thank you lesbians that make strange & unmarketable art
your poem “birth of the thistle witch” is one of my favorites ever and i return to it often even though it’s been years since i first read it
Thank you! I really want to do a full length thistle witch project one day but for now all existing thistle witch pieces are in my selected poems book “I Swear Somewhere This Works” if you’re interested~
Ocean Vuong, from “Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong”, Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Sara Teasdale, from The Collected Poems of Sara Teasdale; "Song,"
‘Study of Thistles’ by Sophia L. Crownfield, c. 1890.
being a poet is so embarrassing. here's another poem about how my dad sucks. yeah im gonna write 200 more of them
I never want to hear conservatives go on about repressive censorship in China, North Korea, and Iran ever again
To be clear to those unfamiliar: these are the companies that libraries use to lend ebooks.
They are literally cutting off library access to minors.
If you are affected by this or other bans and restrictions in the United States, be aware that the Brooklyn Public Library is offering free digital library cards to anyone age 13-21 nationwide as part of their Books UnBanned initiative:
BOOOOOST
Woot woot!! It’s NAPOWRIMO time, babeeeyyy!! Pen a poem everyday for 30 days or browse around and write when you can—the choice is yours. ❤️ I’ve loved making prompt lists over the years and I’m excited to see what this years brings. Be silly! Write some bad poems! Write some okay poems! Enjoy ya’self. Love you. ❤️
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you have to make it homoerotic and weird
Rainer Maria Rilke, tr. by A. Poulin Jr., Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus
Will you ever reprint Small Ghost? I lost my copy in a bad breakup and I've been unable to track down another copy.
I hope you've been well!
The little handmade version won’t be reprinted but it’s coming out as an actual book this fall!
PRIDE 2023 / DON'T LET THE BASTARDS KEEP YOU DOWN
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