#also my poetry tag

[inkskinned]

in internet posts it is easy to cut them out of your life. they are hurting you! they aren't listening to you!

they held your hair back. they lent you lipstick. they held your hand at the train station and got you home safe. they rounded on your bully, got loud, said get fucked, spitting-mad in your defense.

they also cut the hair off again. told you that you should really think twice before wearing something like that. took you for granted. took your insecurities and threw them in your face again.

you know logically it should be easy. all the internet advice comments always read it will feel better. like an equation - if a person is rotten, you just remove them. you pull the tooth that's hurting.

but it was never a big flare-up moment. you don't live in a sitcom. they never tried to take your boyfriend or steal from your apartment. they showed up to birthdays and they wrote songs about you and bring you water without you asking. once you found out they carry an emergency inhaler for you, even though you haven't had an asthma attack in years - just in case.

where is the line? people fuck up. sometimes they fuck up badly. sometimes people have raw personalities, like a powerline, and being around them is dangerous. addicting. sometimes they can't help themselves, but you know they're trying. sometimes they are just rough-around-the-edges. sometimes they don't even realize how they sounded when they said that. sometimes it's just - you've both loved each other for so long now, the way this thing hurts goes back to the root.

and that's the fucked up part. you have pushed your fingers against the sweetheart of memory. things these days are electric, tense, harrowing. they didn't used to be. there were a lot of good days in there. sometimes you want to just close your eyes and say can this be over yet? do we still need to be fighting?

doing that would give up any chance you get of getting an apology, but you don't always know that you need an apology, you love them. once they flaked on your birthday party. once they told you to get over it, people are always dying. they also let you crash on their couch for a week after the breakup, handfeeding you when you were so sad you couldn't eat. they are also judgmental about everything, occasionally react to banal statements with an attitude that is weird and fiery. they also love you like a lighthouse sometimes, so strong they cut the storm like lightning.

but the problem is that you might be storm. you might be the thing that needs breaking. what if you are two forces who are desperately, horribly drawn to each other, shaped by the other person's passions, and both good for each other and bad in equal measure.

what if you're both just people, and you're no saint neither.

just cut them off! swallowing the saltwater, you catch yourself in the mirror. you've been shaking more than usual. there's an ache in you that is oblique, loud, impossible to soothe. is this what it looks like? when life is "easier"?

your mouth will always have a hole, is the thing, if you remove the tooth.

#spilled ink #warm up #writeblr #this is about someone specific but feel free to blorbo on main. #tbh this is familial for me so that is an element but it's also about childhood best friends #and probably about ur enemies to lovers blorbo #(but i want to specifically say if ur partner is like this. not necessarily a good partnership lol.) #(the dynamics at play in familial/friend relationships feel equally important and in some ways are HARDER to escape. #bc we can see that this is a potentially toxic romantic foundation. #but in family ? ...... it's toxic and it doesn't stop u from loving them. bc u always have. #and i think that makes it harder. by a lot. which is what this is referencing). #but genuinely and really truly forever feel free to tag ur potentially toxic enemies to lovers on this and all my poetry #here i'll do one for u - adora & catra :x

[tizzymcwizzy]

for my illustration final we had to make some spreads for a children's haiku book! my classmate wrote the first haiku and i wrote the second one,

im super proud of how these turned out!! maybe i should be a picture book artist.....

#i had so much fun doing these #also writing haikus was fun! i think i wrote like 8 total before i decided on the stars one #my art #illustration #picture book #childrens book #artists on tumblr #haiku poetry #no idea what else to tag #art #???

[welcometogrouchland]

ANOTHER SKETCH DUMP! Featuring more of me playing with lineless art. Batman reborn era trio (dick, damian and steph) I miss you...when will you return from war. Also featuring Steph designs bc I've seen ppl dissatisfied w/ her current look, some good mom Talia, and Jason Todd poetry club. Duke is confused not that Jason would start a poetry club but that he'd have such mid poetry opinions. (ID in Alt)

