#poem

[jayvespertine]

Marie-Helene Bertino

[thoughtkick]

You deserve the love you keep trying to give everyone else.

Unknown

[fromdarzaitoleeza]

1)Van Gogh +Paul Valéry, from Collected Works, The Voice of Things 2) May Sarton, from a journal entry.

[quotefeeling]

I’d sleep so much better with you right next to me

Unknown

[deadlypoetacademia]

Born to be a character written by Jane Austen, with "You have bewitched me body and soul. And I love … I love … I love you." Forced to live up as a character written by dostovesky, miserable, touch starved and touch repulsed.

[resqectable]

It’s never too late to start over. If you weren’t happy with yesterday try something different today. Don’t stay stuck.

Alex Elle

[perfectquote]

I know this transformation is painful, but you’re not falling apart; you’re just falling into something different, with a new capacity to be beautiful.

William C. Hannan

[perfectfeelings]

Good conversation turns me on. A connection between two people, a mental one first.

Brian Molko

[octoberloved]

[becomingvecna]

— David Cronenberg, Consumed

[typhlonectes]

[jayvespertine]

You are, as the poets would say, a poem i know by heart.

[thoughtkick]

Sometimes people with low self esteem will try to punish you for caring about them.

Wayne Gerard Trotman

[fromdarzaitoleeza]

{Words by Anaïs Nin, from The Diary Of Anais Nin, Vol. 4 (1944-1947) / Cynthia Cruz from diagnosis,The glimmering room}

[words-and-coffee]

Alice Te Punga Somerville, Always Italicise: How to Write While Colonised - Kupu rere kē

[ID: A poem titled: Kupu rere kē. [in italics] My friend was advised to italicise all the foreign words in her poems. This advice came from a well-meaning woman with NZ poetry on her business card and an English accent in her mouth. I have been thinking about this advice. The convention of italicising words from other languages clarifies that some words are imported: it ensures readers can tell the difference between a foreign language and the language of home. I have been thinking about this advice. Marking the foreign words is also a kindness: every potential reader is reassured that although you're expected to understand the rest of the text, it's fine to consult a dictionary or native speaker for help with the italics. I have been thinking about this advice. Because I am a contrary person, at first I was outraged — but after a while I could see she had a point: when the foreign words are camouflaged in plain type you can forget how they came to be there, out of place, in the first place. I have been thinking about this advice and I have decided to follow it. Now all of my readers will be able to remember which words truly belong in -[end italics]- Aotearoa -[italics]- and which do not.

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[thoughtcascades]

idk how to flirt but i can make things awkward if you're into that