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toronea · 2 years

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“Parting” (pre-execution note)

To my wife

Sometimes I'll visit in your sleep

as an unexpected and unwanted guest.

Don't leave me outside on the road -

don't bar the doors.

I will come in quietly. Slowly, I will sit down,

and I will gaze into the dark to see you.

Once I've looked at you for long enough -

I will kiss you, and then leave you.

– Nikola Vaptsarov, tr. by @toronea

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llovelymoonn · 9 months

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carol frost apiary 40

kofi

#carol frost #apiary 40 #poem #poems #poetry #poet #words

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carlyraejepsans · 9 months

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I’ve started watching Utena because of you. What. Is going on

HI. WELCOME TO THE CLUB, watch the trigger warnings. but yeah, revolutionary girl utena veers more and more towards surrealism the further you get into the series. it often and voluntarily forfeits narrative/logical consistency in favor of visual storytelling, metaphors and symbolism. i was just talking about it with nic the other day, and if the story weren't so harrowing, i would recommend it to everyone who wants to get into literary analysis, because it is SO packed with symbolism EVERYWHERE that it actually encourages you to try to decode it.

whatever you think utena is about, it is NOT. you can't go in and treat it like your 49293th classical shoujo. utena is a firework show of visual symbolism and it very rarely, if ever, explains itself to the viewer. it refuses to handhold you, but it never berates you for trying and getting it wrong either. there is SO much handholding in modern day media, but utena trusts its viewer to take away something meaningful from itself and to piece its message together on their own. it's one of my favourite pieces of media of all time just for that

#it's almost closer to a poem and to poetry than to a story in the sense that we think think about today #you see why ye standard transformative fandom was never able to take hold with utena?#my suggestion is try to actively analyze what's going on and the symbols presented to you as you go along #find recurring motifs. utena deals a LOT with cycles and repetition (they were playing into their budget limitations and did it brilliantly #what objects keep returning. what characters are they associated with. how do they relate to the irl systems of power the story criticizes #what does the white rose mean #^ had a lot of fun trying to figure that one out. i landed on something other people in the fandom also got but then nic told me his take #and yeah they basically pried my third eye open with a crowbar.#this anime made me want to try out symbolism and allegories in my own works #it's so fucking good #but hey if you finish it and still feel like you didn't get 90% of that you can go to nic metanarrates' blog and check out his rgu tag #basically 50% of the fandom posts are visual and narrative analysis. the other 10% is breathtaking art. the remaining 40% is memes #BUT! wait until you're finished..watch for spoilers #rgu #answered asks

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sfsolstice · 24 days

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on the drawback of an arrow— in that infinite stretch of time and the endless expanse of space— i am aimed, i am aimed; i have my target in sight down the range, but i hold, i hold, for most opportune a moment to release the tension, unleash inhibition, and let go.

#poets on tumblr #poets of tumblr #poets corner #poets community #spilled poetry #spilled ink #original poem #poem #poetry #writers community #writers of tumblr #writers on tumblr #sfsolstice #clearing out some drafts ! i got like 40+ in here..........#also hello to my new mutuals i like to write bad poetry :3

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gunsnpie · 10 months

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#this realization just came to me #because sammy was like 37 when dean died #and then in the future he died of old age #so. around 70-80? that's a solid 40 years.#i'm going to throw up #every day this show makes me suffer #spn #supernatural #sam winchester #dean winchester #sam and dean #samdean #wincest #poetry #poem #c. c. aurel

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britneyshakespeare · 4 months

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barnes and noble has been raising the prices of everything and further pushing for their premium membership option (which they raised the price of by 60 percent this year!) and then when they have big sales events, they're less than what they used to be.

last year at this time you could get one of their leather-bound book annex tomes for $12.50 (without a member discount) because of the 50 percent off all hardcover sales. but they raised the price of those tomes from 25 bucks to 30, and they decreased the sale from 50 percent off all hardcovers to 1/3rd off. so that same book that was $12.50 at last year's end-of-year sale is now 20 bucks. and that's supposed to be savings enough to induce me to walk into one of their stores this week?

i'm sorry but b&n has just gotten so greedy, even though their business has only been doing better and better in previous years. they do not have to be raising prices like they have been, and they can damn well afford to have the same savings events they used to. if you went to one of those hardcover sales a year or two ago, even if you lived in a less populated area like i do, you had never seen a b&n so busy in your life. things were flying off the shelves. they WERE making bank.

and as a company they've only been growing and growing (as much as the publishing industry has been, in recent years). but there are so many other ways to buy books. CHEAPER ways to buy books. MORE SUSTAINABLE ways to buy books. and since books and booksellers are doing really well right now, i don't see why barnes and noble is getting so greedy when they don't have to be. i dont like new shiny books that much. people buy books for the content, ultimately. sometimes we as consumers might make the choice that a new shiny book is worth paying a bit more for, but not that much. barnes and noble has just been demanding more and more of their customers' money for less and less benefit.

