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Poem prompt: The Crown (looming ominously on a table)

the crown lies heavy on a table heavier still the crown on a head be the king withered or able backs will break in his stead

the crown lies on a table tall taller still the crown must be worn from such heights a king might fall winds were blowing before he was born

strangely shines the table crown brighter still the crown in the sun all the light of a king's renown hanging by the tale that is spun

#poetry #haiz writes #i had fun with this one! i hope the ending works; i got a little bit stuck #also thank u kipali for the many many prompts u have sent haha

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Poetry prompts:

Your favorite tree or natural landscape

What's going on around you?

Go outside and write about the first/coolest animal you see

Yell about something that's been bouncing around your brain in a poetic manner

This is what 99% of my poems are about, hope you have as much fun as I do

i said the compass was broken, you said any way can be north if you walk far enough

i said the map was scribbled over, you said it was never about the destination anyway

i said the road was blocked / going off a cliff / a dead end you said have you tried,

#poetry #haiz writes #first of all I DEEPLY APOLOGIZE that this is maybe. a little passive aggressive #these are all very cool ways to find inspiration. i have done literally all of these multiple times in the past. #i would go through the day with a mind like a fish net for poem ideas #but that's not what's working for me Right Now. right now i wanted specific prompts to work on #sooooooooo i decided to take. the concept. as a prompt #i appreciate the ask!!!!!!!

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ACTUALLY would u guys like to send me some poetry prompts, like topics or themes or words... please send them as asks (not replies) so that i can go through them at my own leisure! and only if u want of course.

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poem prompt: dinosours love

no, i never stopped caring for you memories of us are tangled together like bones in the earth even through the distance of layers of layers of layers of sedimentary rock

#poetry #haiz writes #thank you for the prompt hehe #rawr

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moss, perhaps?

softest place i've ever slept?

the moss, perhaps. sinking deep deep down in the embrace of the peat, it asked me to stay as centuries pass by. how could i not?

maybe the lakebed. gently rocking me back and forth, it sang me lullabies of rains past. i dreamt of glaciers.

the spider's web, even. gossamer like life itself, to sleep is to submit. the silk is sweet.

#poetry #haiz writes #thank you for the prompt!

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ACTUALLY would u guys like to send me some poetry prompts, like topics or themes or words... please send them as asks (not replies) so that i can go through them at my own leisure! and only if u want of course.

#wanna try stretching my poem writy muscles but it helps to not flail aimlessly in the void #and right Now i must sleep

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#this also holds up surprisingly well from 2013 huh

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they found a girl at the beach

her words all washed away

still feeling waves against her legs

and whale skin at her touch

foam in her hair, salt in her veins

so

they tell her about the sea

#poetry #haiz writes #REPOSTING because the format of a quote post made in 2013 just. breaks! fun #this poem is from over ten years ago i forgot i wrote it but it showed up when i looked for another post of course #the tumblr search function is broken in very interesting ways #the original was in norwegian and the translation needed some editing #but that's the beauty of it isn't it. a piece of art is never really truly finished. you can change it forever. and it will change without #i have a hankering to get back into actually writing poems again. it was a part of my daily life as a teen #but i dont... know how to get into that kind of space anymore. probably because it doesnt exist in the same shape #so i gotta carve it out again and it's hard! #also this is not what the poem is About but i can tell i wrote this after i watched Whale Rider (2002) for a school assignment

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the other day i leafed through a book about norwegian artists and skimmed the page for theodor kittelsen, the folklore artist i named myself after, most known for his paintings of trolls and nøkken and such. i was very amused to find that he was seen by some as controversial in his time - apparently his paintings were using german influences and contributing to the trend of impressionable norwegian youth using german words as slang. mind you, his paintings are now some of the most norwegian-y cultural artefacts out there. the other controversy was that illustrating fairytales and books was gonna ruin the poor youths' minds and their ability to imagine things inside their head without aid. oh no!!!!!!!!!

#moral panics never change #i had the epiphany i could just. visit the library. it's great #i said hello to the librarians but i dont think they recognize me anymore </3 #WHICH IS FULLY REASONABLE and also it was like. half an hour before closing time

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hands down my favourite piece about media literacy is jamie loftus' the lolita podcast. it's a 10 episodes series about nabokov's lolita so it's obviously not gonna be for everyone, but i think it's a really good case study in how media literacy wasn't That Good 70 years ago either... yet it's still worthwhile to create complicated art. for yourself and the people who'll get it.

okay there's just SO many video essays about "the death of media literacy". how dead can it be when all of you are so good at it. has media literacy gotten provably worse or do we just have the internet now. when was the golden age of media literacy

#if any book's a good litmus test on media literacy i think it's that one #i havent actually read it but i really enjoyed the history and discussions of its legacy #(some of which is REALLY ROUGH) #the podcast is also available on Spotify and other platforms!

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would anyone like. a Throwback. and/or haiz lore depending on how long you've been following me

in the month of may in the year of 2017. i was 1) studying at a university and exams were coming up 2) obsessed with the ship Gregor Hartway/Zalvetta from ttrpg webseries 'thrilling intent'.

as you can imagine, the stress and excitement of it all eclipsed my sanity for a moment. it started out as drawing my ship as a nice, calming activity, as i was wont to do. but then i kept drawing them every day for several days in a row, so i joked about doing a gregorzal may challenge, in the vein of inktober and other monthly art challenges. i've never kept up with a monthly art challenge... except this one. for every day of the month i drew my boys. i would get up bright and early every day and draw the boys. i realise it's not particularly standout behaviour (lots of people complete monthly art challenges!), not even for me (i did like... 50??? art fight attacks last year??) - but i think very fondly of gregorzal may even to this day, and it greatly improved my skills at the time.

anyway here are Some pieces from then that i still like

thanks for walking down memory lane with me ^_^

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thumbnail VS sketch! sometimes i will have ideas for something i want to draw while i’m at work, so i’ll jot down a little thumbnail that i can use as a guide for later! usually the composition will change around, but this time i hit the nail on first try :’) (the finished illustration is in the first chapter of the knight au fic)

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happy dunmeshi dhursday to those who celebrate

#i might observe it Tomorrow insteas

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MORE MORE

more good clouds!!

#sky #haiz goes outside

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i want 40 more followers and then no more

#thank u for Cool Number

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COLOR THEORY: something is breaking

[from the videogame In Stars And Time]