#dc comics #batfamily #damian wayne #stephanie brown #dick grayson #talia al ghul #duke thomas #cassandra cain #mine #woo new art tag. please god let me keep this up all year #uhh anyway yeah! still a big backlog of sketches but i got burnt out which means i had time to collect some #i feel like my art looks. extremely different w/o lines compared to with? idk i worry that's it weird/off-putting #but hey at the end of the day I'm hardly worrying about my brand integrity on tumblr dot com #duke and cass being at poetry club is based on them canonically being into poetry and for a good while duke and jason got along well #Steph is there for both jason and cass' emotional support (unfortunately there's a design flaw. she can't do both simultaneously) #(which is fine bc cass is fleeing the scene at the idea of having to casually hang out with jason) #(they're the exact amount of similar and more importantly different that it's like putting two firecrackers together. bad) #i really like the steph mask designs... it'd be fun to do something with them but idk what y'know? #I'm just like. if we're assuming that her mask has to be different from both babs and cass then this is what I've got as alternatives #i mostly wanted to practice character interaction with the talia and damian one... and also i love them #looking at james gunns batman movie proposal. you keep your hands OFF HER MR GUNN #please if shes evil in a movie they're never gonna let her be good in the comics again 😭 #dc when you inevitably cave and do your next big reboot let the ppl finally have the son of the demon origin (w/ tweaks of course) #idk it's canon in my heart. heartcanon if you will <3 #anyway yeah uhhhhhh enjoy?

[mallowstep]

As promised last night, extant examples of my non-fic writing:

#mine #focused on stuff for nosebleedclub #my writing tag has more #also my poetry tag #it’s not very systemic and #if you scroll down for more than five seconds #you’ll find more and more low quality stuff but #hey some of my break up quotes still circulate

[b4kuch1n]

myth of the bare palm

text:

Our kind used to be hulking things of feathers and claws,

more gods than animals, roaming the snowed planes endless,

until we found each others

and in jubilant relief reached out

claws retracting,

feathers shedding,

so the moment of contact branded heat against bare skin.

#bakuspecial #comic #original art #ask to tag #hi! more creachure #for the record my perspective on this is that I'd fucking love to look like that^ and the #shedding of claws and feathers is a sacrifice #okay Im done lol annual cringe poetry slot filled #what do we learn? well we learn we should remember to prep our gotdamn nib #(I forgot to remove the oil on the nib lol I just plugged that shit in raw on purchase) #(no wonder it held like. two drops of ink at most) #and we learn drawing feathers with a dip pen slaps. just kinetically awesome #movement so slick I forgot and did the vane direction backward for the majority of this lmao #but it was fun. I also forwent the light table for this one so I didnt have to glue my eyes to the paper or turn off my light #waiting for the ink to dry properly sucks tho... well. you win some you lose some #okay. I gotta so lay down now. or eat dinner I havent decided #have a good nite! collide with a guy at high velocity okay?

[enigmasandepiphanies]

one of the best realizations I have had as I have grown up is how amazing it is to show up for the people you love, unashamedly and unapologetically. show up to their classical music productions when you don't know anything about that kind of music, their chemistry club meetings when you are a literature student and don't know anything about chemistry but your bestie is doing cool experiments with copper sulphate, the very alluring blue portion you were tempted to drink in school cause it looked so magical. show up when they wake up from a long nap and have missed dinner and are feeling shitty, make them maggi and get them their fave chocolate. show up when they rant about animal documentaries excitedly and listen when they tell you the plot of jujustu kaisan at 4 am during exam week. take a walk with them at 11 pm in night because they told you you have no classes tomorrow so come down (it's their emotionally suppressed way of saying I miss you). cuddle with them to sleep because they are scared of thunderstorms. make them an art piece and write them a love letter for their birthday to show them you love them so much and you will never stop probably and that scares you sometimes but their presence will reassure you always. I know you know that they know that you love them but when you gift them your "an incomplete list of things you love about them" in your shitty handwriting they will smile and cry and choke you in a hug for 5 mins, it will be a smile spilling out of the sun and it'll be so worth it always. reply to their messages of hey "your name" except your name gets weirder and weirder cause they are bored and miss you and wanna talk and even if you are busy and tired , do return some of their affection with a small message that yes, you missed them too even though you are too tired to express. give them your fave drawing and you'll see how they have hung it up on their cork board in their dorm room. tell them to spam their earring collections and marvel over their strawberry earrings. send them a video message when they send you their jiggly caramel pudding video because omg they can cook now and you are so happy for them that you want to portal through the phone and hug them (you're gonna give them a recipe notebook for their birthday). let them rant on the phone while you fold your laundry, it's manageable mostly.

there are days when you can't show up and it's okay and they'll understand, most people who love you do, they should. but gosh, putting in effort in any relationship isn't that the best thing? because they are not just worth your love, the point of worth never even comes cause they are the very meaning of love. because God remember what Miyazaki said when you love someone you inspire each other to live and grow even when you recognize how hard living is. growing is difficult but you love growing with them.

