still life with tattoo gun and umbrella
Marty McConnellI tell Emily a negative spell ( Read more... )

I hate to be this person, but I am going through a terrible breakup of a three-year relationship and I would love poetry to make me feel better. Any poetry! Poetry about love, loss, breakups - or just poetry you read when you're having a tough time, poetry that cheers you up, anything. I know this is rather general but if you can't ask your ( Read more... )

At some point it becomes true that all stories ( Read more... )

Hello, I would like to ask if anyone can recommend any poems for being lonely/homesick/being lost in a new environment? Especially when you're starting at a new school and you don't know anyone. It can also touch on shyness.
As a thank you, I came across this poem while wandering around the Internet and I thought I would share. :)

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Marrying the ViolenceI have taken the blueprint of your back for granted ( Read more... )

leaving is not enough; you must ( Read more... )

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Deliver me into the mouth of temptation
And, Lord, let the teeth be sharp

Hey everyone -

I've been searching for a post that I stupidly forgot to bookmark. I'm pretty sure that I found the link to it either here or in literaryquotes, in response to a request post asking for either 'scary' or 'Hallowe'en-themed' poems. I know that the author started by saying that s/he knew their readers were probably expecting the post to be all ( Read more... )

what we do in the dark has no hands. no ( Read more... )

harder than flesh

you know the flesh is easy. it's the rest
that's hard -- the balance of identity / society
/ morals / desire

: the thrumming behind your knees
that lingers days after you leave him
at the airport, nightly phonecalls
only sharpening the ache

: the edgy scent of a dark woman's
perfume, the recognition
you could take a new lover.

every ( Read more... )