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threewordusername · 1 day

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i will never forget

to

say it:

i love you all

and i hope, even if

you might not see

these words,

you know;

i will always

be here for you.

"interwoven."

d.b.a

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heartofmuse · 3 days

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I wonder why at night is when we spend the most time held tight in one another's arms. I wonder if it is to ward against the terrors hidden in our hearts and minds that love to come out and play in the dark. I wonder if arms are the perfect antidote for all of that.

e.v.e.

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abrighterspark · 1 day

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you liked the colour gold and i like a shade of lime

(i'm told the air is sweeter if you taste it after nine)

i like sunny afternoons, you like early mornings

(but after dark, it's all a blur and we won't notice time)

if i like sour, you like sweet

(let's share a bottle of wine?)

i'm not sure - is this a sign?

(look at the stars, my love, look at how they shine)

#poetry #spilled poetry #poets on tumblr #writerscreed #coldplay #yellow #gold #starry eyed

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gardengnomeprose · 2 days

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#poetry #poetscommunity #poets on tumblr #inkstay #writerscreed #poetryriot #spilled poetry #spilled ink #*mine

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n-ehpamoi · 2 days

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What is a roaring sea, to me, when my ears are filled, already, with the heinous cacophony of the memory of you?

Tell me, how am I supposed to hear or do a thing, while the apparition of our love stands screaming, angry, into my ears--

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byoldervine · 2 days

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How do you make characters who aren't present still feel impactful and like real characters?

My favourite way to do this (and hopefully I’m doing it successfully, haha) is through anecdotes from other characters - because, to them, it might almost feel as though they’re still around

In my oldest attempt at writing The Heir and the Cure before it became Byoldervine, I used a memory of my nan when Connor was thinking of his sick mother; my grandad had been telling her frequently to let her know when she was ready to come out of the bathroom so he could help her back to her chair in the living room, but when she came out she put a finger to her lips and crept away so my grandad wouldn’t catch her standing up and doing other things. That’s one of my last memories of my nan before she died and it’s stuck with me all these years

From a writing perspective, this memory can tell you about her relationship with me and with my grandad, as well as the fact that she was independent, liked to do things her way, a bit playful and mischievous, etc. And at least for me, it has a bigger emotional impact knowing this is a real memory repurposed for a story. Taking real memories to use in your story is definitely something I recommend when making your characters feel alive and real

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lebuc · 9 hours

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fatigue slaps

* fatigue slaps

first my one cheek, then the other - unturned

i paid it no nevermind. but it still burned.

that masked marauder can't be locked out of this abode -

prompting dreams,

eliciting screams a la mode, like my little daughter when she had a nightmare

i think it's unfair, when i try hard to let my head hit the pillow on the regulair,

put my worries & cares on the shelf, carve out a moment or two or three for myself.

alas - 'tigue just looks at my designs & chuckles saying i didn't read signs in the sand,

unloosen the buckles holding down my thoughts on lock

like the glass protecting the hands of the grandfather clock on my auntee's wall in the past…

don't know about y'all, but i'm reeling like H-Dumpty 'bout to fall to pieces

unless this unrest i'm feeling ceases to nag

like after the last of my neat little Reece's eaten right out of the bag.

seriously, it's a drag draggin myself around, pants likewise sagging, scraping the ground;

need i fetch some kind of assistance, medicinally to help find a cure to this mind malady,

or am i destined to slog around for the duration until my train pulls in to the terminal station -

& not gladily? * 5/24 - lebuc - fatigue slaps

#poetry #poets on tumblr #creative writing #free verse #spilled ink #twc #writerscreed #poetryriot #alt lit #lit #fatigue slaps

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robertjw4688 · 22 hours

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I always wonder

if I'll recover

before that recovery

cleanses me.

Clouds crack

and reveal

a still life

of a glass dahlia.

I allow myself

to get lost

in the gratitude

of my skyward love

and my dancing blood.

I am

the strength of deities.

Robert J. W.

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hathaway-hayes · 2 days

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The second star to the right Faded away Just like the first one.

With the faintest of echoes, Wedded only the cosmos, I, too, rocked in the dark.

I seemed to recall a lullaby, Sweet dreams wished And by a mother, not my own.

How I wished I could sleep. But that fantasy was for the other, Not I, and begged for, were scraps.

It was then, that the third star arrived; And then, I knew it’d leave, To join all that goes

With all that must be gone.

- Hathaway Hayes (2024)

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ginadope · 3 days

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Stars never die The dust was never born Blood knows its dance Closed eyes they still can see

Crying irises, I need to Water the roses, beautiful rage A miserable company All by design I can not make peace With mornings and dusks

Erased my might My body keeps leaving Blank pages where a new world Should leave its mark

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threewordusername · 3 days

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if it makes you feel better,

i don't have to drag myself

to work today.

if it makes you feel better,

you truly do help me understand

that which i've been running from.

if it makes you feel better,

i don't and would never regret

losing sleep over it.

if it makes you feel better,

i truly believe you can become

the person i see in you.

it hurts to hear you feel guilty.

sure, you can take my share

of the blame,

but only

if it makes you feel better.

"twilight hours."

d.b.a

it doesn't.

