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septembersung · 2 months

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What is your favorite tree?

I considered poems by William Stafford (“Oak,” “Willows,”) Wendell Berry, and Tolkien for this, but instead I’m giving you the concluding lines of poem that is very special to me: “The Lives of the Poets” by John Balaban.

we stopped before a storm-struck, twisted pear tree,

a remnant from an orchard of 100 years ago.

Out of the hulk of its blackened trunk,

one smooth-skinned branch sent forth some leaves.

“Still blooming?” I asked. “Madly,” he said.

#poetry #April is national poetry month #ask game: send me a question and I will answer with a line of poetry #my life #the lives of the poets #John is the teacher who opened me up to the idea of poetry as the Great Conversation #as a then newly reverted catholic on fire with the idea of the communion of saints it was a very fruitful year

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taylornation · 3 months

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The smollest boy who ever lived. 🤏

#Taylor Swift #THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT #TS TTPD #The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

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fandom-trash-goblin · 4 months

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you live in a house of god; praying on your knees; and wonder why he never saves you.

on being unloved by god

credit:

Kate Cayley, “Lent” // in image // meriem evangeline, deus mortis // this pin // The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo //The Road by Cormac McCarthy // Mariners apartment complex, Lana Del Rey // the unabridged journals, Sylvia Plath // Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals// Akwaeke Emezi? // in image // in image //Day After Tomorrow, Tom Waits (it's a song?)

#webweaving #poetry #spilled ink #spilled poetry #web weave #on being unloved by god #you live in a house of god; praying on your knees; and wonder why he never saves you.#literature #quotes #god #aesthetic #prose poetry #writers and poets #poems on tumblr #*mine: graphics #added sources: 2/4/24

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vanessa-rafesgirl · 1 month

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me since april 19th

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xcleanx · 1 month

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were you sent by someone who wanted me dead? did you sleep with a gun underneath our bed? were you writing a book? were you a sleeper-cell spy? in fifty years will all this be declassified? and you'll confess why you did it… and i'll say good riddance ’cause it wasn't sexy once it wasn't forbidden…. I WOULD’VE DIED FOR YOUR SINS INSTEAD I JUST DIED INSIDE!!!!!!!!! AND YOU DESERVE PRISON BUT YOU WON’T GET TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU’LL SLIDE INTO INBOXES AND SLIP THROUGH THE BARS YOU CRASHED MY PARTY IN YOUR RENTAL CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU SAID NORMAL GIRLS WERE BORING BUT YOU WERE GONE BY THE MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU KICKED OUT THE STAGE LIGHTS BUT YOU’RE STILL PERFORMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…………. and in the plain sight you hid……. and you are what you did…… and i’ll forget you but i’ll never forgive…. the smallest man who ever lived.

#HOW CAN YOU JUST SIT AND WRITE SOMETHING LIKE THAT???????????#i swear this song is gonna stay with me my whole life #taylor swift #the smallest man who ever lived #the tortured poets department

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europasage · 2 months

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on being alive.

@delepiphany on pinterest // lucy dacus, please stay // @arthoesunshine // @leaf.guy_ on tiktok // bo burnham, that funny feeling // @peepuddle

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sakshinarula · 7 months

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I am not going to make my grief small and palatable. My love wasn't small either.

- Sakshi Narula

#poems and poetry #poets on tumblr #poetry #poetsandwriters #spilled ink #writers and poets #writers on tumblr #love poem #poetry book #spilledink #quoted #quotes to live by #inspiring quotes #quotes #quoteoftheday #excerpts

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sstargrllll · 10 days

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Good people end up with good people

and bad people end up with bad people.

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deadpoet-skull · 2 years

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#dark academia #poetry #sad poetry #poets on tumblr #dead poetry #chaotic academia #dead poets society #dead poetic #dead poets live #kill your darlings

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sheilababi · 8 months

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May you be freed from every experience that caused you to hide your authentic self.

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marmialadee · 29 days

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wildfloweronwheels · 4 months

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this tracklist has me thinking so many thoughts you guys.

they broke up a fortnight into tour... the first show post joever was in florida... who's afraid of little old me being a twist on who's afraid of virginia woolf a film which starred elizabeth taylor and richard burton about a couple whose relationship breaks down at late night drinks in front of people... my boy only breaks his favourite toys - is she the toy??? free from the slammer where the slammer is an obvious reference to jail after all the criminal metaphors of her and joe tricking the system... but daddy i love him being a reference to the little mermaid where she gave up her voice for a man... clara bow being a 1920's film star who found her voice, married a guy who denied they were ever married publicly and then died + the majority of her fame coming from silent films where she literally didn't need to have a voice and then successfully transitioning into 'talkies' (films with sound).... the smallest man who ever lived vs. 'the loudest woman this town has ever seen who had a marvellous time ruining everything'... oh boy.

#taylor swift #taylor and joe #joe alwyn #ts11 #the tortured poets department #putting pieces together #fortnight #florida!!!#who's afraid of little old me?#my boy only breaks his favourite toys #free from the slammer #but daddy i love him #clara bow #the smallest man who ever lived

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hope-ur-ok · 14 days

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#taylor swift #the eras tour #the tortured poets department #ttpd #how did it end?#live audio

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stillgotscars · 1 month

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the smallest man who ever lived - taylor swift

#taylor swift #ttpd #the tortured poets department #the smallest man who ever lived #tswiftedit #my edit #typography

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taylornation · 10 days

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Everything with (Live From Paris) in the title always sounds so ✨magical✨

Order your #TTPDLiveFromParis digital albums in the US, CA, UK and AU at taylor.lnk.to/store until tomorrow at 6PM EST. 🤍

#TTPD #THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (Live From Paris)#Taylor Swift

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reputayswift · 1 month

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were you:

☑️ sent by someone??? (who wanted ME dEAD?)

did you:

☑️ sleep with a gun? (underNEATH our bed???)

were you:

☑️ writing a boᵒᵏ????

☑️ a SLEEPER CELL SPY?

in 50 years will all this be declassified?

🔘 (yes)

⚪️ (no)

and you’ll

confess why you did it (500 words or less)

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and I’ll say:

☑️ good riddance!

☑️ it wasn’t SEXy once it wasn’t forbidden

I would’ve:

⬜️ DIED for your SINS

☑️ just died inside

and you:

⬜️ deserve prison

☑️ won’t get time

you’ll:

☑️ slide into INboxes

☑️ slip through the BARS

you:

☑️ crashed my party (and your rental car)

☑️ said “normal girls were boring 🤪”

☑️ were gone by the morning

☑️ kicked out the stage lights

☑️ are still performing

and in plain sight you:

☑️ hid

but you are:

☑️ what you did

and I’ll:

☑️ forget you

⬜️ forgive

Signature:

the smallest man who ever lived…

#long post #tays takes #taylor swift #the tortured poets department #the smallest man who ever lived

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