#poetry on skin

[bydayiamnothingandbynightiami]

read me∙ a poem I can die in

[mournfulroses]

Anne Michaels, from Skin Divers: Poems; "Ice House," originally published in 1999

[manicgremlinnightmaregirl]

maybe i was just a girl.. interrupted.

[girlfictions]

— J. SULLIVAN

[inky-sun]

[ourrace-sexraceandculture]

Cherlynne Theresa Thigpen (Dec 1948 - Mar 2003), American actress of stage and screen.

[modestaesthetics]

[ivynightshade]

little girl, you'll grow up, but the malice on your tongue will forever be the words of your father. / every time he opens his mouth, you think it's to shout. it's not. // what are memories of childhood if not quicksand? swallowing you whole.

fatima aamer bilal, excerpt from moony moonless sky’s ‘shame is a girl’s second skin.’

[fawnaura]

Give me your solitude, or better, the space between your lips, the skin of a thigh, something to cover me. The gesture that flows from desire, something solid, graspable, exterior, something yours to prop up my rootlessness.

Rafael Guillén, “Spouses” from I’m Speaking, tr. by Sandy McKinney

[luckybj]

home

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tattoos don't bleed on dead skin

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[mournfulroses]

Anne Michaels, from Skin Divers: Poems; "Skin Divers," originally published in 1999

[cecegirllovesyou]

homecoming queen

[shisasan]

[cntarella]

I can only find you/ by looking deeper, that's how love/ leads us into the world.

"The Second Search" from Skin Divers (1999) by Anne Michaels

[cinnamorwll]

𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙜… ᕱᕱ

hii girlbloggers, i’m tony <33 i’m a seventeen year old boy but i swear i have thoughts!! like why Wi-Fi never works well when i need it most…

i love listening to music, reading, drawing, autumn, vintage stuff, poetry, fashion, self-care, pinterest, video essays, cartoons, hot chocolate, and writing my stories that i plan to turn into films in the future

music: boygenius, wallows, the smiths, inhaler, blur, cocteau twins, jeff buckley, hozier, ruel, lizzy mcalpine, fiona apple, lana del rey, ethel cain, laufey, reneé rapp, clairo, madison beer + plenty more!

actresses: audrey hepburn, shelley duvall, brigitte bardot, sharon tate, brittany murphy, dakota fanning, elle fanning, taylor russell, saoirse ronan & clara bow

movies: the secret garden, little women, a series of unfortunate events, dead poets society, mysterious skin, coraline, the lovely bones, lady bird, the secret of moonacre, the virgin suicides, uptown girls, matilda, aquamarine, the parent trap & studio ghibli movies!

tv shows: modern family, gilmore girls, gossip girl, the baby-sitters club, the vampire diaries, the office, brooklyn 99, tslocg, sex and the city, anne with an E, once upon a time, skins, the 100, over the garden wall, hilda & summer camp island!!

fav colors: preacher’s daughter brown, midnight rain navy blue & dark red ultraviolence (these colors are real, i didn’t make them up)

here i intend to post collages, “whispers”, things related to films, literature and some of the thoughts that keep me awake at night, like the fact that maybe i’m a lost poem by clarice lispector or a deer transformed into a human

thank you so much for reading, you can tell that i can talk a lot but i'm also a great listener! so please comment something so we can be mutuals and feel comfortable to DM me <3

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