I used to think I love people too much but you know what they love me too much too. so when someone asked richard siken what do you do when you love someone too much he said congratulate yourself. and today I am congratulating myself cause I know the loves of my life are doing that too.

#okkiee its 5 am and i am verh overwhelmed with love #these are all real life events that happened that made feel very loved #eni life stories #lovecore #found family tag #friendship #val tag #smn tag #musical soulmate tag #hiraeth tag #dee tag #inn tag #vish tag #love #romanticism #romantic academia #richard siken #poetry #this also includes my parents actually so uwu #yes incomplete list inspired by rwrb dont @ me

[couthbbg]

Bianca Stone, “Artichokes” // x . x . x . x . x . x . x . x . x . x

#this was just an excuse to use all my fav close up sid shots #also making it did make me feel better #can't wait for next season :) #also plsss read Bianca Stone she is so amazing #i am not immune to text over images #hockey edits #hockey poetry #web weaving #pens #sid #pens lb #<- tagging only bc i made this as a last game of the season happy celebration & i hope it brings y'all happiness too <3 #ok editing to add the link to the poem too bc you can hear her read it and i lovee her voice ok i'm done #my edits

[bluesidedown]

you are 23  and your hands hold steady the block of wood you are shaping and the sweet aromatic smell of sawdust is curling around you  maybe your mother’s voice floats through an open door to tell you a meal is ready maybe you still have something to learn about carpentry as you work alongside Joseph 30 years is a long time to spend waiting quietly faithful, caring for your mother and your father, for your sisters and your brothers working with your hands ‘til the hands of God are calloused going to the synagogue to hear your words read week upon week you are 23 you are patient  building a whole life of not my will but yours, Father

maybe you pick up a nail from the workbench look at it and know 10 years from now rough hands will hold you down and drive a spike through your wrist  spilling blood onto rough wood  maybe you are already making that sacrifice now quietly faithful maybe you can teach me how to be 23 waiting, quietly faithful caring for my mother and my father, my sisters and my brothers working with the hands God gave me hearing your words week upon week

build in me a whole life of not my will but yours, Jesus

#advent reflections poem i guess #my poetry #also did y'all know you could edit tags on desktop now???? this is great. #I don't use desktop much lol

[idliketobeatree]

#good omens #ineffable husbands #good omens poem #good omens poetry #supreme archangel aziraphale #crowley #aziraphale #good omens s2 #post s2 #good omens s3 #good omens season 3 #ineffable divorce #ineffable spouses #aziraphale x crowley #go2 #original poem #marcela writes #my own tag still scares me. i am so shy about writing! but i also really wanted to post this so. closing my eyes and hitting send #i'm always happy to hear criticism btw i just need to calm down ahaha

[lerildeal]

A mix media comic I made for my art history class that I’m posting here before I even turn it in lol

Watercolor, charcoal, ink, colored pencil, and sharpie

#paleoart #kinda? #I’m going with it #my art #traditional art #watercolor #comic #poetry #also kinda? #should I make a homework tag for myself? #that be kinda funny #hw

[unfinishedrambles]

on devotion

two, sleeping at last / everything everywhere all at once (2022), dir. dan kwan & daniel scheinert / kill your darlings (2013), dir. john krokidas / the chapter closes, critical role / twitter: jenny slate / episode 4, fleabag (2019) / euripides, anne carson / make you feel my love, adele / h of h, anne carson / the judge, bojack horseman (2017) / coffee and cigarettes, sade andria zabala / the chaos of stars, kiersten white / wild geese, mary oliver / mary on a cross, ghost / the art of fuckery, our flag means death (2022) / @/gayassnatural / the seven husbands of evelyn hugo, taylor jenkins reid / i will, mitski

#web weaving #compilations #poetry #on devotion #on love #i've always wanted to make one of these #i have NO idea how to tag this though #ik some of these were already put together by others but i wanted to make my own with a couple elements i thought also fit #this topic speaks to me. i guess i wanted to honor it. #sometimes vesper arts #i'd call this an art form tbh

[fairydrowning]

I hope you heal from the things you don't talk about. I hope you heal from the things no one ever apologized for. I hope you heal from the things no one knows you went through. I hope you heal from the things you cry about at night. I hope you heal from the things and people that shattered your confidence. I hope you heal from the things you manage to hide so well. I hope you heal from the things which hurts you in anyway either emotionally, mentally or physically. I hope you heal both physically and mentally.

