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becomingvecna · 5 months

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— David Cronenberg, Consumed

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words-and-coffee · 7 months

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Alice Te Punga Somerville, Always Italicise: How to Write While Colonised - Kupu rere kē

[ID: A poem titled: Kupu rere kē. [in italics] My friend was advised to italicise all the foreign words in her poems. This advice came from a well-meaning woman with NZ poetry on her business card and an English accent in her mouth. I have been thinking about this advice. The convention of italicising words from other languages clarifies that some words are imported: it ensures readers can tell the difference between a foreign language and the language of home. I have been thinking about this advice. Marking the foreign words is also a kindness: every potential reader is reassured that although you're expected to understand the rest of the text, it's fine to consult a dictionary or native speaker for help with the italics. I have been thinking about this advice. Because I am a contrary person, at first I was outraged — but after a while I could see she had a point: when the foreign words are camouflaged in plain type you can forget how they came to be there, out of place, in the first place. I have been thinking about this advice and I have decided to follow it. Now all of my readers will be able to remember which words truly belong in -[end italics]- Aotearoa -[italics]- and which do not.

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nateconnolly · 8 months

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40,000 years ago, early humans painted hands on the wall of a cave. This morning, my baby cousin began finger painting. All of recorded history happened between these two paintings of human hands. The Nazca Lines and the Mona Lisa. The first TransAtlantic flight and the first voyage to the Moon. Humanity invented the wheel, the telescope, and the nuclear bomb. We eradicated wild poliovirus types 2 and 3. We discovered radio waves, dinosaurs, and the laws of thermodynamics. Freedom Riders crossed the South. Hippies burned their draft cards. Countless genocides, scientific advancements, migrations, and rebellions. More than a hundred billion humans lived and died between these two paintings—one on a sheet of paper, and one on the inside of a cave. At the dawn of time, ancient humans stretched out their hands. And this morning, a child reached back.

#nate's writing #prose poems #original post

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thoughtcascades · 10 months

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I come from a long line of people with something wrong with them

#own #text #thoughtcascades #showerthoughts #shower thoughts #quote #quotes #writing #original words #poetry #literature #inspiring #quoteoftheday #poem #aesthetic #prose #inspiring quote #life #spilled ink

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bebx · 7 months

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letsbeapoemtogether · 4 months

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Sunrise, Louise Glück

#poetry #writersofinstagram #writing #writersociety #quotes #aesthetic #poems #poemsbyme #poemsociety #love #sunrise #louise glück

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fromdarzaitoleeza · 7 months

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{Words by José Olivarez from Citizen Illegal /@fatimaamerbilal , from even flesh eaters don't want me.}

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pink-heart-writes · 22 days

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i hope my absence gives you the peace my love apparently never could

- nick <3

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thehopefulquotes · 1 month

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The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.

Juliette Lewis

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thoughtkick · 24 days

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You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.

Ernest Hemingway

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flimythings · 1 month

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"you cant heal if you pretend you're not hurt"

-filmythings

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perfectquote · 2 months

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You will search for me in another person, I promise.

Unknown

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whendidmythoughtsgocrazy · 1 month

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If hurting me does not hurt you, you don’t love me. You’re using me.

k.b // by jerry flowers jr

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quotefeeling · 2 months

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Ten years from now, make sure you can say that you chose your life, you didn’t settle for it.

Mandy Hale

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thoughtcascades · 21 days

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idk how to flirt but i can make things awkward if you're into that

#own #text #thoughtcascades #showerthoughts #shower thoughts #quote #quotes #writing #original words #poetry #literature #inspiring #quoteoftheday #poem #aesthetic #prose #inspiring quote #life #spilled ink

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lipikkawrites · 2 months

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If life can remove people you never dreamt of losing, it can replace them with someone you never dreamt of having.

-@lipikkawrites

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