#List poem

[kings-speaks]

LIST OF REASONS TO LIVE SAVED TO MY NOTES APP AT 3 A.M.

phone calls with friends

the sky when it rains 

pumpkins

thunderstorms

crisp autumn days

patches of sunlight

patches of fur

gardening

mint tea

cats when they purr

trees in the summer

waking up from a dream

strangers

the lakeside

coffee with cream

cracks in the sidewalk

birds when they sing

everything

everything

everything 

everything 

#list poem #my poetry #kings speaks #hopepunk

[poetryorchard]

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[laceypaigepoetry]

grief can be so much larger than we realize 🖤

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[rustbeltjessie]

Inside one girl there was a pill bottle & a sailor stripe & a twilight. & inside another the night-blooming jasmine & the green-feathered eyes & the tap-dancing rain. In one there was belly dance & Baba Yaga; in another, rum & Rumplestiltskin.

—Jessie Lynn McMains, from “What's Inside a Girl?” (Tupelo Press 30/30, Day 29)

Each day’s poems can be found here. My fundraising page for the month is here.

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[the-stars-sing]

bad poetry hehee :3

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[little-miss-tragedy]

i. I miss you.

ii. I saw a dog on the street today – she looked just like yours.

iii. In the middle of the night, I can still hear your laughter. If I close my eyes, I can pretend that you’re next to me. If I close my eyes, I don’t have to see the truth.

iv. Do you ever think of me? Do you ever regret walking away? Do you? Do you? Do you?

v. How are you? I miss you.

vi. The sky was so pretty today – here’s a picture of it. It made me think of you. You’re the prettiest person.

vii. I don’t think you realize how wonderful you are. I hope you are learning how to see just how amazing you are.

viii. I hate you. I hate you for making me love you. I hate you for being so amazing and wonderful and giving me a sense of safety. I hate that you got to walk away from this – from us, from me – unscathed while I am still putting my pieces back together all this time later. I hate that I don’t hate you. All I have ever wanted was to see you happy – even if that happiness doesn’t include me.

ix. Don’t forget about me, okay? Please.

x. I hope you never regret me. I hope you look back on what we shared and smile. I hope that I gave you just enough of myself. If you ever find yourself wondering what could have been, come back. I will always have a space for you in my heart – in my life. That will never change.

xi. I miss you.

xii. I am so proud of you.

xiii. I miss you.

unsent messages 2.0 (4/?) - (ds)

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[ashtrayfloors]

Places with Terrible Wi-Fi

The Garden of Eden. My ancestors' graves. A watermelon field in Central Texas where my father once slept. Miles of rivers. The waiting room of a hospital in which a doctor, thin-looking in his coat, shared mixed results. A den of worms beneath frozen grass. Jesus's tomb. The stretches of highway on the long drive home after the burial. The figurative abyss. The literal heavens. The cheap motel room in which I thought about praying despite my disbelief. What I thought was a voice was simply a recording playing from another room. The cluttered attic. Most of the past. The very distant future, where man is just another stratum in the ground. The tell of Megiddo. The flooded house and the scorched one. My favorite cemetery, where I can touch the white noise distorting memory. What is static if not the sound of the universe's grief? Anywhere static reigns.

—J. Estanislao Lopez, from The Best American Poetry 2023 (Simon & Schuster, 2023)

#poetry #j. estanislao lopez #list poem #grief #the best american poetry 2023 #recently read #typography #this fucking poem

[betweenthetimeandsound]

Reasons to Live:

--based on the "crémé brulée" prompt from @writeblrcafe

Two days more of sunshine or three days of sleep. Four days of lobster and five days of more salmon, maybe enough for a week.

There's a glimpse of azure sky, along with whisps of gentle clouds to puncture it. Mountains with a dusting of snow, colored coral with tinges of peach, and a minty breeze passing by.

The bustle of home, with pathways towards an oblivious wharf. Seagulls finding their place amongst skyscrapers, cats stalking across the pavement, bits of candy found in the cracks.

A rose growing out of the concrete, getting a natural 20 on a die. Dying a little death to find a new body, stripped of its scars and reverted back to warmth, before the chaos, before the arson.

