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I loved you at lunch

when the coffee kicked in and you cut carrots into coins

for our salad, the satisfying, slow knocking of the dull knife against the cutting board while I pretended to read while I worshipped you from the sofa

— Solmaz Sharif, from “Break-Up,” in Look: Poems

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“August! - Heart! Month of late kisses, Of late roses and late lightning! Of the rain beneath the stars August! - Month Of the rain beneath the stars.”

— Marina Tsvetaeva, from Clear Voices; “From Cycle ‘Girlfriend”

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noo don���t cry about july ending and the time passing, just remember the july poem :)

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Julien Fournier Fall Winter 2023-24

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Meditation On The Threshold: A Bilingual Anthology Of Poetry, ‘Monologue of a Foreign Woman’ by Rosario Castellanos

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bell hooks

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“I’ll practice love’s traditions by myself: feed my worn body, / oil my skin, kiss my shoulder for a kingdom of my own.”

— Hiwot Adilow, from “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over,” published in Vinyl

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— musings about the moon (dedicated to our moon)

Anna Sexton, Linda Pastan, Pablo Neruda, Nina Mouawad, Franz Kafka, Anaïs Nin, Warsan Shire, Enomoto Seifu-jo, Sara Eliza Johnson, Margaret Atwood

˗ˏˋin case you’d like to buy me a☕ˎˊ˗      

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I am now in the dark part of truth.

Hélène Cixous, Stigmata: Escaping Texts; from 'Hiss of the Axe', tr. Keith Cohen

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IG: ousíapoeticaok

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“Ooh, you’re in trouble.”

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“I can see - In the dark. On through the shadows and somber veils. Past the masks - The grays and blacks. I see into souls… The yawning pith of your starless whole. Aspirations of your being. Things you carefully keep hidden - Are never hidden from me long…”

— Helaena C Moon - Scorpio @ : http://hapless-hollow.tumblr.com/ (via sad-house-of-mortality)

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The creature that wants to kill you will not growl.

The function of a growl is as a warning. It is a communication that violence is available as a tool, but is not preferred. Other outcomes, besides your death, are available and should be considered.

But the creature that wants to kill you will not growl.

If your death is the goal, then growling will only serve as a delay and may result in your escape, which runs counter to the goal. There will be no growl, no warning. There will be no snarl or hiss or bluster. The creature that bares its teeth with the intent to kill only does so to bring closer its fangs to your demise.

The creature that growls does not want to kill you, but will if it must.

I advise you to appreciate the warning. You may not receive another.

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I’m doing Commissions!

It’s been a long while since I’ve opened up anything, but I wanted to kick things back up with doing some $35 portrait sketch commissions. If you’re interested in getting some art for yourself or for a friend, please fill in this form right here.  If not, be a dear and give this a reblog? Thank you 💖✨ I’m opening up 5 slots to start with. Once those are filled up, I’ll close it off until I am finished with the first batch and reopen up things. All a means so I don’t overwhelm myself. Will draw: OC’s Fan art Real people Won’t draw: Mecha