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sundancefemme · 1 month

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the enormity of my desire disgusts me etc etc

#my post #every body shup up this about Lesbian Loneliness #i daydreamed too close to the sun #<-this could be a poem actually #anyways having thoughts about the trauma of growing up fat #how much i hate having my picture taken in any capacity (like i sometimes actually want to cry bc i hate it so much)#and the way i literally cannot imagine being sincerely desired #intellectually i know fat women are hot im frequently attracted to women who look just like me #but that doesnt mean i dont feel unworthy of love #esp romantic love #ive had some very kind compliments from Anonymous Tumblr Users in the last few years #which are reassuring in a way #but ive never had a woman attracted to me irl. like ever i think #anyways. lmao

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taitavva · 5 months

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[Worlds in Worlds — Danusha Laméris]

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trickstersaint · 2 months

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vacation bible school activity: where did you find god in your life today? // february 18 2024

#hi! i'm normal!#this is where that little passage from earlier is from btw. will reblog that post with just that passage again cause it drives me insane #anyway. i'm rlly glad that all the tumblr girlies are putting their concept of god into the beauty of the everyday.#makes me really fucking uncomfortable though 😭#i am fr trying not to see that guy... would like to get away from him actually... trying very hard...#poems about religion #poems about god #poetry #poem #poems #poets on tumblr #poems and poetry #poetsandwriters #original poem #could never be a quaker that stuff scares the shit out of me

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poet-slenderman · 2 months

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Tear The Flesh

TW: Gore, cannibalism

Rip, rip, rip,

Tear the flesh from the body,

Drip, drip, drip,

Let blood pool to the floor,

May the skin be torn,

May the mind be worn

Bare your fangs,

Hear the suffering scream,

With the sharp pangs,

Watch the crimson flow

With mechanical precision

Make the next incision

Feed, Feed, Feed,

Hunger wracking at your insides,

Bleed, Bleed, Bleed,

Rage and violence spectacular

Bring the meat up to your lips,

Tear it into tiny strips

Organs draped around,

The taste of fear upon your tongue,

The victim makes no more sound,

And you feast,

Delicious, tough muscle,

Torn from bone with a tussle

More, More, More,

Satiation is not found,

Gore, Gore, Gore,

The beast within demands it,

Why be food if not to feed,

Why have blood if not to bleed

#Poet slender may not enjoy actual murder #But writing about it?#Mans could do it all day #TW Gore #TW blood #tw cannibalism #poetry #poem #slenderblog #slenderverse #poet slenderposts

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masterbaiting · 5 months

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the parasite

red mother, laurel radzieski / the thick of it (2005-2012) / the beggar, swans / the parasite, swans / ladybug found in transverse colon during colonoscopy / some guy on twitter in 2011 / wiktionary page for stoma / the thick of it 2x01 commentary / some article / peachy, missy higgins / various images of ophiocordyceps, cordyceps, and other insects

#hello ive been working on this unconstitutionally long post for like a month. sorry its so fucking cluttered. there is still more i could #add in but i am cutting it off here. max recced me 'red mother' its a poem from the perspective of a parasite and everyone should read it #this post kind of portrays both malcolm and ollie as parasites of each other - malcolm as the overbearing ophiocordyceps controlling ollie'#every move and ollie as the tapeworm or some shit small and sapping away malcolm's strength until he kills him #really they are both hosts to the same parasite. which is of couse working for the british government #anyway my favourite parts of this are the mouth/anus bit (starts losing my mind) and no yeah actually idk all of it #the thick of it #shut up ulrike #my webweaves #webweave #malcolm tucker #ollie reeder #sorry for this objectively fucking insane post. i will never change #long post

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onomatopiya · 5 months

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madhamākhi sutra (transcript below the cut)

when i was in high school a bee died next to my prayer mat

i didn't have the heart to pick it up so i left it there

and i prayed by its corpse while it rotted into the carpet

my dad got it eventually though

he laid its little bee body in the trash can by the mandir

it's funny

i still look for dead bees when i'm supposed to be praying

funny.

i think i'm supposed to be the bee.

