#stephanie burt

[typewriter-worries]

It's world poetry day so here are some (more) of my favorite poems:

What You Missed That Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade by Brad Aaron Modlin

All Trains Are Going Local by Timothy Liu

Rural Boys Watch the Apocalypse by Keaton St. James (@boykeats)

HOPE YOU’RE WELL. PLEASE DON’T READ THIS. by Lev St. Valentine (@dogrotpdf)

Time of Love by Claribel Alegría

Every Job Has a First Day by Rebecca Gayle Howell

ALL THAT WANTING, RIGHT? by Devin Kelly

Reading by A.R. Ammons

things i want to ask you by Helga Floros

Night Bird by Danusha Laméris

Prayer for Werewolves by Stephanie Burt

The Two Times I Loved You the Most In a Car by Dorothea Grossman

The Yearner by Rachel Long

If I Had Three Lives by Sarah Russell

I Dream on a Crowded Subway Train with My Eyes Open But My Body Swaying by Chen Chen

We Have Not Long to Love by Tennessee Williams

Jesus at the Gay Bar by Jay Hulme

Cracks by Dieu Dinh

and here's part one <3

#already working on next year's list <3 #these are a few of my favorite things #brad aaron modlin #timothy liu #keaton st. james #lev st. valentine #claribel alegría #rebecca gayle howell #devin kelly #a.r. ammons #helga floros #danusha laméris #stephanie burt #dorothea grossman #rachel long #sarah russell #chen chen #tennessee williams #jay hulme #dieu dinh #world poetry day #poetry #literature #poetry recs #not to me not if it's queue

[arugulalover]

PRAYER FOR WEREWOLVES from We are Mermaids by Stephanie Burt

#werewolves #poem #stephanie burt #werewolf

[steveyockey]

#i’ve been meaning to post this for like a week but needed to format it myself. and I finally did it! ahahahaha #poetry #stephanie burt #prayer for werewolves

[lifeinpoetry]

Sometimes I feel tenderly opened up, wet and revealed as if cut in two. I want to spend today with you.

— Stephanie Burt, from "Rambutan," We Are Mermaids

#quote #stephanie burt #poetry #we are mermaids #out of my collection #Rambutan

[kaviiinsky]

Werewolf lovers please tell me you know Prayer For Werewolves by Stephanie Burt

#poetry #Stephanie Burt #werewolves

[amageish]

By Stephanie Burt, inspired by Sappho. Published in For All Mutants.

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I've seen some of Burt's poems going around on Tumblr before, but realized I haven't seen this one here. I imagine it's because it's a little more obviously about the X-Men then the general queer/outsider experience poems - it's specifically adapting the lead-up to the wedding in X-Men Gold #30 from Illyana's perspective - but also it's a poem that manages to make me cry at a "We hope you survive the experience" reference so I figured I'd do the deed myself and post it here.

#stephanie burt #for all mutants #katyana #illyana rasputin #kate pryde

[necroticpixies]

"Someone will probably love you" from A Prayer for Werewolves by Stephanie Burt

#digital art #art #digital painting #conceptual art #a prayer for werewolves #stephanie burt #poetry #inspired art #my art

[hirunoka]

— Stephanie Burt, "Love Poem with a Roll on Its Side", We Are Mermaids

#stephanie burt #we are mermaids #poetry #books #book quotes

[haveyoureadthistransbook]

We Are Mermaids: Poems by Stephanie Burt

goodreads

Stephanie Burt’s poems in We Are Mermaids are never just one thing. Instead, they revel in their multiplicity, their interconnectedness, their secret powers to become much more than they at first seem. In these poems, punctuation marks make arguments for their utility and their rights to exist. Frozen isn’t simply another Disney animated musical but “the Most Trans Movie Ever.” Mermaids, werewolves, and superheroes don’t just fret over divided natures and secret identities, but celebrate their wholeness, their unique abilities, and their erotic potential. Flowers in this collection bloom into exactly what they are meant to be―revealing themselves, like bleeding hearts, beyond their given names. With humor and insight, Burt’s poems have always cherished and examined the things of this world, both real and imagined objects of fascination and desire. In this resplendent new collection, her observation and care flourish into her most fulfilled book yet. These poems shake off indecisiveness and doubt to reach joys through romance and family, through nature (urban and otherwise), and through imaginative community. We Are Mermaids is a trans book, a fangirl book, a book about coming together. It’s also Burt’s best book.

Mod opinion: I haven't heard of this book before and it doesn't sound like the type of poetry I enjoy.

#we are mermaids #stephanie burt #polls #trans books #trans lit #trans literature #lgbt books #lgbt lit #lgbt literature #poetry #trans woman #own voices

[hayleylovesjessica]

#Taylor Swift #Stephanie Burt #Harvard University #education

[violentdevotion]

Prayer for Werewolves - Stephanie Burt

#ameera reads #sad girl hours #words #poetry #Stephanie burt #prayer for werewolves

[eelhound]

- Stephanie Burt, "Prayer for Werewolves." We Are Mermaids, 2022.

#stephanie burt #poems #poetry #wholesome goodness #werewolves #love #friendship #relationships #vulnerability

[possumgottadoobie]

#poem #stephanie burt #prayer for werewolves

[tabgore]

Prayer to Artemis by Diotimus (translated by Stephanie Burt)

#a small small reminder #i liked this last part #poetry #diotimus #stephanie burt #w #literature

[lifeinpoetry]

Someone will probably love you for who you are. If not, you’ll still find friends, friends who, given time, or given warning, will probably gather around you, hold your hands, and wrap you in soft coats and blankets till the violence inside your body ends.

Someone will probably love you for who you are, not just for who you labor to be. Maybe you’re lost in your skin today. Maybe you’re burning and wish you could tear it all off. Please don’t. You are variously a marvel, an athlete, a wilderness, a source of warmth and a way to learn from fear.

— Stephanie Burt, from "Prayer for Werewolves," We Are Mermaids

#quote #stephanie burt #poetry #we are mermaids #out of my collection #Prayer for Werewolves

[lonelyleliel]

“Prayer for Werewolves” by Stephanie Burt from We Are Mermaids

#poetry #poems #poets #Stephanie Burt #werewolves #prayer for werewolves #Spotify