#a.k. poetry

[little-lost-starr]

Haven't posted anything in a while ~

19.07.23 // Safe Place

[thoughtkick]

Imagine being with someone where it's enough safe to just talk for hours about your fears and the things you're ashamed of ... Hours of pure vulnerability. And when you look up again and expect the worst, you get kissed instead. imagine ...

A.K. mentor

[perfectfeelings]

Imagine being with someone where it's enough safe to just talk for hours about your fears and the things you're ashamed of ... Hours of pure vulnerability. And when you look up again and expect the worst, you get kissed instead. imagine ...

A.K. mentor

[resqectable]

Imagine being with someone where it's enough safe to just talk for hours about your fears and the things you're ashamed of ... Hours of pure vulnerability. And when you look up again and expect the worst, you get kissed instead. imagine ...

A.K. mentor

[quotefeeling]

Imagine being with someone where it's enough safe to just talk for hours about your fears and the things you're ashamed of ... Hours of pure vulnerability. And when you look up again and expect the worst, you get kissed instead. imagine ...

A.K. mentor

[perfeqt]

Imagine being with someone where it's enough safe to just talk for hours about your fears and the things you're ashamed of ... Hours of pure vulnerability. And when you look up again and expect the worst, you get kissed instead. imagine ...

A.K. mentor

[thepersonalwords]

“Imagine being with someone where it’s enough safe to just talk for hours about your fears and the things you’re ashamed of … Hours of pure vulnerability. And when you look up again and expect the worst, you get kissed instead. imagine …” - A.K. mentor

[surqrised]

Imagine being with someone where it's enough safe to just talk for hours about your fears and the things you're ashamed of ... Hours of pure vulnerability. And when you look up again and expect the worst, you get kissed instead. imagine ...

A.K. mentor

[bottlecap-press]

From A.K. Shakour's chapbook, Spilled Milk, available from Bottlecap Press!

[libraryleopard]

For the book ask: 8, 10, 17, 25

8. Did you meet any of your reading goals? Which ones?

I don't set a ton of specific reading goals, but I did succeed at reading a lot of poetry this year, which I'm proud of!

10. What was your favorite new release of the year?

I really liked If You Still Recognize Me by Cynthia So, A Power Unbound by Freya Marske, and Bellies by Nicola Dinan. (No, I will not pick one.)

17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

I picked up The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans on a whim because some of my friends studied a short story by that author in a creative writing class a few years ago and LOVED it, what a fantastic and varied and nuanced collection of short stories.

25. What reading goals do you have for next year?

Finish/continue more series, I am terrible at reading sequels but I adored reading the Serpent Gates duology by A.K. Larkwood earlier this year so clearly I need to do that more.

[talonpaw]

@ceph-lol-pog

“the glutton” by a.k. blakemore!

equal parts grotesque and alluring. a fascinating read. the author approaches the story more as myth or folklore than a biography. breathtaking prose. not for the faint of heart, given the subject matter, but if you’re into poetry or dark fiction, i’d seriously recommend it.

[and yes, like any half-decent cannibal, terrare (in the context of this novel) is queer. i originally pointed this out because if there’s any historical basis for this, i haven’t seen it—this aspect of the story caught me off guard. this isn’t the primary appeal of the novel, though, and my intention was not to reduce the novel to “haha, funny gay tarrare”. my bad. ok bye]

lads… it looks like i was exposed to covid 😔 can’t tell if i’m actually feeling any worse or if i’m just psyching myself out because i’m a hypochondriac but either way i’m locking myself in for a couple days

thought about starting the into the wild reread but i found a historical fiction novel about tarrare. (yes, that tarrare.) might read that one for shits and gigs

[little-lost-starr]

I still love him

[thoughtkick]

Imagine being with someone where it's enough safe to just talk for hours about your fears and the things you're ashamed of ... Hours of pure vulnerability. And when you look up again and expect the worst, you get kissed instead. imagine ...

A.K. mentor

[perfectfeelings]

Imagine being with someone where it's enough safe to just talk for hours about your fears and the things you're ashamed of ... Hours of pure vulnerability. And when you look up again and expect the worst, you get kissed instead. imagine ...

A.K. mentor

[perfectquote]

Imagine being with someone where it's enough safe to just talk for hours about your fears and the things you're ashamed of ... Hours of pure vulnerability. And when you look up again and expect the worst, you get kissed instead. imagine ...

A.K. mentor

[stay-close]

Imagine being with someone where it's enough safe to just talk for hours about your fears and the things you're ashamed of ... Hours of pure vulnerability. And when you look up again and expect the worst, you get kissed instead. imagine ...

A.K. mentor