#may.ww

[burninglilys]

the good bad mother (ep 11) // ocean vuyong — on earth we are briefly gorgeous // nayyirah waheed — salt // elegy for the four chambers of my mother's heart — steven espada dawson

#so this scene huh 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲 #the good bad mother #poetry compilation #may.ww

[burninglilys]

tinn + tonkhao from laws of attraction // the five stages of grief by linda pastan

#do u ever wonder about tonkhao and tinn #tinn‚ who changed the course of his entire life because he knew he wanted to take care of his niece #suddenly having to grapple with the fact that he’s *lost* his niece #having to fathom a life where suddenly shes just not in it #is there any way that one can fathom a grief as huge as this? #is there any way that this grief can be digested without feeling like your stomach is being crushed by the weight of it? #that was tinn’s girl 😭 #and suddenly she just isnt there #i cant even articulate the grief he must be feeling 😭 #laws of attraction #may.ww #web weaving

[burninglilys]

tinn & chan + poems that remind me of them

tender - sue finch // in the twenty-fifth year of marriage, it goes on - alicia ostriker // little beast - richard sicken // blasphemies at the 5th street station - s. osborn // lies about sea creatures - ada limón // guilty of dust - Frank bidart // the encounter - louise glück // trista mateer

#the brain rot is real 😭😭😭😭😭😭 #cannot wait for them ❤️ #tinnchan #laws of attraction #special thanks to nads who bears with me for sending her multiple poems about them 😭 #may.ww

[burninglilys]

on being loved and accepting that love; lee ji-an + park dong-hoon

my mister; maria petrovykh; osamu dazai; fortesa latifi; joy harjo; neil hilborn; andrea gibson; osamu dazai

#excerpts from all the poems that reminded me of them #they're soulmates 💘💘 their connection cannot be articulated!! it transcends everything!!! #oh to love and be loved like them #my mister #my ahjussi #web weaving #may.ww

[burninglilys]

mon & sam from gap the series + “if not, winter” fragments of sappho translated by anne carson

#gap yuri #gap the series #sammon #monsam #<3 #sappho #sapphic poets x monsam #may.ww

[burninglilys]

Hidden - Naomi Shihab Nye //  [Like a white stone] - Anna Akhmatova // Things Haunt - Joshua Jennifer Espinoza // Midnight Museum

#midnight museum #midnight museum the series #khatha x dome #may.ww

[burninglilys]

wen & jim (moonlight chicken, 2023) // love poem: satyr by donika kelly

#sniff sniff #id say im sorry for finding diff poems and relating them to jim wen #but then id be lying #jimwen #moonlight chicken #may.ww

[burninglilys]

Jim + Wen (Moonlight Chicken, 2023) // If I Should Come Upon Your House Lonely in the West Texas Desert by Natalie Diaz

#jimwen #moonlight chicken #midnight series #natalie diaz #the only poem that went through my mind when wen talked about home :-( #may.ww

[burninglilys]

whenever i think of peanut butter by eileen myles, i think of jim

#moonlight chicken #jimwen #i reread this poem when mlc came out and omg #may.ww

[burninglilys]

Mon & Sam from Gap the Series + poems of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

#gap the series #gap yuri #monsam #sammon #CONSTANTLY THINKING OF THE LINE: #NO GOD IS EVER SECURE AGAINST THE LOFTY FLIGHT OF HUMAN THOUGHT 😭😭😭😭😭😭 #Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz #sapphic poets x monsam #may.ww

[burninglilys]

kindness by naomi shibhab nye // beyond evil

#beyond evil #jtbc beyond evil #lee dongsik #this is my fourth time posting this if this does not work i will sob :'((( #may.ww

[burninglilys]

heidi priebe / i promised you the moon

#ipytm #manifesting a happy ending above all #also the first thing that went through my mind when i saw the trailer #i promised you the moon #may.speaks #may.ww

[burninglilys]

fragrance of the first flower // dead stars by ada limón

#fragrance of the first flower #gl series #wlw series #asianlgbtqdramas #asiansapphics #ada limón #web weaving #idk this just fits and they deserve their happy ending <3 #anyway everyone go watch fragrance of the first flower #it is... so good. i am not fond of the ending but that does not mean i can ignore the brilliance of the show #it is sapphic goodness + second chances combined into one #and i firmly believe that they will find their way back to each other <3 #may.ww

[burninglilys]

miko harvey — for m // fragrance of the first flower — ep 01

#i LOVEEEEE THEM #prayer circle that it is a happy ending pls god PLS #fragrance of the first flower #gea #gl drama #i will add the id later!!! #may.ww

[burninglilys]

excerpts from heliocentric by keith s. wilson // chanon+pom (the gifted; the gifted graduation)

#the gifted #chanonpom #the gifted graduation #this poetry just... really reminds me of them!!! #it is heartbreaking and beautiful #thinking of astronaut chanon <3 #just this: who better knows your gravity and goes otherwise to catastrophe #sobs #i almost wish id never seen the sky when always there was you... #eats glass #may.ww

[burninglilys]

li-young lee / 山河令 — episode 1 // salma derra / 山河令 — episode 24 // jeanette winterson / 山河令 — episode 18 // jan heller levi / 山河令 — episode 14 // anne sexton / 山河令 — episode 20 / louise glück // 山河令 — episode 28 / rumi / 山河令 — episode 22 // bob hicok / 山河令 — episode 8 & 27 // tip sage / 山河令 — episode 17 // sharon olds / 山河令 — episode 31 // clementine von radics / 山河令 — episode 12

image id under the cut!