#i dont really know if this is how you do poetry but eh. we ball #writeblr #writblr #my writing #poetry #spilled ink #poets on tumblr #writers on tumblr #tw animal death #‘did you actually pray next to a dead bee’ yeah and i felt really bad about it 😭#went home a few weeks back for a pooja and found myself looking for the bee and i was like #wait i could probably write a poem out of that

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crossbackpoke-check · 11 months

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Why I Am Not Coming In To Work Today [abridged], Jess Zimmerman

part one | part two

#me when everybody is posting the maple leafs sad narratives and i am furiously generating this like HOLD ONNNN HOLD ONNNNNNN #honestly i could've been SOOOO MEAN about this because i saw this poem & alexandra got the preview on the poetry blog #where i just reblogged the first half of this poem point blank with the tags #kyle dubas #toronto maple leafs #& got yelled at aksdaksf & it literally only didn't go on this blog bc i usually write more & then it was percolating & i looked up the poe #& it was only the FIRST PART i'd reblogged i didn't know there was more & then brain immediately went brrrrr ok time for an edit.#this is a long one lol & i also have no idea if it makes sense to anybody but me but because y'all know me i will always overexplain so!!#my reasoning for the reasons obvi kyle. that's a given i hope he's doing well i hope he & his family r good but man is not coming in to wor #the second edit took me a stupid amount of time bc i am nitpicky but also i learned how to do the layers & transparency from the claude edi #that actually y'all don't know about lmao but i lost my mind when i saw how perfectly those pictures align i was scrolling getty & was like #ok december i'm gonna do a headline one (in my brain with the november/june quote about choosing to die again) w/ maple leafs playoff odds #how they say at winter break you know who's gonna be in the playoffs & who'll win & they thought they had a shot but it's mitchie overlaid #the 2003-04 team who'd last won a playoff round with the atlantic division stats from dec for 22-23 & how long it's been & dec headlines #i wanted breakup/recent/never loved to be a recent trade acquisition somebody who bounced around & somebody else so i almost had simmer #brodie & zar but then i wanted to make murray for breakup at any time &i forgot zar & him were on the pens together &it hit me like a truc #bc there's a photo of the two of them EXACTLY the same so close it's scary of this one but them as pens so they had to be it & i did always #know never loved again was mitchie. sorry. also mitchie in the penalty box the last game but i couldn't find footage of it & this one works #no i could not find a photo of tyler bertuzzi fighting a leaf for a dog looked at me yes i tried.#i almost made the bunting photo jt but instead it's 'bunting a rat etc' anyway the one i really feel unhinged about is dead pets bc at firs #i was gonna make it the handshake line & look to see if the leafs had drafted anybody on the panthers (dead pet former draft pick)#& they had & it was carter verhaeghe & i couldn't get a good pic of matthews & verhaeghe but it's fine bc i thought about the mo/luke schen #narrative (in which they are a perfect d pair long lost) & schenn was drafted by the leafs & that line fits jut trust me. also how i feel #about the kniesy luminous line that one possessed me it had to be kniesy idk why. i almost put gussy as girls are too pretty though ALSO #did u like my joke. daylight SAVINGS time on the goalie. thank u. also my photo magic on the jt (me very poorly editing in him as an isle)#OK ALSO HOLD ONNNNN there is a part two but i have to wait for the Content i want it will come out as soon as [redacted] or sooner #if i get bad at waiting &everyone will pretend like it is always the way it will be once i have the photos i want. speaking of did the leaf #simply not take a team photo this year?? it Does Not Exist for me i have tried very hard to look for it also i'm excited for part 2 #one of them is named oh you're so unhinged for this one & the finished product is you're unhinged in ways you didn't even know u were sorry #liv in the replies

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andhumanslovedstories · 9 months

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hey!! just wondering, is your blog @ from a longer quote/piece of writing, or is it something you came up with yourself? i feel like i've heard it somewhere before, and it would be really useful to know for a project i'm working on!

thanks <3

my url is from Terry Pratchett's Wintersmith, a Tiffany Aching book:

“To animals they were just the weather, just part of everything. But humans arose and gave them names, just as people filled the starry sky with heroes and monsters, because this turned them into stories. And humans loved stories, because once you'd turned things into stories, you could change the stories.”

