#But not in years and NOT in poetry

[revenantghost]

I was not expecting the biggest Dread in writing the E poetry fic to be trying to come with a name, and yet

[tigerjpg]

nothing makes me go "ooooh we are NOT the same" quite like reading some post about how people talk with their parents about their interests. what do you mean you told your father about stevebucky. what do you mean he asked further questions

[potatoesandsunshine]

everything u need to know about me can actually be explained by the fact that i read that poem about the serving girl wearing the pearls so they're warm for her mistress when i was like 11 and it rewrote my brain chemistry forever

like this Changed Me

[annasanthology]

[bliblically-accurate-raccoon]

i’ve been bed rotting in a decidedly self destructive way lately

being and nothingness, jean-paul sartre // the metamorphosis, franz kafka // i am the architect of my own destruction, juansen dizon // albert camus // as consciousness is harnessed, susan sontag // ralph waldo emerson // allen ginsberg // tennesse williams // letters to felice, franz kafka // sylvia plath

[zytes]

look alive, sunshine

[that-butch-archivist]

source: The Little Butch Book, written by Lesléa Newman

[oldschool-romantic]

me entering 2025 with my "It is what it is" attitude

[schuylerpeck]

2025

REMAIN BRAVE.

skate flat stones across the river.

make my home a sanctuary, a shelter, a welcome resting place.

learn the first names and favorite foods of neighbors.

keep the windows open as long as warmth allows.

ask myself: will it make a good memory?

earlier mornings, longer walks.

remember I am not without my own seasons.

write recipes on paper. print photos out for framing. seek the tangible, the homemade.

speak out about harm when I see it done. leave room for learning, but never complacency.

one long summer drive to myself. an overnight somewhere new if possible.

let the candles burn through winter.

joy is not made to be a crumb, but a feast. arrive fork and knife in hand.

BE HOPEFUL, BUT ALSO IN ACTION.

[doreensladle]

The Dead Man’s Fallacy: Riz Gukgak

[priyanshis-things]

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude. ~John C. Maxwell

[theoptia]

Claribel Alegría, from “From the Bridge”

Text ID: poor deluded thing / you learned the consolations / of philosophy / before understanding / why you had to be consoled

[v1rginsu1cidal]

Blood still stains when the sheets are washed Sex don't sleep when the lights are off Kids are still depressed when you dress them up And syrup is still syrup in a sippy cup...

[smart-macademia]

this liminal space between Christmas and New Year's feels so cosy to me. what's on your to do list before 2025?

[perfectquote]

You’re still my favorite ‘what-if’.

just-useless-things // 3 years later

[bebx]