#media: poetry

[to-the-starlit-west]

As It Should Be, Derek Mahon

[jb-nonsense]

Underneath the summer sun, she does sleep,

Resting in the rare heated rays, she is still,

Yet step in her waves, her cold grip is there,

Back and forth, back and forth, circling around you,

Go no further or you'll join her fore'er,

When the cold, icy northern winds do blow,

And the land is a sea of red and orange,

Everyone knows to ne'er touch the water,

No ship'll set sail with November's cold gales,

When she awakens, her waves know no end,

Reaching the sky, touching the winter clouds,

Pulling down any souls who are poor fools,

Who failed to heed the shipman bell's warning.

[prokopetz]

Blackout poetry exists on a dual axis from "banal" to "insightful" on the input side and "kind of deep" to "incredibly fucking dumb" on the output side, and while taking something banal and producing something kind of deep is well and fine, for my money taking something insightful and rendering it incredibly fucking dumb is where the real art is.

[foxbirdy]

A short comic I made about my experiences as a seasonal worker, and the way places change you.

Prints & PDF

[polyhedric-dimension]

Who are you when you're not performing?

[liesandnights]

My version of flirting is looking at someone I find attractive multiple times and hoping they're braver than me.

[poetryincostume]

The Saddest Girl In The World

Edwardian-ish ribbon corset with beading, 2023

Silk ribbon, cotton taffeta ribbon, Czech glass beads

[kjscottwrites]

And, importantly, share some recs!

[grendel-menz]

To find some kind of idea, am I full or am I empty?

[jaanjahan]

tumblr / happy together dir. wong kar wai / june by florence and the machine / x / tumblr / the thrill, the fear, the hope / blade runner 2049 dir. denis villeneuve / dirt and desire, the phenomenology of female pollution in antiquity by anne carson / tumblr / it takes two by steve mccury / jim butcher / e.e. cummings

[s0larize]

poetry scan from my journal + found images, layered and printed on lined paper

[to-the-starlit-west]

Afterlives, Derek Mahon - 1975

[tinystepsforward]

the guerrilla moves among the people as a fish swims through water i sit by the river i condemn the fish. i condemn the water.

Liberal Poem for Palestine, Noah Mazer in Protean Magazine, 1 March 2024

[prokopetz]

I wonder how much the usage statistics for online poetry dictionaries are being skewed by folks specifically looking for anapestic five-syllable words beginning with UN- and ending with -L.

[garadinervi]

Ruby Sky Stiler, No Title, (woven text book pages, spray paint), 2010 [Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY. © Ruby Sky Stiler]

[polyhedric-dimension]

All I know of love is hunger.