#transformers poetry

[clawsou]

Jazz's meeting with Music

by Clawsou

I finally possess the beat

of the human heart.

Remedy of Soul

My spark is whole.

[pluralsword]

Assorted Transformers Haikus, Batch 1

(you can also read these on Ao3. Notes at the end)

Blasts cut onwards Lasting peace must be brought forwards Wheels and blades tire

Language dancing My thoughts and yours communing Cityspeaking love

My poetry sung Pride of the Decepticons Yours truly Sky-Byte

Forging many wonders Mother to all and yet when will I get time with them?

One of the discord servers we're on has kicked off doing haikus as a writing exercise, here's some of ours, we'll release them in batches (and yes, we are still working on Chapter 18 of Addendum, it should be done soon life has just been getting in the way but it is almost done as it is, very excited to soon release it). We got a little meta with the last one. As you can tell we're really craving a story where Solus is alive and around to advise the Autobots or show up later in a story. She should get to her character concept and particularly her defensive pacifist sword wielding IDW1 backstory was an interesting take we'd love to see revisited without being a monarch, but instead a champion of democracy and autonomy. Alpha Trion can take a break or also be around.

Also for people wondering why G1 Arcee is tagged in something specifically about using blades that's because that was part of her original bio from 1986, and a bio done much more recently combining her overlapping G1 and IDW aspects (which would not be the first time that happened either), you can read more about that here in section 3 of an essay we wrote looking back on IDW1 Arcee's writing after immersing ourselves in it over the years, finding much more than just kinship to her, we felt this urge to dig further, to understand, feeling threads that were there regarding trans history, but not having much knowledge regarding historical transmedicalism, so we dug. We dug because we wanted to show that Arcee's writing from 2012-2018 not only is a beautiful trans story unique in science fiction, but that her personality there and in part in her Spotlight (which absolutely did not intend trans stuff and walked into a minefield in that regard that inadvertently opened up the opportunity for the writing and consulting team in Phase 2 and Phase 3 to figure out beautiful character arcs for her) are direct successors of the original personality frameworks for G1 Arcees, and to show the impact and legacy of both Sunbow/Marvel and IDW Arcees along with more Arcees combined on many versions of her thereafter. In regards to relevance to the haiku, Victorion noticed during Optimus Prime #21 what Arcee had already stated previously, that she did not want to be a warrior. This picks up on a refrain older versions of her character have also shown.

[gardenofchrome]

I speak

Yet I have no voice

I cry

Yet it has no sound

I labor

Yet those above crush me

I die

Yet I still cannot rest

[taimanzano]

One of one. One, alone, one.

[slaggeduppoetrey]

"Starry nights are few and far between.

The atmosphere is usually too thick to let you see the universe above us.

But those sparse nights

It's like all the glory of God came and smiled at you.

That's how she was.

Filled with fog and storm

But once in a while she opened up, like the great sky parting

To let me see her insides

Glittering like stars."

[lucidloving]

@redpi11 // Anaïs Nin // @kfkx // Jennifer Willoughby, "The Sun is Still a Part of Me" // Jorge Luis Borges, "A New Refutation of Time" // Euripides, Medea (trans. Oliver Taplin) // Jenny Slate, Little Weirds // Keaton St. James, "September Affirmation (Don't Be Afraid)" // @kfkx // Czeslaw Milosz, "Late Ripeness" (trans. Robert Haas)

[thetypewriterdaily]

soft reminder 🐛🦋🧡

[sleepyeule]

Deja vu 🥺

[speerfisch]

rip me apart, split me plant new seeds

let me feel the worms twitching

let me grow anew like a forgotten garden, let gentle deers meander through me

carried by the arms of the storm I want

to be in awe.

illustrations, text and typographie ©marlin finn mackensen, 2023

[leonardospoetry]

I feel like my mind can make a hell out of any little negative emotion. And usually it’s because there’s some kind of aversion present, a desperate urge to banish or numb the feeling.

This little poem is a reminder to face difficult emotions with kindness and ease.

[kaontic]

Starscream asked me to post this:

Just after he left, Megatron asked me to post this:

And thus, the TF multiverse’s balance had been restored.

[clawsou]

As an Owl Catches its Prey

[derangedrhythms]

Anne Sexton, Transformations; from 'Hansel and Gretel'

[thunderwetter]

TransforMay Days 1 - 3 " Humble Origins" Our most recent Optimus - Orion Pax from TF:One - admiring the origins of his character - the original G1 Optimus Prime toy!

Wrote this little poem to go along with it: Before him stood a little toy built from plastic and alloy. Impressed, young Pax proclaimed in glee: "This tiny creature looks like me!" Little did our soldier know, that soon he too will learn and grow. Optimus Prime his name shall be and hope will be his legacy.

Find this post on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/55659586 And the collection for my Prompt List where hopefully soon others will upload their stuff aswell ^-^ https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Bwans_TransforMay_2024

[flowersandfashion]

Adrienne Rich, Planetarium /// I Saw The T.V. Glow (2024) dir. Jane Schoenbrun /// Mary Oliver, Stars /// The Pillars of Creation captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope /// Andrea Gibson, The Madness Vase /// Falling Star (1884) by Witold Pruszkowski /// Adrienne Rich /// I Saw The T.V. Glow

[woundgallery]

Adam Zagajewski (translated by Clare Cavanagh