#swedish poets

[tinajaxen]

We were elsewhere

but somehow we stood two.

We were two but somehow

we were locking high opinions

of ourselves in the sky.

It was suddenly somewhere in the pines;

somewhere in the times

of pretending.

We were two; only repetitive;

it was only ever about the night

standing kind on top of a straight line,

fast forward; seeing a sign

of another day.

We didn’t jump to surviving -

we left those sometimes behind.

I was more about keeping the spotlight

on the very first thought of mine.

I was elsewhere alone

and it was fine.

Still I couldn’t stand the delay,

picturing the last piece

of the cold last sun…

Other people fell away

with their gloom beginning

far in the back;

never did I mind

but the clouds remained sound

with a dream of a little view

of never being the one going down.

POEM FROM LAST YEAR :)

[skilasophia]

The Library, Pt. 1

I smudged my eyeliner

And spilled my tears on a hardcover

Forgive me, Simone de Beauvoir

I never meant to hurt you

I've scrolled through books of love and death

Kierkegaard y José Gasset...

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Hi, how are you?

I just wanted to say thank you so much for what you do with this blog. It is awesome.

I was just wondering about beautiful words in Japanese and Swedish but also just beautiful words to do with stars if you haven’t already done so.

If you don’t want to do then I understand.

Can’t wait to see more of your posts.

Have a lovely super upper day :)

Thanks so much for your kind words, so glad to hear this!

I have this list of Japanese words (I have a part 2 in the queue). And here's a list that includes some Japanese and Swedish words. A separate Swedish words list is also somewhere in the queue.

For star-related words:

Some Astronomy Vocabulary

Stellate - resembling a star

Writing Notes: Galaxies

Word List: Star

Daystar - morning star; sun

Earthstar - any of a genus (Geastrum) of globose basidiomycetous fungi with an outer peridium that splits into the shape of a star

Morning star - a bright planet (such as Venus) seen in the eastern sky before or at sunrise

Shotstar - archaic: meteor; an alga (Nostoc commune)

Starbloom - a pinkroot (Spigelia marilandica)

Starbright - archaic: bright as a star; also: studded with stars

Starburst - something (such as a pattern) that resembles diverging rays of light

Stardust - a feeling or impression of romance, magic, or ethereality

Starflower - any of several plants having star-shaped pentamerous flowers

Stargaze - to gaze at stars; to gaze raptly or contemplatively

Starglory - cypress vine

Starquake - a hypothetical violent shiver in the crust of a neutron star

Starshine - the glow of the stars; starlight

Starstone - an asteriated stone; especially: star sapphire (i.e., a sapphire that when cut with a convex surface and polished exhibits asterism)

Starthroat - either of two Brazilian hummingbirds of the genus Heliomaster whose throat feathers have a metallic luster

Hope this helps & have a lovely day/night as well :)

[axarmae]

Real-life footage of me fighting my characters cuz they doing things I don't want them to

[fitzrove]

Reblogging that polar exploration post accidentally introduced me to a Finnish todolf poem xD Original Swedish & someone's German translation under the cut

Hjertats morgon (SE)

Mörker rådde i mitt sinne,

Kallt mitt arma hjerta kändes,

Innan kärleken der inne

Af en vänlig ängel tändes.

Ser du solen efter natten

Strålande på fästet tåga,

Dimmor skingras, land och vatten

I ett helgon skimmer låga.

Ser du bilden af mitt hjerta:

Så dess första morgon grydde,

Så med fruktan, tomhet, smärta

Skuggan från dess verldar flydde.

Sol, som lifvets natt förjagar,

Kärlek, om ett bröst du glömmer,

Hvartill dessa mulna dagar,

Som man utan dig fördrömmer.

Dessa dagar evigt like,

Dessa hopplöst långa stunder,

Detta lif i dödens rike

Utan ljus och utan under.

Des Herzens Morgen

Finsternis in meinen Sinnen,

kalt mein armes Herz ich fühlte,

bis ein Engel, bis nach innen,

es mit Liebeswärme füllte.

Siehst du nach der Nacht die Sonnen-

strahlen durch die Festung fliegen,

Land und Wasser wie versonnen

unter goldnem Schimmer liegen.

Sieh das Bild in meinem Herzen:

So sein erster Morgen graute,

so, mit Furcht, mit Leere, Schmerzen,

Schatten sich nicht zeigen traute.