#kaily and i shared a membership account for several years but she cancelled it over the summer #bc of them raising it from 25 dollars per year to 40. i'm sorry but we just were not spending enough to make that worth it #the benefits for a member used to be 10 percent off everything in-store and free shipping online.#now it's 10 percent off everything in-store AND online with free shipping. which sounds good enough #but not for a 60 percent pricehike. and a bunch of other supposed benefits no one would ask for #like a free tote (geez. thanks. yeah i really need a free tote every year) and like. a free treat at a cafe on your kids' birthday?#i dont have a kid.#between the two of us. we were not buying 400 dollars worth of stuff at b&n every year #oh and it's also 10 percent off the in-store starbucks. but im pretty sure that USED to be a benefit they had #years ago?? like i SWEAR ive gotten money off at the b&n starbucks so i guess they got RID of that at some point #and gave it BACK when they HIKED UP THE PRICE TO 40 BUCKS A YEAR #text post #barnes and noble #it's a shame bc where i live. barnes and noble is the only like fancy bookstore #and i live in an area that my barnes and noble... is like. what a boston barnes and noble eats for breakfast.#it's two floors. there are plenty of books that it doesn't have. plenty of sections that are very small #like the poetry section is just pathetic. i look at it every time i go and it just makes me sad.#i guess a lot of the book annex stuff contains poetry but still that's not really enough to entertain a rich interest in the genre for long #i outgrew the limited selection at my own local b&n poetry section by the time i was twenty. i was like i already know everything here.#which isn't to say i'm an expert in poetry. it's to say that the poetry section is barely bigger than a shelf #in fact ive never thought about it before but I OWN more poetry books than you'll find in the poetry section #at my local b&n. lol #i have a lot of nostalgia for b&n even though it is a big company that does not love me. i have very few books i bought new #that are not from barnes and noble. i got so many books that changed my life from them #i guess it's like a childhood/teenage attachment at this point bc ive had more mixed feelings abt the direction theyve been taking #for several years at this point.#and no i dont mean that theyve been expanding to selling more toys/games etc. theyve literally always done that in my lifetime. who cares.#they still have books #as an adult ive been more capable of seeing how limited their book selection is and how i have so many problems w that.#and it ultimately comes down to them being a big greedy company

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leahsfiction · 1 year

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following up on this post i made, here's my translation of the entire poem (aka "du fu tweets through it circa 758 AD")

早秋苦热堆案相仍

awful heat in early autumn, piles of paperwork keep coming

du fu

august sixth. baking in this awful heat about time for a hasty meal? think again

it doesn't end. when night comes, so do the scorpions -- only to be replaced, come fall, by the flies

i'm going to go mad from my ties and belts. i want to scream ledgers and documents (cannot be urgent) keep coming. they keep coming

i'm travelling in my mind to those green pine ridges south of here oh the satisfaction of my bare feet breaking through a crust of ice

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the poem begins "seventh month, sixth day" (unless "six day" is an expression for something else?) which, um, well i tried converting it from lunar to gregorian, but i couldn't find a tool online that works for 758 AD for some reason. if someone has a better calculation for what this timestamp would have been…

the scorpions are NO joke. my grandma had to deal with them as a child, she had a story about her sister getting stung (the cure is to kill the scorpion and apply more of its venom topically)

"ties and belts" - i think the first word means, like, the fabric ties, a synecdoche for the robes they're on? so like. more like buttons on a modern outfit. or maybe the strings on an official's hat? but i like the weird modern echo of a tie for now.

"travelling in my mind" - heyyy it's 望 wang from meng haoran's weird little moon poem i just translated. also in the title of li bai's poem on the mt. lu waterfall. anyway you ever think about how much it slaps that there's a SINGLE word that can simulaneously mean to look towards, to gaze at (in the distance), to imagine, to hope, to expect, and to visit?? and also the full moon. btw.

in william hung's chronology of du fu's life & poems, he places "dreaming of li bai i & ii" immediately after this one -- du fu, reinstated in the tang capital of chang'an (following the new tang emperor recapturing it, right in the middle of the an lushan rebellion which wouldn't end for another 5 years), wistfully writes about/to his friend and elder poet who has been exiled (down from a death sentence for serving the wrong heir)

anyway old man fridayyyyy i'm so glad this blogger backs me up that du fu would have killed it on twitter

#poetry #translation #my translation #du fu #old man friday!!!#it's so charming to me that he dashes off 40 characters in lvshi on like. anything

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heartoflesh · 15 days

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When I think about the Lord's great work, not only in my life but in life around me, I can be nothing but grateful. I am reminded of the David and Psalm 40:1-3 that says, "I waited patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many wll see and fear the Lord and put their trust in Him."

