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[lunchboxpoems]

YESIKA SALGADO

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[litbowl]

From Yesika Salgado's book, Corazón. Get your copy here. (Not a Cult, 2018).

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"Sacramento Airport," Yesika Salgado

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#the cig smokes #poetry #corazón #sacramento airport #yesika salgado #is that love? #cannibalism #this love is expired #lessons my mother taught me about men and life #lessons vs regrets

[judgingbooksbycovers]

Corazón

By Yesika Salgado.

#corazón frío #Yesika Salgado #Mango #botanical #books #book covers

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🐈‍⬛ | 2024 reading list

eileen by ottessa moshfegh | in the miso soup by ryu murakami | slow days, fast company by eve babitz | ✰✰✰ the memory police by yoko ogawa | sharks in the rivers by ada límon | sister of mine by laurie petrou | y/n by esther yi | my body by emily ratajkowski | ✰✰✰✰ tennis lessons by susannah dickey | goddess of filth by v castro | ✰✰✰✰

lolita by vladimir nabokov | being lolita by alisson wood | no ballet shoes in syria by catherine bruton | an education in malice by s.t. gibson | a long time dead by samara breger | the hacienda by isabel cañas | the mermaid from jeju by sumi hahn | the lover by silvia moreno-garcia | ✰✰✰✰ água viva by clarice lispector | penance by eliza clark | monstrilio by gerardo sámano córdova | the last tale of the flower bride by roshani chokshi | corazón by yesika salgado | valley of the dolls by jacqueline susann | my body keeps your secrets by lucia osborne-crowley | the torn skirt by rebecca godfrey | a girl is a half-formed thing by eimear mcbride | madonna in a fur coat by sabahattin ali | sugar, baby by celine saintclare | cross roads by laurel hightower | dear laura by gemma amor | they drown our daughters by katrina monroe | the pure moon reflected on the water by zen cho | rest and be thankful by emma glass | the keeper of the night by kylie lee baker | the empress of time by kylie lee baker | notes from the underground by dostoevsky | white nights by dostoevsky | rouge by mona awad | big bad by chandler baker |

#🐈‍⬛ #some of these are rereads

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By Yesika Salgado

#Louis is this you #Iwtv

[dreaming-for-an-escape]

I was tagged by @ruby-dragon

Get to know the writer.

Pen name(s): Winchestergirl123, dreaming-for-an-escape

Age: 26 (soon to be 27)

College/university degree(s):  B.A. in Anthropology 

Favorite book growing up: Goosebumps, Geronimo Stilton, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

First “grown-up” book you remember reading: I honestly can’t remember. It was probably one of Stephen King’s novels though. 

Favorite novel(s): Frankenstein, Joyland, Carrie, Coraline, Sharp Objects.

Favorite published writer(s): Stephen King, Gillian Flynn, Mary Shelley, Silvia Moreno-Garcia 

Favorite book(s) of poetry: I’ve recently read Corazon by Yesika Salgado.

Favorite "children's book"(s): A Bad Case of Stripes 

Favorite movie/show adaptation(s): For movies the Scream series, Tremors, IT, the Sam Raimi Spider-Man series, Marvel movies in general, The Lost Boys, and etc. For TV shows, HotD, GoT, Killing Eve, Yellowjackets, Sharp Objects, The Last of Us, Euphoria, American Horror Story, etc. 

What do you listen to when you write?: I either have my TV on in the background or I am listening to my playlist. Lately it’s been the Yellowjackets soundtrack I’ve been listening to when writing. Or I have Shameless playing. 

What do you drink when you write?: It depends. Sometimes it’s water, soda, tea. It’s coffee only on the weekends. 

Your favorite piece that you've ever written:

Dark Paradise. An AU for my main HotD story My Heart, My Body, My Soul.

Favorite fanfiction you've read recently: 

The Taste of Bitter Steel by BeyondTheHorizonIsHope

tagging: @wolfanddragon98 @the-witching-ash @unordinary-simp @cdragons  @bluebell-winter @idonotknowenglish

[cosmosofthoughts]

the poetry that consumes my being

Below you’ll find some of the poems I keep coming back to. I don’t know why but something irrevocable draws me to the words, and I fear I may never escape their sound. Not complaining about that though. 

Fuck Your Lecture on Craft, My People Are Dying by Noor Hindi

Poem XX by Pablo Neruda

The Lovers by Timothy Liu

A Supermarket in California by Allen Ginsberg

From the House of Yemanjá by Audre Lorde

Margarita by Rubén Darío

Overnight by Yesika Salgado

Bedtime Story for the Bruised-Hearted by Donika Kelly

The Lovers by Victoria Chang

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[smokefalls]

Do you have any recommendations for approachable poetry collections to read? I want to read some poetry but I feel like most of them will be too hard for me to understand :(

Hi Anon,

I want to acknowledge that poetry is hard. Understanding poetry isn't something that comes naturally and requires a lot of exposure. And even after reading dozens of different collections, poetry will still be hard. (That's certainly the case for me.) I guess the point I want to make is you don't have to understand everything. Take your time with a collection, sit with the poems that stand out to you (and that can be for any reason), and don't hesitate to go back and read again.

As for approachable collections, I think this is a bit subjective, only because our lived experiences greatly inform how we interpret things. What I found approachable may not be the case for another person, and vice versa. That being said and in my opinion, I think the following are good starting points:

Crush by Richard Siken. I think the themes presented are pretty approachable. They're incredibly lyrical as well and play a little more with form.

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay. The poems seem simplistic, but the lighthearted, emotional impact Gay wants to make is apparent.

Letters to a Young Brown Girl by Barbara Jane Reyes. Uplifting Filipino American women's voices in particular, her style and themes are incredibly approachable.

Corazón by Yesika Salgado. This one also has approachable concepts without leaning much into the abstract. (I haven't read Salgado's other poems, but I wouldn't be surprised if those have a similar vibe.)

Earth Keeper by N. Scott Momaday. I actually recommend listening to the audiobook to really get the feel for the importance of oral traditions in Indigenous cultures.

Felicity by Mary Oliver. I want to say Oliver's poems in general are approachable, not having many frills but still full of lyricism.

The Carrying by Ada Limón. I also think Limón's poems are rather approachable and straightforward. Sometimes abstract, but not to the point that it would frustrate.

Naomi Shihab Nye has written many collections and I find that her poems are graspable when it comes to their forms and themes.

There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker. Parker's poems in general are full of life and especially approachable if you're familiar with US pop culture.

Aimee Nezhukumatathil's poems are delightful with relatively easy-to-understand themes and beautiful imagery.

I'm likely forgetting a bunch more, but I think ten is a good number?

I hope this helps a little, but again, don't stress out about trying to understand everything. Enjoy the poems that stand out to you and take some time to play with the words on the page like the poet.

#inquiries

[lunchboxpoems]

YESIKA SALGADO

#yesika salgado #poetry #poem

[litbowl]

From Yesika Salgado's book, Hermosa. (Not a Cult, 2019).

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"How My First Tongue Keeps You," Yesika Salgado

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#the cig smokes #poetry #corazón #how my first tongue keeps you #yesika salgado #is that love? #cannibalism #taste of me on you #lessons vs regrets

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[dameunacasapropia]

I recently reconnected with an old friend and we got to talking about relationships we regret. I brought up my first kiss and subsequent hookups with a person that was fine kissing me as long as nobody knew about it. Yesika Salgado posted this today and it resonated. I am the moon and I am always full. He never found the courage.

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