Confetti falling from the sky, people singing songs, and butterflies coming out of their mouths. Knowledge conquering all, letters returning to the source, all settling on a garden of purple clovers. --Elda Mengisto

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[muserryy]

to-do list

a list poem | (masterlist)

step out, face the world,

express myself with the correct word.

write in my new diary, facing the fear of ruining it

listen to the songs that i saved for special moments.

be gentle with my skin, grow my hair,

draw using crayons again.

learn the riff that I thought was too difficult,

wear that outfit there's no special occasion.

be normal, attend the classes alone,

read newspapers, explore more.

drink water, munch more chips.

put efforts, save friendships.

~n (@muserryy)

thank you for reading :)

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[drunk-on-writing]

womanhood is your favorite pair of shoes being the ones that hurt the most to wear. womanhood is a whole conversation exchanged in a single look. womanhood is connection. womanhood is pomegranate seeds and apples. womanhood is wanting someone to take care of you while needing to take care of everyone. womanhood is vowing to be nothing like your mother as you stare at her in the mirror. womanhood is a cautionary tale. womanhood is always looking for the exit.

(cc, 2022)

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[zoerutharchive]

Things I've Tried to Alleviate Depression

Sertraline

Lamictal

Lexapro

Blackberry macaroon

Overpriced coffee

Meditation

Klonopin

Xanax

Yoga

Acupuncture

Emotionally unavailable lovers

Cleaning my room

Taking a nap

Taking a walk

Shoplifting

Psychoanalysis

Vodka

Vicodin

Wellbutrin

CBT

DBT

ECT

THC

Trintellix

Mirtazapine

Philosophy

Talk therapy

Boarding school

Treatment center

Loud music

Soft music

Self harm

Self love

Kissing

Crying

Cold shower

#poetry #list poem

[laceypaigepoetry]

you are worthy of love 🖤

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[rustbeltjessie]

An empty 200ML bottle of Hennessy, next to a bunch of purple crocuses 

An empty, crushed package of Kools

A 5 card from an UNO deck, bent by rain

A cardboard tag that says United States Marine Corps

Four pages from Brian Doyle’s 2016 novel, Chicago

A Polaroid of two teenagers, one grinning, the other frowning, both wearing beanies

—Jessie Lynn McMains, from “Self-Portrait As Things I Found On the Ground” (Tupelo Press 30/30, Day 24)

Each day’s poems can be found here. My fundraising page for the month is here.

#jessie lynn mcmains #my writing #poetry #spilled ink #napowrimo 2024 #excerpt #tupelo press 30/30 #self portrait #list poem #found objects

[gross-pink]

Things I've Burned

I burned the entire palm of my hand

After I took a pot out of the oven.

I forgot that metal gets hot 

The same way a newly soldered ring

Gets hot.

I burned bridges with many people

After what happened.

I think I should be able to not feel like a piece of meat

Poked and prodded and completely still. 

Years later I wonder if things could ever be normal.

Or if that doesn't make sense for any of us.

We burned books 

That were left in the house.

A steamer trunk full of romance novels

Ripped in half

Like we wouldn't wish we could have read them

In ten years.

I burned eyeliner once.

Who knew it was flammable?

It broke so I tried to fix it

But instead, it all burned.

There's a metaphor there somewhere.

#poetry #list poem #poems #burned bridges

[livingof-love]

Been working through Rupi Kaur's 'Healing through Words' book (at my own pace of course). The activity I'm on challenged to pick from some emotions to write a list poem about. Here is what may be the most raw poem I've written to date.

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Grief is

Unexpected

It creeps in from nowhere, quietly

Be gentle with me, please

Such sadness

Overwhelming

The gravity of it all is so heavy

Grief is that inevitable feeling

I don't escape it, it seems

It comes and goes

Now my heart is a ghost town

Grief is consuming

Dense

It covers me

Flows precisely over every wound

Drowning now

Does it ever go away?

Grief

Pain

Guilt

Does it ever go away?

Grief

I'm left here in its wake

Empty

Alone again

Love is knocking

But grief...

Grief is always the one to answer

I just need to get there first.

#personal #writing #rupi kaur #healing through words #list poem #deepest shit ive written to date #grief #dealing with grief

[heart-songs]

the scent of snow homemade jam a bouquet of baby’s breath coffee panna cotta the other half of a broken heart medicinal moonbeams unlimited curses the amount of patience I have left for the week this poem

things you can fit in a mason jar

by Cora Finch

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