We all struggle. No one is exempt from having afflictions in this world, but how great is it that we can take heart, for Jesus has overcome the world! (John 16:33 paraphrased)

I am a sinner made righteous by the blood of the lamb! Our great high priest! Not because I deserve it or can earn it, but because the Lord is good and gracious. I just want to make Him known, spread His good news and the love that He has so kindly extended to me.

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maggiecheungs · 2 days

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snippet from my translation of du fu's 'song of the army carts' (兵車行)

(original: 君不見青海頭，古來白骨無人收，新鬼煩冤舊鬼哭，天陰雨濕聲啾啾)

#my translations #du fu #chinese poetry #translated this baby while watching gmmtv commit crimes against women in the background lmao #love it when du fu starts talking about ghosts 🤩#love it slightly less when he writes a poem nearly 40 lines long full of complaints about the overgrown borders between farmers’ fields 🤔#but we persevere!#杜甫

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leonisandmurex · 2 years

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𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘈 𝘉𝘰𝘺, 𝘢 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢 𝘋𝘶𝘬𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩'𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 & 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 & 𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 & 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘥 & 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦, 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢'𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 & 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘦, 𝘓𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘰, 𝘛𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 & 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰, 𝘈 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 40 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯, 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮.

#William at 40 #Happy Birthday William #Prince William #last min poem & not great just words to accompany the pics really #Duke of Cambridge #Parallels #British Royals #The Royal Family #Poem #Poetry #BRF #My edit

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silvery-stars · 9 months

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the stale end of summer, dripping away, a poem by me - this summer is gold melting in the sun.

#silly little poem to memorialize how this summer Felt #also i think the tattoo story is so funny like pov me my close friend my (11 years older than me) stepsister and her friend sitting at a-#-table 40 feet from my mom and stepdad + the three of them are trying to convince me to secretly get a tattoo the next day #peer pressure is real guys #sorry it’s such low quality i had to mega zoom out to get it all in one ss #each stanza was like written at different points in the last month or so and i just found them all and mashed them together #not sure if i Love Love this poem but it’s a memorial to this summer and i think it really fits that so #ash writes #poetry #now for tagging content. the hardest part #summer poetry #july #august #summer #spilled ink #silvery posting #original poetry #poems #writing

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notalostcausejustyet · 5 months

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More poetry. Cause I’m working through shit and it’s good for me.

Kintsugi

Graceful degradation

The beautiful usefulness of all the broken parts of me

Shards as sharp as knives

Shattered and glittering

Broken like these hands

This heart, this body, this soul

The malunion of what was created and what I have become

Catastrophic functionality

The incorporeal and mangled teeth of magnanimity

Viscous like blood

Warm and sharp as iron

A tacky, tattered tapestry

It spills from the cavity that once held the heart of me

#poetsandwriters #poetry #spilled poetry #words words words #religious trauma #relationships #relationship trauma #witers on tumblr #writing as therapy #writing as a coping mechanism #come along with me as I work through 40 years of bullshit abuse and expectations #buckle up buttercups it’s time to start healing

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lottieurl · 5 months

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prayer circle that my books arrive sometime soon

#i ordered them 12 days ago so it might take a while longer but im getting impatient dhsbdbsjs #i ordered six (6) books (4 are poetry collections) cause a site had free shipping and like 40% off or smth #I Want The Books. Give Me The Books

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lforlimbo · 6 months

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With long sobs the violin-throbs of autumn wound my heart with languorous and montonous sound. Choking and pale When I mind the tale the hours keep, my memory strays down other days and I weep; and I let me go where ill winds blow now here, now there, harried and sped, even as a dead leaf, anywhere.

#photography #poetry #paulverlaine #autumn #behindcurtains #40 #saranta #ontheroad #2021 #reflection #reflections #kastanies #ohpylonmypylon

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ectoplasmer · 4 months

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#TAKES HIS FACE BETWEEN MY HANDS. HI ROBO BOY DID YOU KNOW YOU STILL HAVE SOME OF MY HEART #AFTER THREEEEEE WHOLE YEARS #god so happy to see davebot he’s so silly #delete later #upd8 #slam*poetry #technically yeah #y’all should’ve seen me in my friend’s messages. spamming the most incomprehensible things ever #i was so hyped to see him asgdjfhdk #edit: ‘robo boy’ he’s like 40 in the candy epilogue AHFJGHSFKH

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