#black sails poetry

[somfte]

have you ever come close to death?

it feels a lot like coming home.

sinking deep into the embrace of the only mother I have ever known,

joining my brothers down on the bed.

there are so many of them and they call to me.

their song is clear and honest through the murky water.

and for a moment I stop

struggling. and consider it. this could be my exit.

it is warm here deep beneath the surface and it is dark.

it's safe.

I am stuck in the ladder I could not stop trying to climb

brought down by my arrogance and my hubris

who was I to think I could outwit him? that I would survive?

but I heard a voice from somewhere down beyond the light end

a brother perhaps. a warning.

"GET OUT"

Silver??? 👀

#black sails poetry #anonymous #'i am stuck in the ladder i could not stop trying to climb' sounds like The Amazing Devil lyrics tbh #(complimentary)

[frodo-of-the-nine-fingers]

I am afraid to touch

what light breaks through your curtains

we are standing on either side of a desk

and there are leagues and leagues between us

it's difficult to stay by your side

but even harder to take my leave

beautiful

#black sails poetry #anon #ask

[wearefallensouls]

You are stuck in a time loop.

This Road by Poe / post by @janemorris / Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), dir. Tom Stoppard / Circles by Marion Ethel Hamilton / Happy Death Day (2017), dir. Christopher Landon / Alan Wake II / Fatigue Empire by Cynthia Cruz / Black Sails episode XXXII

#web weaving #poetry #black sails #quotes #rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead #tom stoppard #alan wake 2 #lyrics #time loop #parallels #are we still doing these or am i late to the party #long post #happy death day

[sleepytimegal777]

1. The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice / 2. Black Sails (2014-2017) - XIII / 3. The Glass Essay - Anne Carson / 4. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) / 5. Grief Lessons - Anne Carson

#web weave #web weaving #parallels #words #poetry #anne rice #black sails #anne carson #mary shelly's frankenstein

[sparrowsfallingfromthesky]

I very frequently come across poems that make me think of silverflint but jesus christ look at this one

(by Carl Phillips!)

#silverflint #Black Sails #poetry

[poorlittlevampirebaby]

black sails s3 // your tongue - maggie smith

#mine #black sails #words #poetry #intertext #james flint #miranda barlow #miranda hamilton

[octothorpetopus]

how i waded into your grave as if trying it on,

how, when the waves came,

they gave me back

black sails (2014) / “whatever you do” by brandi carlile / moonlit night (1899) by ivan aivazovsky / “postcard from gone” by leila chatti / unknown piece by peter wever / “upon realizing there are ghosts in the water” by leila chatti / “figure carrying skeleton” by eric macleod / honeybee by trista mateer

#black sails #web weave #vanerackham #jack rackham #charles vane #poetry #literature #leila chatti #trista mateer #peter wever #eric macleod #themes and narratives #web weaving #media analysis

[bitchkovsky]

Black Sails // Treasure Island // The Anthropology of Water

#what can i even say. nothing. #silverflint #james flint #john silver #black sails #anne carson #treasure island #plainwater: essays and poetry #anthropology of water #mine

[neosatsuma]

Lydia Havens, "September and Nothing Else"

#black sails #james flint #:))) #my nonsense #I'd link to the tumblr post but then uhoh oopsie this might not show in the tag lmao #great webbed site I'll tell ya what #(by tumblr post I mean the one where I saw this quote) #poetry

[heycarrots]

Going back through my VERY old manuscript of unpublished poetry, today, this one hit me like a plank in the face.

Oh, it’s HIM.

He can’t help but to love. He see’s it all coming. And yet he chooses to love, because he knows no other way to be.

#black sails #demolition #my poetry #SilverFlint #captain flint #james flint #james mcgraw #captain james flint #long john silver #john silver #luke arnold #toby stephens #reading between the lines podcast #wrecking ball

[kuzuyamii]

Black Sails 4×10//mahmoud darwish, Memory for Forgetfulness//Yves Olade, Bloodsport

#web weaving #quote #quotes #poetry #longing #silverflint #john silver #long john silver #james flint #james mcgraw #captain flint #black sails #bd #edit #silverflint edit #black sails edit #spoilers #4x10 #mahmoud darwish #yves olades

[essektheylyss]

that's it, that's the Odyssey

#megs is reading #honestly is there anything better than a really fucked up sailor who would lie through his teeth until his last breath? no. #this is why black sails is great. this is why Fjord is great #grand tradition of fucked up sailors who cannot tell the truth to save their lives. #this is repeated like #once a book throughout but this one is really funny cuz it's like 300 lines from the end and it's to his own grieving father #anyway. reading poetry from 800 bce like 'do you think people in antiquity were whining over whether odysseus was actually the bad guy' #(the answer is yes but it does not make me laugh any less)

[sleepytimegal777]

1. Black Sails (2014-2017) - XVIII / 2. Fallen Angel (detail) - Alexandre Cabanel / 3. Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood

#that cabanel painting is something that can actually be so personal #also i’m sure someone has probably made this exact post before but i just can’t stop thinking about these quotes so…. #parallels #web weave #web weaving #art #poetry #words #black sails #margaret atwood #alexandre cabanel

[klngfili]

me after watching episode 17 of the gay pirate show

#mr david jenkins sir i see you #its like poetry it rhymes #no to yell about black sails again bUT-!!!! #anywho hows everyone diddly doing after that ep? #our flag means death #ofmd spoilers #ofmd season2 spoilers #smaugs ramblings #hope i managed to get the most popular spoiler tags

[ithappensoffstage]

true detective / the horror of our love - ludo / one-act play in which not all problems can be solved, & not all problems are problems, but even so, some are - dalton day / hannibal / loving - jack veasey / black sails

#tvedit #true detective #hannibal nbc #black sails #poetry #music #my edit

[rocks-in-space]

Miracle of the Black Leg, Natasha Trethewey

[Image ID: 4 de-saturated photos from Black Sails overlain with text. The first photo shows Max looking down sadly in a dark cave behind a metal scale. The second shows Vane looking down as Albinus pulls away his shirt collar to reveal his brand. The third shows a close-up on Anne as she lies on her side in Max's bed, wrapped in a sheet. The fourth shows Flint sitting at a table in the tavern, gazing sadly at his copy of Meditations on the table. The text reads, "What knowledge haunts each body, what history, what phantom ache." end ID]

Images from https://fancaps.net/

#ofc silver's backstory haunts him but he'd never admit that #there were more backstories to include as well but only so many words in the poem #also me? making a black sails edit with sad poetry? it's more likely than you think #black sails #black sails edit #max black sails #charles vane #anne bonny #james flint #sam speaks #blood tw