#sometimes we just needs to listen or read some kind words so this is for you #check on yourself and then your friends or family or anyone you know that how they are doing and is everything alright #also remember i wrote in tags last time that i mostly buy pink dresses now because my mama likes this colour so yesterday i went for #shopping and i bought pink dresses again #dark academia #light academia #cottage core #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark fantasy #excerpts #fragments #poetry #romanticism #romantic literature #classic lit #classic literature #selections #classic academia #soft academia #studyblr #spilled love #words #spilled thoughts #spilled words #spilled ink #txt words #literature quotes #quotes #motivation #motivating quotes

[arpeggio]

this is the first poem i've written in a while, and although it's not perfect, it's very dear to me. titled revision of the fourth of july.

#my writing #first post? lol #admittedly i sat on this one for a long time and despite having read it over many a time and knowing there's still something it's lacking #i can't bring myself to make any changes. this is 'revision' and she's said all she has had to say. maybe the lack is just an inherent part #of this poem. that i can't make this complete because the poem dictates that i'm not. that i lie and lack...haha #original poem #original poetry #sapphic poetry #wlw poetry #okay. that's enough exposure tags i think. #i submitted this to my school's art zine for extra credit in my creative writing class so i hope that no one actually reads said zine #or that this doesn't reach any of my schoolmates who also happen to be on here. lol

[hearty-an0n]

The proof that i’m reliable during an emergency.

#<3 #poetry #siblings #no idea how to tag this one ask me if u want anything #another poem about my brother #this one is about his seizures if u couldn’t tell by the description of what to do if someone is having a seizure 👍 #on feeling useless #on feeling useless and scared #on doing the little things so others can focus on the big things #also on the utter terror of realizing your older brother is not untouchable #of realizing he has already been touched by something horrible #we r feeling Things tonight

[youngster-monster]

You're gonna carry that weight

Cowboy Bebop | All These Things That I've Done, The Killers | On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong | Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight), Emma Sulkowicz | You're So Cool, Nicole Dollanganger | Every Day I Am Trying New Techniques To Make Myself Disappear, E.E Scott | Papyrus of Ani | Impossible Weight, Deep Sea Diver | The Gang Carries a Corpse Up a Mountain, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | an old poem about reflections, Grendel Menz | @jb-blunk | @intactics | The Glass Essay, Anne Carson (thank you @grapecaseschoices )| Henry V, Kenneth Branagh | I, Carrion (Icarian), Hozier | Carrying the Skeleton, Marina Abramović | Atlas, Serhii Hetmanchuk | Dark Knight questline, Final Fantasy XIV

(image descriptions in alt)

#web weave #web weaving #art #writing #prose #poetry #lyrics #weight #trauma #bear with me. i love connecting things and seeing patterns #this was inspired by talking to king about the dark knight quest and sending that cowboy bebop card as an argument #also that henry v screen is for baron specifically. remember my chorus/dark knight thought? Do You See My Vision #edit: added the anne carson quote thanks to grapecaseschoices' tags #i can't believe i forgot about that one

[the-eldritch-it-gay]

Zoned out during a work meeting and instead of taking notes on the meeting I went crazy and wrote this

[Image Transcript:

Prophethood grows in you like a fungus Invisible spores cause divinity to sprout from your flesh Purpose takes root just as easily as mycelium Each mutation, each warping, each loss is sacred creation God consumes you, digests you, makes your decomposition a sacrement

You consume god, tearing into Him with your teeth every time you eat He is not the god of harvest, He is the harvest Every piece of grain is flesh and blood you eat He is not the god of knowledge, He is knowledge You hunger for him and take him into yourself as surely as food

God consumes you, You consume God At autopsy they will find no part of you untouched Every sample, every biopsy will be infected with divinity When they cut open your chest, they will see holiness metastisized

They will put cause of death as Martyr Because they cannot see the truth You did not die ]

#Eldritch IT Speaks #ask to tag #i know theres probably errors in spelling and whatnot #poetry #Eldritch IT Writes #THIS IS NOT ABOUT XTIANITY BTW 🔫 #THE ENTIRE INSPIRATION OF THIS IS ME LEARNING SACRED MEXICA NARRATIVES #AND ALSO FROM MY D&D CHARACTER WHO IS ALSO HEAVILY BASED ON MEXICA CULTURE