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Anonymous asked:

Hi! I've been following this account for a such a long time now that I can't remember what year I started. Your writing was so inspirational and impactful to me back then, and still now, that it made me want to create things as beautiful as you did. I don't know what I really wanted to accomplish with telling you this, but I wanted to let you know that your work is gorgeous and it always made me pause and think and feel after reading it. It sounds silly, but thank you for posting, for writing.

🥺🥺🥺 thank you!!!! this is so so sweet. just so y'all know, i'm still around!! i don't post here often bc i felt like the community kind of died and i wasn't getting as much support here, but i'm still writing and trying to publish work!!! and i love you guys for sticking with me 🥺💞💞

#asks #anon #nice things

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gentlethorns

eek i just read a poem at the 2020 awp "one poet one poem" reading!! i was invited by rock and sling literary journal (who has previously published my work) to read. this is my poem "GOOD MORNING TO MY SPANISH HERITAGE," which i wrote after america's recent immigration crisis. super thrilled i got to express the pride i take in my heritage.

#rbed from my main!#audio #video #reading #2020

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my piece "AND TONIGHT I DREAM OF LOVE," which has been featured in the online publication prometheus dreaming!

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my poem "neighborhood" was published in the blue marble review!! you can read it here!!

#!!!!#blue marble review #neighborhood #2020 #published

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space-obsessed boy // prompt for @mr-golightly361!

#prompts #mr-golightly361 #it wouldnt let me tag you for some reason 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️#poetry #new poets on tumblr #poets on tumblr #writers #writers on tumblr #artists on tumblr #creative writing

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Anonymous asked:

Gem, love, glow

poetbitesback answered:

Gem: who are my favorite tumblrs?

I’ve been gone so long a lot of my faves have deactivated. I still love @bumbleblossoms @haleyincarnate @elysianink @nothingwithoutwords @lostcap @universalmemoir @definegodliness but am always open to new favorites.

Love: what’s my favorite season and why?

I love spring. It feels like everything is coming back alive and everyone is hopeful and excited for summer. I also love pastels and spring colors.

Glow: top five things I like about myself

Way to be difficult anon. I like my resolve, my work ethic, my writing abilities (both poetry and also academic papers), my honesty, and my laugh.

#🥺🥺 thank you so much liv!!!!#nice things

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just got published in the esthetic apostle!! go check it out if you'd like!!

#woohoo!#2019 #published #the esthetic apostle

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“i. a soft light from within: hiding in his smile, running in the rivers of his eyes. his hair is dark like sleep, like endless quiet; his fingers are careful and his kiss tastes like the hush of a church on a holy morning. i swear his bones glow with the weight of his silent spring-morning glory. ii. his scabbed knees and his broken bones only spill the light out where i can see it. each bruise is a sunrise; each cut is a candlelight; each tear is a sparkling pearl on the end of his nose, fragile like divinity. in agony he breathes his blooms into my lungs, where they root and flower. now i am flourishing and now he is barren and the sun always goes down, the light always ebbs away like the tide, nothing you keep in the palms of your hands will stay golden. iii. his blood is beautiful like nostalgia, like ambrosia, shining from within like the darkest, purest honey you could find. his blood is beautiful, so i make him bleed.”

— beauty // abby, day 191 // prompt for @dreamers-inc (via poet-icbliss)

#omg this is so old!!!#'his blood is beautiful so i make him bleed' is such a raw line holy shit yall #one of the rawest lines ive ever written maybe 👀👀#rbs

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Anonymous asked:

also, your blog footer is still "your custom footer message", don't know if you know or not

ugh 🙄🙄 thanks i'll try to fix that LMFAO

#asks #anon #tbd

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Anonymous asked:

you were the first poetry blog i ever liked. still so much love for you and your work, it still haunts me

😭😭😭 thank you so much!!! that means a lot. sorry i haven't been posting much, shit's been super crazy with college starting and everything. i'll try to be better about it!!

#asks #anon #nice things

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i have a ton of submissions out to lit mags rn so!! fingers crossed for somethin good this month!!

#i have like nine submissions out rn lmfao!!! a couple of them are from like june + like two from august + literally four from today aldkkdkf #personal

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my poem "SOUTHERN GOTHIC SONG," which was recently published in rock&sling magazine!

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Anonymous asked:

Would you ever do a reading of one of your poems?

gentlethorns answered:

for sure! in this ask, i have a video of me reading my poem motion. i've never done readings for any of my other poems, but i would be glad to do so if i get any requests/suggestions!

(for anyone who was unaware that i write poetry and is now curious about it or wants to read my work, my poetry blog is @elysianink and my tag for my poetry on this blog is #my words!)

#just a psa!#rbed from my main!#asks #anon

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aphelionbruise

i told you it was coming and come it did! Body of Water is my second poetry collection and contains six poems about loneliness, mostly. It can be downloaded for free here.

#also aster's second collection!!!#others' poetry #aphelionbruise

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MY COFFEE MUG ON THE BOTTOM SHELF OF THE FRIDGE

a little something i wrote last night while i couldn't sleep.

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gracebriarwoodwrites asked:

FIVE FAVOURITES (Poetry edition ✍️): Tell us your favourite: 1. Poem that you've written 2. Poem of all-time 3. Poet, living or dead 4. Poetry collection 5. Season of the year and why ✨ Send this to five poets you admire!

hi!! thank you for the ask!!

1. favorite poem that i've written? honestly probably motion! i'm very proud of the success it's had so far.

2. favorite poem of all time? that's more difficult! since i can't make a decision to save my life (i'm a libra, what can i say), i'll list off a couple: snow and dirty rain by richard siken; tonight, in oakland by danez smith; to the bone by dorothy allison; the male gaze as pain and pleasure by @anonymous-hoper ; and making blackout poetry from my own poetry (letter to my mother) by @americansport !

3. favorite poet would definitely have to be richard siken!

4. favorite poetry collection, naturally, is crush by richard siken. the artistry of it is gorgeous, and the way siken tells a story through the sequence of beautiful pieces is breathtaking.

5. favorite season is summer! long days, freedom from school, lots of sunshine.

#asks #personal #tag games #gracebabcockwrites

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LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER, I AM SORRY FOR THE WAYS I'VE HEARD YOU AND DONE NOTHING. I KISS YOUR FACE, I LOVE YOUR LIPS, I LIVE DEEP WITHIN YOUR SKIN - ALL IN A DREAM. WITHOUT YOU I AM NOT WHOLE, SO I WILL SETTLE FOR LIVING MY LIFE AS A FRACTION-FRAGMENT OF MYSELF. I, A GENTLE HARMLESS SHARD OF GLASS, SEND MY LOVE, AS IF IT COULD EVER BE ENOUGH.