[Image id: 10 images containing stills from the Chinese Drama 'Word of Honor' along with excerpts from poems. First image: it starts with a passage from a poetry by Li-Young Lee, "I loved you before I was born. It doesn't make sense, I know. Long before eternity, I caught a glimpse of your neck and shoulders, your ankles and toes. And I've been lonely for you from that instant". It is accompanied by two stills from Word of Honor Episode 1; one with Wen Kexing looking at Zhou Zishu in disguise from behind his fan and the other with Zhou Zishu looking at Wen Kexing whilst clutching a jug of wine. The second image starts with an excerpt from a poem by Salma Derra, "i want to tell you that i think you have the only hands that i’d like to hold in the cold because you’re the only person who knows that i can’t say words like ‘i love you.’ but for some reason, you look at me, you talk to me, like i might have invented the phrase." It is accompanied by a close up still of Zhou Zishu and Wen Kexing's hands from the 24th episode of Word of Honor, wherein Wen Kexing clutches a sleeping Zhou Zishu's hand. The third image is an excerpt from a book by Jeanette Winterson, "Time that withers you will wither me. We will fall like ripe fruit and roll down the grass together. Dear friend, let me lie beside you watching the clouds until the earth covers us and we are gone." It is accompanied by a still from episode 18 of word of honor whereun Zhou Zishu and Wen Kexing lie on the grass, gazing at the clouds. The fourth image starts with an excerpt from a poetry by Jan Heller Levi, "All my stories are about being left, all yours about leaving. So we should have known. Should have known to leave well enough alone; we knew, and we didn’t." It is accompanied by one still from the 14th episode of Word of Honor, where Wen Ke Xing stands in the rain and says, "I want to be with you through life and death, but what a pity that we met so late." The fifth image starts with an excerpt from a poem by Anne Sexton, "To love another is something like prayer and can't be planned, you just fall into its arms because your belief undoes your disbelief." It is accompanied by a two stills from the 20th episode of Word of Honor, where Zhou Zishu and Wen Kexing are seen hugging each other. After that is another excerpt from a poem by Louise Glück, "Doesn't everyone want to feel in the night, the beloved body, compass, polestar, to hear the quiet breathing that says I am alive, that means also you are alive, because you hear me, you are here with me. And when one turns,the other turns—"

The sixth image starts with a still from Word of Honor, epsiode 28th. Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu are eating dinner together. Following which is an excerpt from a poetry by Rumi, "A lover asked his beloved, Do you love yourself more than you love me? The beloved replied, I have died to myself and I live for you." After that is a still from the 22nd episode of Word of Honor where Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu are drinking together. The seventh image starts with an except from a poetry by Bob Hicok, "Here, when I say “I never want to be without you”, somewhere else I am saying “I never want to be without you again.” And when I touch you in each of the places we meet, in all of the lives we are, it’s with hands that are dying and resurrected. When I don’t touch you it’s a mistake in any life, in each place and forever." Following that are two stills from Word of Honor, epsiode 8 and epsiode 27. In the first still, Wen Kexing is saying, "You're my soulmate." In the second still, Zhou Zishu is saying to Ye Bayi who isn't in the still, "he is (...) my soulmate." The eighth image starts with an excerpt from a poem by TP sage, "I am everywhere and nowhere. I am limitless yet tethered I am willingly losing control but the fear balances on my edge... I cannot lose control, again, and the confusion makes me afraid. Afraid to love you." It is followed by two stills from the 17th epsiode of Word of Honor. Here, Wen Kexing is lying on the bed. in the first still, he whispers, "human hearts are evil. what's so good about looking into mine?" to Zhou Zishu.The second still is of him saying, "after looking into it, you won't see me as your friend," into to himself. The ninth image starts with an excerpt from a poem by Sharon Olds, "I know where you are with my eyes closed, we are bound to each other with huge invisible threads." It is followed by a still from Episode 31 of word of honor, closed up on Zhou Zishu's face, as he says, "I don't know when or how you would come, but I knew that you would definitely come," in response to Wen Kexing's question. The tenth image starts with an excerpt from a poem by Clementine von Radics, "This is how we heal. I will kiss you like forgiveness. You will hold me like I’m hope. Our arms will bandage and we will press promises between us like flowers in a book." It is followed by a picture from the 12th epsiode of Word of Honor where Zhou Zishu and Wen Kexing are seated on the same bench. Zhou Zishu has a bottle of wine on his hand, and a wide smile on his face while Wen Kexing looks at him with a small smile. END ID]

#山河令 #word of honor #shan he ling #wenzhou #shl #tyk #word weaving #parallels #hnnnng just some poems that reminded me of them 😭😭😭😭 #i am SO EMO ABOUT THEM UGH!!!! #CAN YOU TELL THAT THIS IS MY FIRST TIME MAKING SOMETHING LIKE THIS #yes i spent like. 10000 hours behind this what about it #yes j still hate it #but UGHHHH #gestures vaguely at them!!!! #I LOVE THEM everything reminds me of them #may.speaks #may.ww