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theseheadaches: write off. | collab with my friend Danica...
theseheadaches: write off. | collab with my friend Danica Cheetham. _____ THESE HEADACHES
View Articlemade of words
you poured words into the hollows of my knees; they grew up the insides of my thighs like vines. tongued into my mouth and kissed my teeth, journeyed across my skin. i have words hidden inside each...
View Articlemost of your poems are about an "us" and a "we" or a "her" and a "him". are...
I think that for me, many of my poems are about redefining the self. And so in some way all of these characters, whether it’s “I” or “you” or “she” or “we” are versions of myself. I try to write about...
View Articleever been published? i think you should be
I’m actually getting a poem published in a poetry magazine this month, which I’m extremely grateful for. Thank you. :)
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which poem? oh my goodness this is so great for you!
Thank you so much! :) It’s actually one I’ve never posted on tumblr before- the rules for the magazine stated the poem had to be unpublished, and since even posting it on a blog is considered...
View Articlein winter, everything is frozen
she remembers the mountains and their frozen arrows of rock, how they twisted and turned like vertebrae. often she imagines them to be as cold as his hand when it traced the small of her back, how it...
View Articlenever forget
you said: remember when i kissed you in the bathroom, unzipped your dress? yes, i remember your teeth digging into my spine like arrowheads. your skin: as cold as the moon. never forget, you whispered....
View Article"Emma isn’t a person, Emma is a place that you get stuck in. Emma’s a pain...
“Emma isn’t a person, Emma is a place that you get stuck in. Emma’s a pain that you can’t erase.” - Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) on For Emma, Forever Ago (via bagelkarma)
View Articlethere are no great first sentences
so many poets get hung up on trying to create the first great sentence, the thing that ties the whole piece together. and you know, that really fucks them up, that incredible desire to get the whole...
View ArticleAh, love, let us be true / To one another! for the world, which seems / To...
The last two lines go so well together, and the imagery is stunning. Thanks for sending this. :)
View ArticleTrust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk...
“If the seas catch fire.” Wow.
View ArticleThe dead leave us starving with mouths full of love. -Anne Michaels (and...
Reminds me of Virginia Woolf. <3
View Articleyou are a slope that i am not equipped to climb; i’m falling. as hard as i...
I think that if someone ever said this to me I would fall in love with them immediately.
View ArticleThis isn't a poetry line it is a question, what is Poet in your opinion? Is...
In my opinion, a poet is someone who sees things in ways that others do not. Poets do not have to be writers. To them, the scroll of a cello is the curve of a hip; the branching limbs of a tree are the...
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