#goodbyevitamin

[youllalwaysfindyourwaybackhome]

(36/75) Are All the Break-Ups in Your Poems Real? - Aimee Nexhukumatahil

If by real you mean as real as a shark tooth stuck

in your heel, the wetness of a finished lollipop stick,

the surprise of a thumbtack in your purse—

then Yes, every last page is true, every nuance,

bit, and bite. Wait. I have made them up—all of them—

and when I say I am married, it means I married

all of them, a whole neighborhood of past loves.

Can you imagine the number of bouquets, how many

slices of cake? Even now, my husbands plan a great meal

for us—one chops up some parsley, one stirs a bubbling pot

on the stove. One changes the baby, and one sleeps

in a fat chair. One flips through the newspaper, another

whistles while he shaves in the shower, and every single

one of them wonders what time I am coming home.

[myoldiaries]

omg was scrolling through your blog just now and saw it was your birthday and i’m very late but happy birthday amber!!! i hope u had a beautiful day and that this next trip around the sun is kind & beautiful <33

thank you sm!!!! 🍃💗🖤

[starswerealigned]

tagged by @meatcrimes! thank you so much for remembering me! it's been quite a long time since i didn't play with these tag games, lol.

rules: search "your name + core" on pinterest, then post the first six photos!

tagging: @disappearinginneverland @liabilitys @wednesdayevenings @vibininthefields @madney @beskadiget @flowersf0rvases @urgeforgoing @goodbyevitamin @dialm4murder @unluckyn @brave-olive

[solipseismic]

2023 poetry rec list

technically a day late but who cares! i don't. it's gonna be a long one this year too despite not having read or written as much poetry as of late; i'm putting my overall fifteen favorite + poetry book recs up here and the rest below a cut to spare your dashboards :)

2022

2021

books:

calling a wolf a wolf (kaveh akbar)

cinema of the present (lisa robertson)

dictee (theresa hak kyung cha)

pilgrim bell (kaveh akbar)

prelude to bruise (saeed jones)

the crown ain't worth much (hanif abdurraqib)

top 15:

abecedarian requiring further examination of anglikan seraphym subjugation of a wild indian reservation (natalie diaz)

about eight minutes of light (robert king)

at luca signorelli's resurrection of the body (jorie graham)

ginen the micronesian kingfisher [i sihek] (craig santos perez)

gods, gods, powers, lord, universe-- (chen chen)

kupu rere kē (alice te punga somerville)

look (solmaz sharif)

ode to the 9,000 year old woman (@/goodbyevitamin)

one art (elizabeth bishop)

petitioning the patron saint of childbirth (danielle boodoo-fortuné)

so mexicans are taking jobs from americans (jimmy santiago baca)

the death loop (jon lovett)

the difficult miracle of black poetry in america: something like a sonnet for phillis wheatley (june jordan)

the madwoman as rasta medusa (shara mccallum)

vocabulary (safia elhillo)

& the gun echoed for centuries; interlude with drug of course; & the light devours us all (yasmin belkhyr)

a brother named gethsemane (natalie diaz)

a map to the next world (joy harjo)

between autumn equinox and winter solstice, today (emily jungmin yoon)

cherish this ecstasy (david james duncan)

coffins (derick thomson)

conflict resolution for holy beings (joy harjo)

failing and flying (jack gilbert)

ginen tidelands [latte stone park] [hagåtña, guåhan] (craig santos perez)

how to be a dog (andrew kane)

i love you to the moon & (chen chen)

i'm sorry birds (@/quezify)

insomnia and the seven steps to grace (joy harjo)

i was sleeping where the black oaks move (louise erdrich)

i watch her eat the apple (natalie diaz)

moth wings and other things (@/grendel-menz)

my father (ollie schminkey)

my soldier, my stranger (scherezade siobhan)

new year's day (joan tierney)

october (louise glück)

praise song for oceania (craig santos perez)

praise the rain (joy harjo)

real estate (richard siken)

sharing a cigarette with joan of arc (dante emile)

song of the anti-sisyphus (chen chen)

table (edip cansever, transl. richard tillinghast)

tear it down (jack gilbert)

temporary job (minnie bruce pratt)

the blue dress (saeed jones)

the lesson of the moth (don marquis)

the universe, as in one last song for the lonely hearts (michelle hulan)

throwing children (ross gay)

untitled (joan tierney)

voices (naomi shihab nye)

when i die i want your hands on my eyes (pablo neruda)

why i am not coming in to work today (jess zimmerman)

wolf moon (nina maclaughlin)

yes, it was the mountain echo (william wordsworth)

[symptomofloves]

15 questions + 15 friends tagged by @schalotte thank you elli <3!

