#francine j harris

[sweatermuppet]

from low visibility by francine j harris, published in play dead

[Text ID: I have light in my mouth. I hunger you. /End ID]

[haveyoureadthispoem-poll]

"Katherine with the lazy eye. short and not a good poet, I guess I almost cried. / I don’t know why, because I didn’t like you. This is the first time I remembered your name."

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[agirlnamedbone]

francine j. harris (play dead, 2016)

[missedstations]

“Wetland” - francine j. harris

The sea is so far from us now. Partly I think because we   are not softspoken desire. There are rude thoroughfares and abandoned mines that brag. They gather and pile with ruin and vacancy. It’s an accrual that is in me, it seems.   At best, a wetland. Beautiful and useless in the face of flood.   So that when we walk the perimeter, we can see the ground   starve and crack. But then fear of sinkhole is so self-important. Truthfully, I am not enough to steer clear of. To fall in love again,   dear, reforested bund, is a matter of preservation. In your expert   opinion, will you tell me how to know you if I am forever meant   to leave you undisturbed. This will not save us, I’m afraid. A brownstone   for hummingbirds is shortsighted too, like picking out honeybees   from the dog’s mouth. Then blowing on her tiny hairs like a breeze.   Love, we can wish it were so; it does not make us fit to survive.

[noleavestoblow]

"The sea is so far from us now. Partly I think because we are not softspoken desire. There are rude thoroughfares and abandoned mines that brag. They gather and pile with ruin and vacancy. It’s an accrual that is in me, it seems."

-Francine J. Harris

[wovi]

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francine j. harris on KATHERINE WITH THE LAZY EYE. SHORT. AND NOT A GOOD POET.

[insaneclownpussi]

i’ll make a real post about this but hmmm favorite books i read this year… sweet the hand by francine j harris, best barbarian by roger reeves, fantasia for the man in blue, hmmmm see i wish i kept track of this shit! lots of good stuff came out this year too…customs, dream of the divided field, all the flowers kneeling…

[orangerosebush]

A beautiful celebration of Norman Dubie's memory by the unmatched Francine J. Harris </3

[gena-rowlands]

jean's read in 2022

hello! so as university reading will take up a lot of the rest of my reading for the year, i thought i'd give a full wrap up here! i may update a few times, but this is my almost-comprehensive reading list of 2022! (insp. by @adamronans)

books in red come with moderate< trigger warnings so feel free to ask on/off anon for more info or please look up the tw's before reading!

non-poetry:

Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh (���★★★★)

The Dumb House by John Burnside (★★★★★)

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (★★★★)

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (★★★½)

Heaven by Mieka Kawakami (★★½)

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (★★★★★)

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror (★★★★½)

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca (★★)

Clementine #1 by Tillie Walden (★★★)

Fragments of Horror by Junji Ito (★★★★)

Bliss Montage by Ling Ma (★★)

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (★★★)

The Sluts by Dennis Cooper (No Rating)

We Have Always Lived in The Castle by Shirley Jackson (★★★★)

Heartstopper vol.1 by Alice Oseman (★★★★★)

Queers: Eight Monologues by Mark Gatiss (★★★★½)

Heartstopper vol.2 by Alice Oseman (★★★★★)

The Harpy by Megan Hunter (★★★★)

Politics and the English Language by George Orwell (★)

Little Weirds by Jenny Slate (★★★★½)

Alcestis by Euripides (★★★★)

Medea by Euripides (★★★★½)

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (★★★★½)

Pew by Catherine Lacey (★★★½)

Pine by Francine Toon (★★)

Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz (★★★★★)

Normal People by Sally Rooney (★★★★)

poetry:

The Book of Women by Dorianne Laux (★★★★½)

Flux by Orion Carloto (★★★)

Sweetdark by Savannah Brown (★★★★½)

Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass by Lana Del Rey (★★★½)

Life of the Party by Olivia Gatwood (★★★★★)

She Felt Like Nothing by R.H. Sin (★½)

Madness by Sam Sax (★★★★½)

soft magic. by Upsile Chisala (★★)

Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds (★★★★★)

The Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus (★★★★)

The Boys I've Loved & The End of the World by Catarine Hancock (★★)

Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong (★★★★½)

Portrait of my Body as a Crime I'm Still Committing by Topaz Winters (★★★★)

There Should Be Flowers by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza (★★★★½)

Grit by Silas Denver Melvin (★★★★½)

Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems by Robin Coste Lewis (★★★★½)

Wild Embers by Nikita Gill (★★½)

Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara (★★★½)

God I Feel Modern Tonight by Catherine Cohen (★)

Diving Into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich (★★★★★)

Salt by Nayyirah Waheed (★★½)

Lord of the Butterflies by Andrea Gibson (★★★★½)

Incarnadine by Mary Szybist (★★★★)

Firstborn by Louise Glück (★★★½)

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire (★★★★)

Mules of Love by Ellen Bass (★★★★½)

What Is This Thing Called Love by Kim Addonizio (★★★★)

New American Best Friend by Olivia Gatwood (★★★★)

At Least This I Know by Andrés N. Ordorica (★★★★½)

Rail by Kai Carlson-Wee (★★★★)

The Asylum Dance by John Burnside (★★★★½)

War of the Foxes by Richard Siken (★★★★)

I Would Leave Me If I Could by Halsey (★★★★)

Bloodsport by Yves Olade (★★★★)

American Melancholy by Joyce Carol Oates (★★½)

The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman (No Rating)

[ezikial13]

Books I have read throughout 2022

Valiant by Holly Black

The Fallen by Charlie Higson

Trapped at the bottom of the ocean by Frank E Peretti

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest

Reaper man by Terry Pratchett

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

Harry Potter and the Philippines

Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan

The Maze Runner

Rats by Paul Zindel

Crescent City: House if Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

Holes by Louis Sachar

Demon Stalker:Torment by Douglas Hill

The Scorth Trials by James Dashner

The Vagrant by Peter Newman

The Death Cure By James Dashner

King Lear by Willy Shakes

Legends of Dune: Battle of Corrin by Brian Herbert and KJ Anderson

Twelfth Night by Bill Shakey

The Richest man who ever lived, by Steven K Scott

Song of Achiles by Madaline Miller

The Iliad by Homer

Thief of Corinth by Tessa Afshar

The Odyssey by Homer

The Talisman of Troy by Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Sons of Encouragement by Francine Rivers

Spartan by VM Manfredi

Corydon and the fall of Atlantis by Tobias Druitt

The Painted Man by Peter V Brett

Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake

Maskerade by Terry Pratchett

The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien

The Wind Singer by William Nicholson

Rashomon and Sevnteen Other Stories by Akutagawa Ryunosuke

An Elegy for Easterly by Petina Gappah

The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien

Slaves of the Master by William Nicholson

Firesong by William Nicholson

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Sea Stories by Joseph Conrad

Zorro: The Novel by Isabel Allende

The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes

Gormenghast by Mervyn Peak

Slated by Teri Terry

The Orphanage of the gods by Helena Coggan

Elke dag saam met God by Henk Gous

[ulkaralakbarova]

Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they’re willing to risk it all to find out if there’s more between them than just the law. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Jack Foley: George Clooney Karen Sisco: Jennifer Lopez Buddy Bragg: Ving Rhames Maurice ‘Snoopy’ Miller: Don Cheadle Glenn Michaels: Steve Zahn Marshall Sisco: Dennis Farina Adele Delisi: Catherine Keener Kenneth: Isaiah Washington Richard Ripley: Albert Brooks José ‘Chino’ Chirino: Luis Guzmán Moselle: Viola Davis Bank Employee: Jim Robinson Bank Customer: Mike Malone Bank Teller: Donna Frenzel Bank Cop: Manny Suárez Bank Cop: Keith Hudson Lulu: Paul Soileau Pup: Scott Allen Parking Lot Woman: Susan Hatfield White Boxer: Brad Martin Himey: James Black Daniel Burdon: Wendell B. Harris Jr. Library Guard: Chuck Castleberry Shock Lock FBI Man: Chic Daniel White Boy Bob: Keith Loneker Old Elevator Lady: Connie Sawyer Old Elevator Gent: Philip Perlman Raymond Cruz: Paul Calderon Officer Grant: Gregory Alpert Ripley Personnel: Mark Brown Ripley Receptionist: Sandra Ives Ripley Guard: Joe Hess Waitress: Betsy Monroe Philip: Wayne Pére Andy: Joe Chrest Third Ad Guy: Joe Coyle Midge: Nancy Allen Ray Nicolette (uncredited): Michael Keaton Hejirah Henry (uncredited): Samuel L. Jackson Federal Marshal: Stephen M. Horn Airport Patron (uncredited): Oscar A. Diaz Waitress (uncredited): Jennifer Dorogi Airport Passenger (uncredited): Deborah Smith Ford Xenon Light Guard (uncredited): Mike Gerzevitz Flight Attendant (uncredited): Thelma Gutiérrez Bank Manager (uncredited): Wayne V. Johnson Bank Patron (uncredited): Pati Lauren Shopper (uncredited): Sherrie Peterson Gas Station Attendant (uncredited): Ronnie Stutes Film Crew: Director: Steven Soderbergh Producer: Danny DeVito Executive Producer: Barry Sonnenfeld Novel: Elmore Leonard Screenplay: Scott Frank Executive Producer: John Hardy Producer: Michael Shamberg Producer: Stacey Sher Original Music Composer: David Holmes Director of Photography: Elliot Davis Editor: Anne V. Coates Makeup Artist: Bill Corso Digital Compositor: Sean MacKenzie Second Assistant Director: Trey Batchelor First Assistant Director: Gregory Jacobs Second Second Assistant Director: Michael Risoli Supervising Sound Editor: Larry Blake Set Dresser: Mike Malone Casting: Kathy Driscoll-Mohler Casting: Francine Maisler Production Design: Gary Frutkoff Art Direction: Philip Messina Set Decoration: Maggie Martin Costume Design: Betsy Heimann Makeup Artist: Margot Boccia Key Hair Stylist: Bonnie Clevering Makeup Artist: Anita Gibson Key Makeup Artist: Katherine James Hairstylist: Deborah Mills-Whitlock Hairstylist: Waldo Sanchez Makeup Effects Designer: David LeRoy Anderson Hairstylist: Mary L. Mastro Makeup Artist: Mark Shostrom Unit Production Manager: Frederic W. Brost Production Supervisor: Pat Chapman Post Production Supervisor: Caitlin Maloney Production Supervisor: Mary Morgan Additional Second Assistant Director: David M. Bernstein Second Second Assistant Director: William D. Robinson Set Dresser: Shane L. Ashton Set Dresser: Tristan Paris Bourne Art Department Assistant: Andrea Brody Leadman: Jon J. Bush Set Designer: Lauren Cory Set Designer: Keith P. Cunningham Standby Painter: Chuck Eskridge Property Master: Emily Ferry Set Dresser: Harry Frierson Construction Foreman: Gary Gagliardo Paint Coordinator: Hank Giardina Construction Foreman: William Gideon Props: Brett Gollin Assistant Property Master: Otniel Gonzalez Set Dresser: L. David Gordon Props: Charles Guanci Jr. Art Department Coordinator: Blair Huizingh Set Dresser: James E. Hurd Jr. Paint Coordinator: Steven Kerlagon Set Dresser: Alexander Kirst Set Dresser: Chris Patterson Leadman: David C. Potter Set Designer: Mary Saisselin Construction Coordinator: Chris Snyder Assistant Property Master: Joy Taylor Painter: Mark Woodworth Carpenter: John Blanchard Set Dresser: Kurt Braun Painter: Tammy DeRuiter Greensman: Michael ...

[mae-we-post-poems]

Wetland

francine j. harris

The sea is so far from us now. Partly I think because we

are not softspoken desire. There are rude thoroughfares

and abandoned mines that brag. They gather and pile

with ruin and vacancy. It’s an accrual that is in me, it seems.

At best, a wetland. Beautiful and useless in the face of flood.

