked for your help about writing a novel. You might...

Hey! You’re welcome, but of course my followers did all the work for that one!Yes, I do think it’s entirely possible to be a novelist and poet at the same time. In fact, it’s quite proven; just look at...

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(To anyone who is looking for a writing exercise or has writer's block)...

Thanks for sharing!

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You were right about the two lines being too close together. You don't have...

I’m glad it made you feel better. And that’s a very common fear to have, of getting lost behind other writers.To be honest, I thought your writing was fairly unique! I mean, “molasses plunging in...

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