My blog title "I'm here but once to the marrow of my bones" is a line from a translation of Polish poet Wisława Szymborska's poem, which I've seen called "Attempt" and also "An Effort". Most of the versions you can easily find online have a different translation of the last line ("I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones") but I've always preferred the other translation, which is the first one I encountered when I was very young in my aunt's copy of Sounds, Feelings, Thoughts: Seventy Poems.

"Attempt" Ah yes, sweet little song, how much you mock me, for even if I go o'er hill, I won't bloom as a rose. Only a rose blooms as a rose, no one else. That's for sure. I tried to put out leaves, to turn into a bush. Holding my breath--so it would happen quicker-- I waited for the moment of budding as a rose. O sweet little song, you show no mercy toward me: I have a body that's unique, immutable, I'm here but once to the marrow of my bones.

versus this translation

An Effort Alack and woe, oh song: you’re mocking me; try as I may, I’ll never be your red, red rose. A rose is a rose is a rose. And you know it. I worked to sprout leaves. I tried to take root. I held my breath to speed things up, and waited for the petals to enclose me. Merciless song, you leave me with my lone, nonconvertible, unmetamorphic body: I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.

#i love multiple translations of poems #I actually prefer much of the language in the second one #but the last line of the first one changed me #i have no idea which one is more faithful to the original and i also think we could have a fun discussion of what a faithful translation of #a poem is #wislawa szymborska

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piromina · 3 months

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Song of the earth, song of the mythic vision of eternal life— My soul shattered with the strain of trying to belong to earth— What will you do, when it is your turn in the field with the god?

Persephone the Wanderer from Averno by Louise Glück

Félix Fathom

#bro check me out look I just brainrotted #miraculous ladybug #ml webweave #felix fathom #felix graham de vanily #I took a lot of screenshots. now I have to delete them before anyone sees all of this just on my desktop #it was worth it. I think.#look I know this isn’t what the poem is *actually* about but if you go in not knowing what it is supposed to be about it COULD fit.

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so-very-small · 6 months

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i feel like borrower poetry would pop off so hard

#i have a few poems from a borrowers pov #but could u imagine what an actual borrower could come up with #i feel like itd be emotionally devistating

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hexjulia · 5 months

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ever reading something where a literal centuries old being is surprised and convinced by a human character's argument, and you're like well now i can't read this. i'm not even one 100 years old and i wouldn't fall for that.

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thewhumpcaretaker · 27 days

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❤️ Whumpril IV - Swaying ❤️

Poems from the perspective of Caretaker.

Oh, will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you fall? The world all holds its breath to watch you sway. No, boys. A slow song’s coming on, that’s all. I won’t, I will not, watch him die this way.

May I cut in and steal this dance from Death? With my hand on your waist, yours ‘round my neck, with drumming, nervous hearts and halting breath, let me lead you, swaying, from this wreck.

#No that's not John Wick what are you talking about I'm not obsessed and can definitely draw things that aren't JW related #...Actually yes it is. I wanted to give him a sword and a frighteningly tall woman who cares for his wellbeing.#but it could also be someone else if you want #john wick #john wick fanart #whumpril #whumpril 2024 #whump poetry #original poem #original art #whump caretaker #whump writing #swaying

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indecisive-dizzy · 7 months

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for context I'm taking a creative writing class

Anyone interested in kinda subtle FranklyDear poetry? I got a free verse assignment and I genuinely want to share my Rough Draft.

emphasis on Rough Draft, I just spit this out in my notes like 10 minutes ago ⬇️

Tomatoes

You smile when you fall

Wipe the dirt when you stand

Your laughter,

glues your pride back together

Like it never happened

But it did.

You fell in my garden again.

You complimented my tomatoes,

from the ground.

You smiled,

Laughed

and so did I -----------------------------------------------------

Tripping Hazard

My legs are a hazard

I can't seem to keep them on the ground

At least,

not around you

My pride can take it

I think.

