#poem about change

[dancinatmyfuneral]

change

not my first poem and definitely not my best (wrote this for my boyfriend and he hasnt even read it yet)

she is unexpected,

but she arrives

when you are most in need

of her gifts.

she will take your blank face

in her hands,

and guide you.

you will resist her pull,

but she knows best.

she will lead you

to your light,

but still,

she will not rest.

she is wise,

but you will not listen to her

until you cannot live without

the light she provides.

this light is what you've needed

for all of these days,

spent alone,

in need of purpose.

she will leave when she is sure

that you won't turn off your light,

and when she returns,

you will be basking in it.

she will want to make it brighter,

but you have known so much darkness,

that just this light,

just this bright,

is just right.

she couldn't make it brighter if she tried.

[writersbeware]

A Mighty Hand

A mighty hand reached to the earth and fingered fractured soil so fine particles of dust, of no worth, trickled like lonely sands of time. Tears trickled through a curtain torn showering grace as before the fall. With tiny steps, the world reborn  trumpets in harmonious call. New lives spring forth with joyful cry in clear and confidant voices. As one all speak to beautify their world…

[hrokkall]

"Sad Cat Poem" by Spencer Madsen

[toneelspeelster]

nikita gill

[icaruspendragon]

make sure to leave suppressed bisexuality and self-worth issues out for castiel tonight

[shepscapades]

[Part 1] [PART 2] [Part 3]

The unexpected return of a face Xisuma never thought he'd see again.

[courfee]

little poster for the fic Operation Walburga's Arbitrary No Kissing Ever Rule :) 10 things i hate about you, but make it jegulus

[wizardsimper]

Honestly there was a real missed opportunity for a scene involving Gale reading the player some of his poetry

[paranormaljones]

The way that even in the pilot Morse walks around like the human embodiment of an open wound just. augh. And he doesn't even know it but every moment where he's even a little bit sincere, he's just bleeding. His softness of manner when he meets Thursday for the first time and he's so carefully testing the waters to see if he's found someone who will believe in him. When he tries to describe his mother to Rosalind and stammers through voicing his raw fear of forgetting her. When he is shot down by condescending superiors and bites back like a dog that's been kicked too many times. Even with his hackles raised, you can see the bruises everywhere.

[trickstersaint]

canines // december 10 2023

[1loer]

open question, jonny bolduc

[writersbeware]

Discovery

Coins tumble, tumble out of hand a mixture of polished metal silver and copper jumbled, jumbled deep into the recesses of comfy couch mistakes made buried deep lie in wait amid cushions covered in brawny plaids speak of treasures locked in fertile sand surprises in the soil awake, awake thanks to spring’s sprinkled bath wash away layered dirt open panes for light to…

[liuisi]

three-chord prayer: i can trace my faith back to many people, but i can only owe it to the Lord

translation:

ila el abad el abeedeen, ameen: common formulation to end a prayer. "forever and ever, amen"

merci Seigneur, de l’avoir appelée à toi: thank you Lord, for calling her to you

ya Rab, barek el taree’, barek el siyyara, barek el ta’es, barekna: Lord, bless the road, bless the car, bless the weather, bless us

je crois, Seigneur; vient en aide à mon incrédulité/ouminou ya Sayed; fa aʿen ʿadama eemanee: "i believe, Lord; help my unbelief" in the respective languages

[fearandhatred]

i was thinking about this line from my fic:

But the fall had hurt, too. Because the wind had cut into his useless wings like knives, his skin and grace peeling away under the friction, and he had been looking right up at the multicoloured and unreachable expanse of sky just to see it fade from his eyes into dull greys.

and i came up with this. i hope the vision came through

[nostalgia-is-liar]

[vulpinesaint]

I really like your writing style. Do you have any literature you can share that you use as inspo?

going to start by disclaiming that from a specifically stylistic approach, i don't know if i have any writers that are distinctly similar. i do have writers that i find inspiring, though! if none of these are helpful for style, i hope they can inspire you in the same way that they make me aspire to achieve fantastic things with my writing :) i am always a poet first and foremost, whether it's poetry or prose (which is often just poetry hiding in a longer form), so most of my recommendations are poems; i have a few books at the end, though, just in case. everything that i link here should be free to access!

i am like 90% sure that anyone seeing this will already know that i keep all my poetry over at @trickstersaint, but just in case you're coming direct from a quiz, that's the place to read more of my writing! now. onto my list of a bunch of other trans poets with tumblr platforms 🖤

keaton st. james (@boykeats), i think, was the first modern poet that i really found and loved. stumbling across some of his dictionary poems as a younger poet was so revolutionary to me, and reading his poetry changed the way that i thought about and approached poetry as a whole. inspiration in the way of seeing the things that someone can do with poetry. opening up all the limits. this is what every good poem will do for you a little bit, i think, but keaton st. james is always my first recommendation for a modern poet. highly recommend his collections growth and light (i personally really love light. guy who is normal about religion voice) and rural boys watch the apocalypse is to me what that one richard siken poem about being in a car with a beautiful boy is to everyone else haha

other poets whose work i really enjoy and admire include silas denver melvin (@sweatermuppet) and dante émile (@orpheuslament)! recommending the poems an impractical marvel and dioscuri from them, respectively. sweatermuppet also has a full collection called grit, and orpheuslament has one called misplaced organs and various saints (this particular one isn't free but linking it here!) :)

my favorite poem since high school has been gravity by maura o'connor. life-changing. that poem is just like me for real.

for more of a narrative style, if you've read + liked my piece aromanticism, i definitely recommend with those we love alive by porpentine! really gorgeous twine piece with a kind of mysticism to it that could definitely tie back into the kind of stuff you'd see in my little quizzes too :)

if you're looking for actual literature-as-in-books, i can point you towards our wives under the sea by julia armfield and white is for witching by helen oyeyemi. both are novels that i've enjoyed for their kind of eclectic and poetic writing recently! i will also take any chance to recommend my favorite book, which is the hours by michael cunningham; regardless of similarity or inspiration, i find the writing of this book gorgeous and heartbreaking and i think it scrapes at the human condition in a way that draws blood. gently. if you know what i mean.

i hope this was helpful! i constantly feel as if i don't read enough poetry so if anyone has any suggestions they want to give me. i am more than happy to hear them <3 happy reading everybody!