#crazytwentythrees poetry

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☆ Updated Masterlist ☆

say hello to a whole new masterlist, featuring lots of links for each link ;)

☆ - the links are in the stars [no, i did not plan for it to sound like that, haha]

☆ - every why has a whereof: revised edition

☆ - before last summer

☆ - all my writing updates

☆ - poetry

☆ - flash fics & short stories

☆ - fanfiction

☆ - long fics & novels

☆ - uquiz sideblog [@welcome-to-the-dark-space]

☆ - my library [@the-library-of-tia]

☆ - personal sideblog [@tia-kaaaaay]

☆ - my website

☆ - wattpad

☆ - instagram

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☆ masterlist ☆

Broken Glass one | two

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Love Letters series [WIP] masterpost one | two | three | four | five | six | seven | eight | nine | ten | eleven | twelve | thirteen | fourteen | fifteen sixteen | seventeen | eighteen | nineteen | twenty | twenty-one | twenty-two | twenty-three

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Inspired by Rupi Kaur's Home Body [COMPLETE] heart | jaw | shoulders | hands | belly

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Theif

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Slow Dancing in a Burning Room

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The Sea [Shortened Version]

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tagged: #crazytwentythrees poetry #my own aesthetic words

☆ main masterlist ☆

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darling, we're slow dancing in a burning room;

it just feels so right to be here with you.

is that the warmth of the flames or the warmth of you?

i can't quite tell anymore

at first my heart races, then it calms.

it slows as we spend more time together;

it slows as my heart gets used to being with yours;

it slows as it synchronises with your own heartbeat

i can't tell if the fire is closer now.

i can't tell if there even is a fire

maybe the fire's inside our hearts

i'm not quite sure if it matters now,

i'm not sure if it ever mattered,

where the fire really is.

because the room, the house, the world, may be burning,

and nothing else matters but you.

all i feel is you.

all i feel is us, together,

slow dancing in this burning room.

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we are so much like the ever-changing sea.

we roar in indignation, weather the most brutal of storms - even cause some of them.

we rock calmly and glitter like stars in the fading light of the sun.

we are one with the sea, down to our bones and our sweat and our blood and our tears.

we are the same salt and the same water and the same unknown, underestimated depths

but how i wish i could truly be like the sea.

i envy her freedom and her power - her ability to bring entire nations down to their quaking knees.

we are like the sea, yes, but not completely - and how i wish i could be.

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you'd make a good thief.

you stole my heart

and i didn't even realise it

until i was too far gone

to care about getting it back.

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the sea (shortened version)

we are so much like the ever-changing sea.

we share the same versatility, the same roaring storm to glittering calm.

we are one with the sea, down to our very biological composition.

we are like the sea, yes, but not completely - and how i wish i could be.

i envy her freedom and her power,

her ability to bring entire nations down to their quaking knees.

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Glass is so beautiful; even when it's broken.

- now if only I could be the same (by t.k.)

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love letters, part iv

in some ways, i believe love really is a drug. because when i love you, everything else fades away and i am filled with a hunger to know your past and be your future.

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thinking of taking down my wips [not including every why has a whereof] from wattpad and here so I can work on them in peace...

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love letters, part viii

“i know what i want,” she whispers as his thumb traces light circles on her arm. “what?” he asks, face barely illuminated in the dark. “You.” and he doesn’t miss a beat. “forever.” it’s one word to last an eternity. one word, and an everlasting promise.

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love letters, part vii

in every thought i think, place i visit, breath i take, my mind can’t help but come back to you.

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love letters, part iii

“how long is forever?” she asks, a mere whisper in the dark. “however long you want.”

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love letters, part i

some feelings, you just can’t explain. and that’s okay —silences are comfortable, too.