I fell in your garden again.

Your tomatoes look lovely,

from here.

I smile,

Laugh

and so do you

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poemhater · 2 years

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(here, have a vent poem about me dealing with my recent dyscalculia diagnosis)

WHEN I RECEIVED MY DIAGNOSIS, OR, FUCK YOU ALL FOR FAILING THE NEURODIVERGENT GIRL

poem transcript under the cut

[transcript:

When I received my diagnosis, your faces cycled through my brain. Your words accosted my ears once more. All the insults, all the screaming. They all came back to me.

When I received my diagnosis, the sadness panged in my heart once more. I thought about the younger me, the little girl who felt stupid and confused and broken. The girl who was convinced it was her fault she was behind her classmates, the girl who quietly attended every tutoring session just to fail the test anyway. The girl you let down.

When I received my diagnosis I wanted to call each one of you and ask why? Why did you berate her, let her down, ignore her?

When I received my diagnosis, I thought: why are you surprised?

When I received my diagnosis, I thought: here is some sort of vindication for that sad little girl.

When I received my diagnosis, I felt so much anger coursing through my veins I felt dizzy with the heat of it.

I am still angry. At all of you. And I don’t know that I’ll ever fully let go of all that hurt. But I will continue to learn about myself, I will grow, and I will heal.” /end]

#poetry #poem #dyscalculia #actually dyscalculic #vent poetry #vent poem #actually neurodiverse #neurodivergent #spilled ink #spilled thoughts #spilled words #also was diagnosed w adhd so I guess this could be abt that. but it’s really abt dyscalculia #if you can relate I’m so sorry lol

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humanmorph · 1 year

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Lye „Lyke“ Lychen as a sacrifical altar (to Aterika’Kaal) (but he's also kind of the sacrifice)

my @secret-samol gift for @bronanlynch! for the Aterika’Kaal/Lyke prompt of „what if things had gone differently and Aterika'Kaal was still with Lyke“.

notes on this under the readmore!

AU

In this scenario Lyke would succeed in getting the heart of the Motherbeast in Episode 47 and while Alaway would notice & probably still call out to Aterika’Kaal the way he presumably did in canon, Lyke would be there and get to make a compelling case to Aterika’Kaal the likes of „If you stay with me I am going to feed you. I’ve taken care of you until now, I’ll keep doing that“ (argument supported by the fact he’s currently holding the heart of an incredibly powerful dead god). Aterika’kaal agrees and they barely escape through the Sanctum of the Stone Chorus portal. I think it's fun if Lyke then stays there after the hour described in the move is over, maybe knowing he can't convince Pickman & the others that what he's done is actually good, and fine, there's not even anything to worry about he has this totally handled, But yeah he then sets out from whereever in Sangfielle Aterika'Kaals domain is (Austin did say it was an actual place somewhere), and the rest of the Blackwick Group is left to wonder what the hell happened since Lyke just vanished! Alaway has possibly fucked off too after losing the heart. And them getting fired, the Carnival of Moted Light etc. would still happen (and I guess Chine would succeed at what they were doing since Lyke isn’t there?) and who knows if they’d take any action in finding Lyke after that! All that aside though, Lyke basically offers himself to feed on (through blood and/or energy) and to sustain that he keeps consuming(not literally eating) powerful objects/artifacts/resources and possibly eventually living things (I’d imagine he'd still take work as a „please deal with this weird shit for us“ person and when he has to kill a cursed beast or whatnot... might aswell feed Aterika'Kaal?) (What also plays into that decision, and is part of Lyke justifying this to himself, is that without him, Aterika’Kaal would become too powerful. So he aims to function as kind of a conduit & control the power intake so to speak. I think this probably doesn’t work for very long.) I think this eventually goes bad for him because it’s super taxing on his body and the whole deal kind of flips with Aterika’Kaal feeding/keeping HIM alive. He starts finding bodies in the domain again (alternatively, Aterika'Kaal gets better at hiding them because it knows Lyke doesn't particulary like it when it does that). Lyke probably gets stronger due to this power/magic wise, but also way more fragile (he's constantly anemic!). („I love you. I want us both to eat well.“ - Christopher Citro) („When I write of hunger I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth and the love of it and it is all one.“ M.K. Fisher) Notes: I put some resources Lyke’s canonically had in-game + some extra stuff in this picture (the arrow is a reference to Marn’s epilogue, the bugs are bugs (with possibly sinister connotations. If you want them to have those, it’s optional) and the fur is from the Ravening Beast). Another detail I came up with I might aswell tell you because otherwise noone might ever know: the ring with the blue stone is a gift from Es. Sketch Notes: 1. Lyke turning his head to kiss a rose / exposing his neck was one of my very first ideas/sketches I made while working on this, and I liked it too much to not include it. 2. This is supposed to be Aterika'Kaal giving Lyke a blood transfusion but it rather looks like it's feeding on him instead...! I like how the relaxed pose turned out. 3. I wanted to draw something smaller in a simpler style to fill the big canvas I was drawing these on (even though now I put them in separate files anyways...). The day I drew this I saw a tweet about a medieval monks sketchbook, so I was still thinking about that. I didn't even plan to color it originally but I ended up getting invested, haha

