#weed poetry

[my-artistic-blog]

Playing the waiting game

When I first met you

I was struggling to get through

But you’ve always been so kind

I Think you changed my mind

Now you’re the vision in my minds eye

But I can’t help but wonder if all we’re doing is killing time

When I look at you I want to be… better, to be… different… to be…enough.

But it’s starting to feel like life’s just too damn tough

Like everything and everyone I touch

Just slips away into the dust.

When I think of you

Sometimes I can’t help it too

I think I see glimpses of something great

But then if I look too long you fall away

I wish I didn’t want to wait

But the fucked thing is I do

I want to fucking wait for you!

But I can’t wait forever

I’ve done it before

Taking glimpses and breadcrumbs and trying to make something more

So I’ll give you your space and try to stick to mine

Just know that lately you’ve been the only one on my damn mind

[firmamentoverload]

the stars hither and haste, only connected by time and space,

i remember a night at the lake - the big dipper scooping

the water in front of me, pouring, pouring,

into a memory i bring up now,

into the present

[timegeist]

Acid or weed will do this to you.

“I don’t know who God is exactly. But I’ll tell you this. I was sitting in the river named Clarion, on a water splashed stone and all afternoon I listened to the voices of the river talking. Whenever the water struck a stone it had something to say, and the water itself, and even the mosses trailing under the water. And slowly, very slowly, it became clear to me what they were saying. Said the river I am part of holiness. And I too, said the stone. And I too, whispered the moss beneath the water.”

—

Mary Oliver

(via entheognosis)

[barf90]

[bugthaplug]

Persisting my own self hollowing..

[420blzzitfggt]

[i-lovee-youu-too]

[nico-nico-suavecito]

I am so excited to announce that my full-length poetry book "The Weeds Grow Anyway" is available for preorder. This first edition handmade Iimited run is going to feature a linocut printed soft cover and I will be binding the books at home.

A blurb about the book, by Mallory Everhart:

Nico Wilkinson's debut full-length poetry collection "The Weeds Grow Anyway' is a celebration of that which lies beyond resilience in the face of adversity: audacity. Writing from Colorado Springs amidst a time of anti-trans violence, they examine the relationship of trans people to this world through the lens of nature's relationship to humans. What makes a plant into a weed, something deemed unacceptable to the landscape? The poetry within much like the local flora and trans people who live there is rooted in the experience of queering the inhospitable landscape that is Colorado Springs.

About the book's creation:

Last year I made one hardcover copy of The Weeds Grow Anyway (pictured above) to visualize the manuscript I'd been working on as a real tangible book. In doing so, I remembered just how much lenjoy the bookmaking process. I realized it would be a joy to make these books myself.

I will share the book-making process as I go on my social media, mostly Instagram (and possibly YouTube, coming soon). If you are a poet who would like to learn how to create their own books, follow along and show you how.

This book is made possible by community. By the people I create alongside, the people who support my work, who connect with me about the experiences we have living in this world. It is such a gift to finally be able to share these words with my community, including poems that have been known and loved, and many, many poems that have never been seen before. I can't wait for you to read them.

The photos of the first hardcover handmade book above are by my friend Corri Mercy.

[sleeplessv0id]

my favorite part about smoking, aside from the getting high part, is watching the smoke as I exhale it. It's a different kind of peace, watching the smoke dance. It's freer than I could ever dream of being.

[weedsterxo]

smoke in style

[dollzdomain]

Taking care of myself tonight

Understanding that I deserve to be pampered

Everyone deserves to be treated right ..right ?

[onherway]

From my debut poetry book: Dangerous Sessions: The Black Room

[letterstokareokay]

Weed makes me horny lol.

[barf90]

Sushi dates with the girlies 🥹

[bugthaplug]

Who’s scared of the wolf?

(Image by Laura Plansker)

[420blzzitfggt]

happy friday 🎃✨️👻