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updated note under the cut for every why has a whereof !! (i decided to post it here as well for the non-wattpadders)

i feel like poetry is the perfect way to subtly tell a lot of people a lot of things—but at the same time, it leaves a lot to interpretation.

i started writing poetry when i was thirteen, almost fourteen, and initially, my writing was horrible. (the only good thing i’d written was in & out, the very first poem in this book.) but i’d also kept at it. i wrote a lot in my sophomore year of high school, experimenting with so many different writing styles and exploring the world of writing for the first time ever. this was also the year i first published Every Why Has a Whereof through Amazon’s self-publishing platform.

now, you’re probably wondering why on earth anyone would self-publish an anthology, only to republish it a few years later. the answer is simple. the original anthology was not well-edited or given the time and effort i know it deserved, nor did i have a lot of experience in the writing community when i’d gone through with it. rookie mistake? maybe, but its definitely something i don’t regret.

however, since i am older now and have some more experience, i decided to go back and edit my poems, clear up the parts i didn’t like, design a fresh new cover, and fill up some more pages for you to read! so, the book (or device) you’re holding now is the new, revised edition of every why has a whereof. (insert confetti here)

the poems in the original edition (almost all of which are in here too) are really close to my heart, and i felt like they deserved this extra tlc, so i really hope you enjoy this sorta-new roller coaster ride of poetry, notes, letters, and a special piece of flash fiction in one of the parts!

content warning/trigger warnings:

all that being said, i want to include a disclaimer for sensitive content that might be triggering for certain people. a good number of my poems (especially near the beginning and the very end) hint at or directly imply that it is about a mental illness. the content may vary from anxiety and depression, to eating disorders and body dysmorphia, to mentions of emotional/verbal abuse.

these are very real issues, and if any of the above may trigger you, then i highly recommend skipping out on my book. if you are dealing with any mental illnesses, i hope that you’re doing okay and i want to let you know that help is always available to everyone. stay safe!

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GUESS WHO'S PLANNING ON A REVISED EDITION OF MY ANTHOLOGY, EVERY WHY HAS A WHEREOF?!?!?!?

That's right, I AM!! I am also definitely not unable to figure out how to keep writing BLS, but dw I do want to finish writing because the book means a lot to me personally (but also, like I said when I went on hiatus, I want to give you guys a good book, not a half-assed version of it).

AnYwAy, back to the poetry. Here's some basic info about the revised edition:

Will it be the same poems? Definitely, the main stuffing is all the same, only with a couple of extra poems (bonus, yay!!) and some shorter ones I don't like (like 2-3 of them) will be removed.

Can I read the deleted poems? Of course! An unedited version of my anthology is free for you to read here on Wattpad.

What's the difference between the original and the new version? In short, the main difference will be the reformatting and severe editing (with the knowledge I didn't have when I first published it). Also, I'd like to make the book a little smaller. I'm not sure if many of you are aware of this, but Amazon's self-publishing platform only offers certain standard sizes for books, and well, my 6"x9" book is probably the smallest I can go. That being said, I am considering reaching out to Amazon Publishing and some other publishers to see if they can help with this "downsizing" of sorts. Realistically, I know printing a smaller book has a 50/50 chance of happening, but it's definitely something I'd like for the revised edition.

When will the revised edition be published? This depends on the "downsizing". I hope to get the edits done in the next month or so, but a good part of the reformatting process is dependent on whether or not I get to make the book a smaller size. If not, then you'll have a semi-brand-new 6"x9" poetry anthology for you to cart around and annotate to your heart's content!

Will it look the same? For now, I intend to keep the cover the same, BUT if I work out something I like (since I design my own covers), then I will definitely consider changing the cover. The font will be different for sure, same as a whole lot of other formattings in the original version (reformatting, yay!!). Another thing I've been brainstorming is GRAPHICS!!! If you've read the first few chapters of BLS on Wattpad, you'll know about the banners I made for POV changes. I want to try some stuff like that for sure, so you'll definitely be seeing some cool changes ;)

Why are you republishing/publishing a revised edition? Ooooh boy. So the story is, when I put together all these poems and published them with Amazon KDP (which is a self-publishing platform), I had very very very little experience with the writing world, much less the editing and publishing world. The anthology was sent in as a submission for Amazon's Pen to Publish program, which is how I found out I could self-publish in the first place. But the main thing is, I put together the entire thing, formatting and all (minus writing a majority of the poems, which I'd done in the few months before), in about a month. Long story short, it was the definition of a rush job. So now I'm nearly three years older, a little wiser (I hope), and I want to put in the time and work that I know my 13-year-old self deserved when she first started writing, and the knowledge that my 14-year-old self didn't have when she self-published.

I think that's about it, but if any of you have anything else to ask, my inbox is definitely open. I hope you'll all love this new edition (once I get it out for you to read) and I'd absolutely love it if you have any extra feedback from the original!!

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screw bad notes app poetry. what about shitty gmail draft musings????