Lebensdunkel flieht die Sonne,

Liebe kann ein Herz versäumen,

Wolkentage ohne Wonne

muss ich ohne dich verträumen.

Diese Tage, immer gleiche,

diese endlos langen Stunden,

Leben in des Todes Reiche,

ohne Licht und ohne Wunder!

© Willi Grigor, 2016,

aus dem Schwedischen

[labyrinthofstreams]

NOVEMBER 1: SUNDAY: Why can't America, even England, produce something like the good Swedish and Italian and Japanese films? The corruption of the capitalist civilization? The lack of any knowledge of deep humanity?

Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath; 12 December 1958 – 15 November 1959.

[average-joseph]

Thank you @cowboylexapro for your recent post and I'm here to say let's make French Todd great again. Come join us in our conquest. 🫡💪💪💪.

[anthea-1]

Att leva eller att älska Att leva för att älska, Att älska för att leva, Man måste veta hur att leva för att älska, Och veta hur man älskar för att lära sig att leva. Men ta bort kärleken och du dödar livet, Ta bort livet och kärleken kommer att blekna. Man måste leva på kärlek och älska livet.

[higherentity]

[mary-maud]

[murdockbuckley]

swedish eddie diaz in the valentines poet!buck fic

i've posted this snippet before but now it's (slightly) edited and laid out properly

[tinajaxen]

It’s about the next only me,

it’s about the first try to be free.

I’d kill the first vibe that isn’t close to mine

and I must be in the right sphere

but I love to be the only thing,

the only thing to keep hunting down.

Can’t but I must and I will

and I can sidestep the new haunting blues

that is my will to be like the rest

on some slip of a blue tongue

but then actually what,

actually never.

It has never been that way…

[ruminate88]

Opening Up About Being Emotionally Abused:

Explaining you’ve been emotionally abused to people, is explaining a language that only those who have been abused, can understand… Outsiders do not relate or have a level of compassion needed. They may want to understand you, they may even try to show you compassion but they will unknowingly say things that often trigger you and push you more into a corner. They don’t mean to and they want to make it all better for you. That happened to me yesterday, I finally attempted to open up to a close loved one AND while they weren’t judgmental about the ruminating I confessed to, they don’t understand it and I just knew it would make people think I still love my ex Andrew! 🥺 I mean, sure, I care about his soul and what happens to it but I’ve been sooooo sad for the way he deceived me. People that has only had normal and healthy relationships, do not know or understand a trauma bond or the need to process the abuse. They don’t understand why it’s even abuse when that person never laid hands on you…. Me knowing this, helped me to NOT get my feelings hurt BUT I had to remind myself “you are NOT crazy and just because they don’t understand you now, YOU know what you experienced!!!” 🙏🏻

If you are attempting to open up to a friend or a family member about being emotionally abused, know that they may love you and want you to be okay and just because they don’t understand you, does not mean your experience or pain doesn’t exist. Okay? Also know, this isn’t forever!!! Rebuilding yourself and reprogramming your brain takes SO MUCH EFFORT AND TIME!!! Okay??? Be patient with yourself… Take time out to be alone with yourself and journal your story. Don’t avoid the painful memories! Face them head on!!!!! If you’re not comfortable to open up to someone yet, THEN DON’T!!!!

The safest person you can talk to is God ❤️‍🩹 He knows the most becuase he saw it all and he cares about you and can have a deeper compassion that not everyone else can have!

[literaryvein-reblogs]

A List of "Beautiful" Swedish Words

for your next poem/story

Älskar - love

Ärlig - honest

Avslappnad - relaxed

Förlåt - sorry

Hjärtat - my heart

Lagom - just enough

Lugn - calm

Mångata - moonbeam

Mysa - cosy

Nöjd - satisfied

Solkatt - when the sun reflects off your watch

Sommarmorgon - summer morning

Stjärna - star

Tystnad - silence

Vänlig - kind

Sources: 1 2 3 4 ⚜ More: Word Lists

If any of these words make their way into your next poem/story, please tag me, or send me a link. I would love to read them!

[theshatterednotes]

Swedish poet Nils-Åke Hasselmark

[i12bent]

Harry Ceson (Jan. 10, 1926 - 1978) was an autodidact Swedish artist and poet.

Above: Abstract composition, 1973-4 - oil on canvas (Privately owned)