1. are you named after anyone? my mom chose my name just because it's pretty & not because of anyone in particular.

2. when was the last time you cried? hmh i'm not sure, but i think it was before the new year.

3. do you have kids? no, & if i eventually do it will be in many years.

4. what sports do you play/ have you played? i don't really play any sports, but i practice yoga & bike around the city a lot. i also love walking & hiking.

5. do you use sarcasm? sometimes, but i'm generally too earnest to be particularly funny.

6. what is the first thing you notice about people? i first notice their general demeanor, their way of holding/expressing themselves & interacting with others. from a physical standpoint, it would probably be hair or clothing.

7. what's your eye color? blue-green-gray, like moss or lichen :)

8. scary movies or happy endings? somewhere in between? i like a bittersweet ending or at the very least one that amplifies the meaning of the preceding story.

9. any talents? i suppose my main talents are writing & cooking!

10. where were you born? in a little town called bloomington

11. what are your hobbies? my most consistent hobbies are reading & cooking, but i want to nurture my creative hobbies more (music, painting, embroidery) because they are still quite tentative at the moment.

12. do you have any pets? yes, my little cat misty :3

13. how tall are you? i'm 5"3

14. favorite subject in school? in secondary school, it was literature, but now my favorites are anthropology & (art) history.

15. dream job? i'm not sure, but i'm planning on becoming a librarian/archivist. i think museum curation would also be so cool.

tagging @andromedabyweyesblood, @bymine, @boyjoan, @cheruib, @clementineoil, @ghostmaiden, @goodbyevitamin, @imkindatheman, @machinereadable, @mothprincess, @motifcollector, @mumintroll, @murderballadeer, @nevergoesout, @whimseee, if u feel like it :)

[silkscream]

Okay so i hope this isn’t too much but i’m searching for poetry recs on these topics: grief, growing up, childhood friends

the song of despair, pablo neruda

i have dreamed of you so much, robert desnos

@heavensghost x

seven, taylor swift

honeybee, trista mateer

the glass essay, anne carson

jessica takes a chill pill, angie sijun lou

clementine von radics

@goodbyevitamin x

i had a dream about you, richard siken

blooming blood flower by @caritasangelus

[fitsinthepalm]

this was so hard bc i pretty much love every song!! my top 3 and bottom 2 are definitely accurate though

ok this is WILD. you do in fact have rights because of sweet nothing being number 2 but i am shocked and confused at lavender haze being at 14!!!! glad to see you are appreciating question & mastermind. we’re not gonna talk about paris & midnight rain though

send me your Midnights album ranking and i’ll tell you how valid you are

[henryholt]

#Repost @baosbooks ・・・ If you haven’t read GOODBYE VITAMIN by Rachel Khong...WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE?!?!?! 🍋 🍋 But seriously though—this book made me BAWL, which doesn’t happen often, and is one of my all-time favorite books. (Although I seem to cry with increasing frequency—I guess I’m just getting more emotional as I get older?) This book tells the story of Ruth, a woman whose life has turned upside down, as she returns home to help take care of her father, who suffers from Alzheimer’s. It’s sparsely told, poignant, and dives deep into grief and the complexities of loving deeply flawed people. 🍋 🍋 🍋 🍋 🍋 #alltimefavorites #favoritebooks #goodbyevitamin #rachelkhong #womenwriters #writersofcolor #womenofcolor #diversevoices #bookstagrammer #booknerd #bookish #reader #readersofinstagram #booksofig #instagramreads #bookobsessed #booksandflowers #bookphotography #clutter https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpub5cYHkoO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=302repo9auuu

[sadgirlautumn]

ooh here are some albums by women/female led bands: means to me by long beard, death of a cheerleader by pom pom squad, dedicated side b by carly rae jepsen, crushing by julia jacklin, and psychopomp by japanese breakfast <3

Thank you so much!!! I just listened to Japanese breakfast and her album is so pretty!!!! Also pom pom squad is addictive I think red with love might be might one of my favorite songs!! Excited to listen to these!!

