#not my poetry

[halloweeneva]

Poem by @narcissistcookbook

(Skull design borrowed from their profile pic)

[xovera-toz]

The rest of the poem is even better so go read the 2015 comics. Shoo.

[kkirexxovo]

poetry i found recently & ciphixy

(1) author unknown

(2) nellsays on tumblr (i couldn't find their account, sadly)

[raddagher-on-cams]

(@/two-bees-poetry)

[mist-of-flowers]

Kaveh Akbar, Calling a Wolf a Wolf

favorited : literature i love

[sunshine-units]

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On Sunday, a lambent crevice opened up in the street outside my house. By Tuesday, birds were flying into it.

“I probably won’t miss you,” my mother said. “I’m only interested in the end of the world,” I replied.

Many find it difficult to breathe without the atmosphere, but we knew how; we just stopped breathing.

We’re at the Moonlight All-Night Diner, and they’re serving up fruit from the plants growing out of the waitress. The closed sign whispers, “Please, don’t touch me.”

We watch bodies fall to the ground outside like deep sea creatures surfacing. You turn to me and ask, “Do you ever think about suicide?” I look away from you and close my eyes, eat the raspberries to confuse the blood in my mouth.

Now you’re in the only car in the parking lot at midnight and you’re watching me throw stones at the moon which hangs low in the sky so that he can look into your house. Your sister tried to touch him from her window once, and he flinched.

Now he and the oceans watch her with a quiet concern. The lilac sky is trying to rest her head on his shoulder, all trees gradually growing through her.

A hummingbird whispers to you, “Be careful. Under her dress is her skin,” and then builds his nest in the middle of the highway.

I look back to you, and you close your eyes

-Katherine Ciel

Welcome to Night Vale Episode 20 - "Poetry Week"

[storyweaverstalespinners]

[atomic-anarchist]

[livewire-litmag]

Being in LiveWire means finding the most soul crushingly beautiful poem in your professors old lit mags

[m-ir-a-nd-a]

I promise.

[codthefishgod]

Decided to share this because it reminds me of Faroff. I often find it difficult to explain Faroff in any sort of way without going on a rant, especially with how hugely important it has become to me, but I think, if I had to really get the point of Faroff across in as few words as possible, it would be those last four lines. Because at its core, that's what it's about. It's about breaking walls down, it's about change, it's about not letting your own biases and preconceived beliefs cloud the truth right in front of you.

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Man, I love that series.

[void-galaxy-shenanigans]

(Photo ID in alt text)

This. Exactly this. This journey may not always be pretty and fun, but if our path gives even one person hope, that’s enough for us. The effort will be worth it. 💜 ~Nico

[poetryandprompts]

Jesus watches from the wall,

But his face is cold as stone,

And if he loves me

As she tells me

Why do I feel so all alone?

Carrie, Stephen King

[halloweeneva]

there is no revolution that is idle

it does not stand still

like a spark it jumps and flashes

and moves as it wills

it stops by and visits

sending you a spark or two

it never lingers or stays too long

it has far too much to do

it stopped by them, too, today,

it watched them with steely gaze

and when it left as quick as it came

you watched them go ablaze.

I’ve been keeping this in my inbox just so I can find it and read it over and over again on this app I love it so much thank you

[penne-cillin]

TUMBLR USER KIMABUTCH DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID. IM ILL RN IM LOSING MY MIND

[writes about Jesus but it’s actually about being trans] [writes about being trans but it’s actually about Jesus]