Inspired mainly by these 3 quotes: „KEITH: I’m a walking- I am a shrine to Aterika’Kaal.“ (Sangfielle 12: The Secret Ledger of Roseroot Hall Pt. 4) „KEITH: There's a version of dealing with Aterika'Kaal that ends with Lyke being satisfied that he rehabilitated a god or at least it looks […] like what he thinks Aterika'Kaal would have been before the YVEs showed up. That's probably his main retirement path, but it also might kill him instead.” (Sangfielle 47: Wax, Iron, and Ichor Pt. 4) „AUSTIN: As you’re fading, the last thing that you do is make this blood sacrifice to Aterika’Kaal. Your own blood.“ (Sangfielle 52: Six Travelers: Lyke)

#secret samol #sangfielle #friends at the table #fatt #rosa art #lye lychen #aterika'kaal #lyke #guy of all time btw this was such a joy to draw and think about #its so funny to me though because i almost put lyke/aterikakaal on my own prompt list but then for whatever reason didnt #and then i saw it on the spreadsheet (2) & was like 'man i hope someone picks them. i want to see this.' BUT IT WAS ME... IM SOMEONE....#@ those 2 people (one is eliot bronanlynch. i know this) especially: i hope you enjoy!!!!!! @ everyone else you too ok : )#the notes were in a pdf originally i didnt think id write so much.#i thought about making it bullet points maybe itd look neater on tumblr but i dont. want to... copy&paste it is...#this isnt the first time i painted digitally but it MAY be the first time ive had a good time with it #i used the twitter circle thing for the first and possibly last (until next secsam) time for this so i could post wips. for motivation #it worked : )#cool to see my actual progress #fun fact about the quotes i added i spent like. a lot of time to look for a better one than the citro quote #because i straight up just do not like the poem its from. i am ripping it out of its context. but it still sounds nice. i folded eventually #the urge to ramble on the the tags........ i will overcome it now and post this #ARGH i forgot tumblr doesnt take transparency on large files well.... it just turns white #well ive made it dark now on the painting it looks better than white but the original was transparent. know this #im posting this kind of late. relatively. i JUST got back from work

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fructidors · 6 months

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exactly two years ago to this very minute i was listening to all hail west texas for the first time, listening to the mountain goats for the first time, and very slowly having my life changed forever. and now i get to listen to the follow-up to that very album and love it more than i’ve loved anything they’ve done in the last ten years (saying something) and hear it echo through all the room in my heart that’s been carved out by two years of mountain goats listenership and watch it make space for many, many, many more.

#i Could post jenny meta but actually i like this better #happy birthday to me listening to the mountain goats. you changed my life forever and ever in only good ways i have found more joy than i #ever thought possible i have written poems and gotten diagnoses and changed life plans and am so ridiculously happy with all of it and i #really do believe i have the mountain goats to thank for that. oh brave new world that has such music in it #the mountain goats #tmg #jenny from thebes

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