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heartofmuse · 3 days

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I saved your words and your hugs for days like these when I need so much love that only knowing I have been loved so much, how I still am embraced so tenderly by the present you, and the promise of a future together, can save me from this abyss that consumes.

e.v.e.

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creatingnikki · 5 months

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another year is ending and I want you to know that it is okay if you:

have not healed from the things that happened/did not happen from six months ago. just because the year is ending it does not mean your grief is too.

don't have any "fun" NYE plans to ring in the new year. this life is yours to live across days and months and years, and you can celebrate days other than the ones heavily marketed and shoved down your throat to shroud you in severe FOMO.

have no resolutions or goals for 2024 laid out in elaborate lists or shared on social media or with your friends. you are braving through this life trying to do your best every day and hold the fort and so of course you know, deep down you know what is needed from you for you going forward and of course you are going to work in that direction. good luck love.

have not become a "better" version of yourself by any of the tangible or conventional measures. that kind of bettering is mostly to serve others, not yourself.

are not happy with yourself/your life as it is now. you're a work-in-progress, remember? and if you're progressing in a direction you do not like, then it's time to change the blueprints and the strategy.

take time off social media around this time to protect your mental health and whatever little joy you have managed to keep.

don't want to spend too much time reflecting on how this past year went and doing various forms of 2023-wrapped. again, it's your life. you can also revisit this year in memories and pictures and feelings whenever you'd like. it's not like you don't still visit 2012, 2017, and 2022, right?

feel disconnected from your friends, family, lover. I know this is "ideally" a time to be celebrated with your loved ones. but life is not ideal, is it? it's just life. and if right now you are not feeling the love, the joy, or just don't have the headspace or social energy to engage , that's alright.

are finding comfort in simpler things like a TV show from the 90s or that book you first read at sixteen or that slice of strawberry cake or a random post like this you come across.

don't feel hopeful, encouraged, or excited for 2024. given everything that's happened in the last couple of years, on the macro and micro level, it's only natural for you to feel weary as well as wary. when the good things happen, when the healing happens, when things begin working in your favour over time, you will automatically feel all those things. it's okay if until then you choose to be neutral.

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doriandistortion · 8 months

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The past is creeping up my throat

#d.distortion #monostich #tornado #extreme weather #photography #gloom #dark #dark photography #desert #desert photography #western gothic #poem #twc writing #twcpoetry #new poets society #newwavepoetry #webwriting #writers on tumblr #writerscreed

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unmondefou · 11 months

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let me be your coffee

for you won't find anything

tastier than me.

and I promise

to turn your wake up

into a beautiful

sleepless night.

--- h.harouche

#writerscreed #spilled poetry #poets on tumblr #spilled ink #writerblrcafe #poeticstories

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byoldervine · 1 month

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Types Of Writer’s Block (And How To Fix Them)

1. High inspiration, low motivation. You have so many ideas to write, but you just don’t have the motivation to actually get them down, and even if you can make yourself start writing it you’ll often find yourself getting distracted or disengaged in favour of imagining everything playing out

Try just bullet pointing the ideas you have instead of writing them properly, especially if you won’t remember it afterwards if you don’t. At least you’ll have the ideas ready to use when you have the motivation later on

2. Low inspiration, high motivation. You’re all prepared, you’re so pumped to write, you open your document aaaaand… three hours later, that cursor is still blinking at the top of a blank page

RIP pantsers but this is where plotting wins out; refer back to your plans and figure out where to go from here. You can also use your bullet points from the last point if this is applicable

3. No inspiration, no motivation. You don’t have any ideas, you don’t feel like writing, all in all everything is just sucky when you think about it

Make a deal with yourself; usually when I’m feeling this way I can tell myself “Okay, just write anyway for ten minutes and after that, if you really want to stop, you can stop” and then once my ten minutes is up I’ve often found my flow. Just remember that, if you still don’t want to keep writing after your ten minutes is up, don’t keep writing anyway and break your deal - it’ll be harder to make deals with yourself in future if your brain knows you don’t honour them

4. Can’t bridge the gap. When you’re stuck on this one sentence/paragraph that you just don’t know how to progress through. Until you figure it out, productivity has slowed to a halt

Mark it up, bullet point what you want to happen here, then move on. A lot of people don’t know how to keep writing after skipping a part because they don’t know exactly what happened to lead up to this moment - but you have a general idea just like you do for everything else you’re writing, and that’s enough. Just keep it generic and know you can go back to edit later, at the same time as when you’re filling in the blank. It’ll give editing you a clear purpose, if nothing else

5. Perfectionism and self-doubt. You don’t think your writing is perfect first time, so you struggle to accept that it’s anything better than a total failure. Whether or not you’re aware of the fact that this is an unrealistic standard makes no difference

Perfection is stagnant. If you write the perfect story, which would require you to turn a good story into something objective rather than subjective, then after that you’d never write again, because nothing will ever meet that standard again. That or you would only ever write the same kind of stories over and over, never growing or developing as a writer. If you’re looking back on your writing and saying “This is so bad, I hate it”, that’s generally a good thing; it means you’ve grown and improved. Maybe your current writing isn’t bad, if just matched your skill level at the time, and since then you’re able to maintain a higher standard since you’ve learned more about your craft as time went on

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