[eating-their-words]

Had to do a lemon one with this cover 🍋🍋🍋 ~ #goodbyevitamin #rachelkhong #lemons https://www.instagram.com/p/B-1z9DlKgbR/?igshid=c6xpc2ex4ssr

[hopelessbooklover]

I'm back in Miami!!📍 (Well just for a bit, and you can obviously expect me to keep posting many NY pics) 🤗 . So #GoodbyeVitamin was highly recommended to me by a friend and I have to say I really like the sound of it! Check it out and let me know what you think: ✨ Her life at a crossroads, a young woman goes home again in this funny and inescapably moving debut from a wonderfully original new literary voice. . Freshly disengaged from her fiancé and feeling that life has not turned out quite the way she planned, thirty-year-old Ruth quits her job, leaves town and arrives at her parents’ home to find that situation more complicated than she'd realized. Her father, a prominent history professor, is losing his memory and is only erratically lucid. Ruth’s mother, meanwhile, is lucidly erratic. But as Ruth's father’s condition intensifies, the comedy in her situation takes hold, gently transforming her all her grief. Told in captivating glimpses and drawn from a deep well of insight, humor, and unexpected tenderness, Goodbye, Vitamin pilots through the loss, love, and absurdity of finding one’s footing in this life.

[youllalwaysfindyourwaybackhome]

(19/75) I Don't Miss It - Tracy K. Smith

But sometimes I forget where I am, Imagine myself inside that life again.

Recalcitrant mornings. Sun perhaps, Or more likely colorless light

Filtering its way through shapeless cloud.

And when I begin to believe I haven’t left, The rest comes back. Our couch. My smoke

Climbing the walls while the hours fall. Straining against the noise of traffic, music,

Anything alive, to catch your key in the door. And that scamper of feeling in my chest,

As if the day, the night, wherever it is I am by then, has been only a whir

Of something other than waiting.

We hear so much about what love feels like. Right now, today, with the rain outside,

And leaves that want as much as I do to believe In May, in seasons that come when called,

It’s impossible not to want To walk into the next room and let you

Run your hands down the sides of my legs, Knowing perfectly well what they know.

[myoldiaries]

1,3, and 5!

1. What are 2-5 already published fiction books you think you want to read in 2023?

Answered this here!

3. Any poetry on your TBR?

So many! I want to read the poems of Sappho, Odyssey by Homer (I simply feel so incomplete knowing I haven’t read it), Rilke and Hilda Doolittle’s Triology. If you’ve any recommendations, kindly share!

5. What 2023 new releases are you most looking forward to?

I’ll have to browse Goodreads for answering this, I can’t think of one book right now.

[starswerealigned]

tagged by @anticurses, thank you so much for remembering me and tagging me! (also, i'm sorry for taking way too long to post, heh) :]

eight questions for nine people!

last song i listened to was: "witness", by kmfdm.

favourite colour(s): cherry red, olive green and coal black.

last TV show or film i watched: i've watched some classic christmas films like: "home alone", "the holiday", "how the grinch stole christmas", "the umbrellas of cherbourg", "it's a wonderful life", "carol". very festive.

currently watching: "percy jackson and the olympians" because i want to feel like i'm 11 again.

sweet, savoury, or spicy?: savoury and spicy, all the way! no wonder i'm hypoglycemic, i'm not a huge fan of sweet.

relationship status: single and ready to mingle.

current obsession: wondering myself if i should bleach my hair (my hair is a virgin, i've never dyed it. it's naturally black!).

last thing i googled: "bdsm test", because every time i'm on my fertile period i have to check it and i have no idea why i do that lol.

tagging! ♡ (only do that if you want to, of course):

@radioceann @selbstkasteiende--wehmut @andtosaturn @mercyacoustic @jakeperalta @ificouldancewithyouagain @shikiswife @goodbyevitamin @urgeforgoing

[velocipedestrienne]

#beachreads #ramonablue #goodbyevitamin #botm

[symptomofloves]

tagged by @folksingers to make a little fishbowl of my blog with this picrew. thanks <3

i'll tag: @shirleykeelder, @symphonyinblues, @sapokanikan & @goodbyevitamin

i'm not sure who likes getting tagged though so lmk!