So that when we walk the perimeter, we can see the ground

starve and crack. But then fear of sinkhole is so self-important.

Truthfully, I am not enough to steer clear of. To fall in love again,

dear, reforested bund, is a matter of preservation. In your expert

opinion, will you tell me how to know you if I am forever meant

to leave you undisturbed. This will not save us, I’m afraid. A brownstone

for hummingbirds is shortsighted too, like picking out honeybees

from the dog’s mouth. Then blowing on her tiny hairs like a breeze.

Love, we can wish it were so; it does not make us fit to survive.

[ao3feed-doctorxrose]

7 – Direction The Valiant

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/v0fROtN

by AlisoneDavies

L'Épopée Temporelle : Les Aventures de Litany & Alisone – Partie 7. Nous sommes dans les nuages, à l'intérieur d'un héliporteur, au-dessus de l'Angleterre, à bord du vaisseau « The Valiant ». Ma mission est de sauver le Maître, de stopper les Paradoxes, ramener le Docteur à Rose et shipper Lit' avec une gentille personne... Allons-y !

Words: 6964, Chapters: 1/1, Language: Français

Series: Part 8 of L'Épopée temporelle : Les Aventures de Litany & Alisone

Fandoms: Original Work, Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Kaamelott

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/M, Gen

Characters: Myself, Author - Character, Litany_Riddle (Fandom RPF), The Master (Simm), Lucy Saxon, Tenth Doctor (Doctor Who), Jack Harkness, Tish Jones, Francine Jones, Clive Jones, Tom Riddle

Relationships: The Master (Simm)/Original Female Character(s), Lucy Saxon/Original Male Character, Tenth Doctor/Rose Tyler

Additional Tags: Time Travel, Time Travel Fix-It, Bad Wolf Bay, Magic, Magic-Users, Witches, Spells & Enchantments, Falling In Love, Idiots in Love, True Love, Saving the World, The Doctor (Doctor Who) Needs a Hug, The Doctor Loves Rose Tyler, The Master Has Issues, The Master's Drums (Doctor Who), The Master (Doctor Who) Needs a Hug, Manipulative Tom Riddle, The Valiant (Doctor Who), Toclafanes, Sam Tyler is the Master, Revelations, Spoilers, Travelling in the TARDIS (Doctor Who), Past, Future, Near Death Experiences, Alien Time Lords (Doctor Who), Blood and Injury, Allons-y, Song: I Can't Decide (Scissor Sisters), Paradox, Temporal Paradox, Sonic Screwdriver (Doctor Who)

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/v0fROtN

[wishwars]

Love, we can wish it were so; it does not make us fit to survive.

Wetland by francine j. harris

[bostonpoetryslam]

I talk to my students a lot about how writing poetry, how creating a language that surprises, depends on being able to predict what your reader will have an understanding of, and being able to tell when your reader knows the end of the sentence, like when you say, 'I'm outside and it's raining—,' if you say 'cats,' they know what comes next. So, you play on that expectation.

francine j. harris, interviewed by Kaveh Akbar for Divedapper

[pendraegon]

[ID of the poem “first, take a fistful of hair” by Francine J. Harris:

Listen first for anyone. Fill your pockets. / Measure the ditch with a wad of gum. Listen. / Stay still. Break open the gate with your fist. / a backseat to torch. Ditch it. You will need / someone, still. but later. from a pay phone. for / the rope. Empty your pockets. Check for wild fur / and the pant. who wad seats. or possums who hiss / under wild shrub. Sharp shooters check the wind. / So measure your mouth. the curve of howl. drool / and its drop against the wooden tiles. Possum / under salt and pine. Screech it. Score the rope / with your teeth. Collect the drool in tin. / Check for rust. Pull out the nails. Wait / for the wood to sag of blood. to good and stalled. / Mount the mouth. slip down. Slide under / sludge, until the caves open and break. and / salt your wounds. and play the black cricket. / and nail on the stars. Run low to ground. / until your hairs unseat. and your cheek / full of shotgun howls. and sags. and, / and touches its own blood to light. END ID.]