#def poetry

[garadinervi]

Suheir Hammad (سهير حماد), First Writing Since, in ZaatarDiva, Cypher, New York, NY, 2005, pp. 98-102

#graphic design #poetry #reading #video #book #suheir hammad #cypher #def poetry #2000s #Youtube

[shaqthemc]

#Jill Scott #def poetry #mos def #the mc #lyricist #singer

[redhoodnikko23]

Somethings gettin to me,

I can feel it in my chest,

It's like I'm losing life everytime you mention me,

I'm bleeding from my wrists,

You shoulda never said shit to me,

I woulda been fine,

Roll and wood and get high,

Off this kush and this white,

Nightmares about you when I'm dead asleep,

I'm a dream catcher,

Fight fear with fear,

You should be scared to mess with me,

The Windy City bear,

Don't catch a penalty,

Keep a switch on the Remington

#bars #lyrics #rap #poetry #def poetry

[hughmanbean]

Old Poetry

To fulfill the ambitions you chase,

Is considered impossible to most.

But perhaps if you present your case,

There may yet still be hope.

All submit before the High Queen,

So perfect in aspects unseen.

She who ensures the proceedings of nature,

And works with the machinations of time.

May show the mercy to cater,

And give a bless'd sign.

Find yourself at the foot of her throne,

Pay all respects, or stand alone.

Listen close as you come near,

To be audience of her most heavenly voice.

Tones so soft to sooth all fear,

Many would kill to get the choice.

To defy her is to defy fate,

Her will too strong, her power too great.

To tip the scales in your favor,

Prince and princess must be found.

Each have the chance to persuade her,

Though be wary the plans they've wound.

Praise the High Queen, praise be!

She accepts only those that are worthy!

Gaze upon a being so divine,

Present throughout all of infinity!

Just remember to keep in mind,

She is more than you'll ever be.

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Constantine looks away from the inscription embedded onto the side of the stone. That's the fifth version of it today. Every single one of them are on the outskirts of the city, surrounding it. Bats might have been right. This seems fishy.

#high queen danny phantom #dp x dc #dc x dp #I'm losing it #Poetry? From me? #I know #Danny can def sing beautifully #Be it opera falsetto or jazz #Ba dum tsh #But fr he probably has like an angelic androgynous voice #danielle phantom #dan phantom #dpxdc #dp x dc prompt

[inkskinned]

it's the levels of scrutiny too.

a movie that has a largely-female cast has to be well-written, well-shot, well-acted, well-advertised. people will spend 2 hours on youtube talking about a single plot hole; about a moment of bad pacing, about a singular background character's poor scripting. if there isn't something obvious, they will say - well there's nothing specifically bad, but it wasn't specifically good either.

they will turn out another all-male movie, and it's just a movie.

a book that has queer representation in it has to defy every convention of writing while also being true to traditional plot, structure, format, and pacing. it must have no boring chapters, no missteps, no awkward dialogue. it must be able to "prove" that any queer relationship "makes sense", their sparks must fly off the page and their love must be eternal. the writing must be clear and beautiful, the storyline original and fresh, the values traditional but with an undercurrent that is modern and saucy.

they will turn out another book without queer rep, where a man and woman just-fall-in-love, and it's just a book.

i am latinx. i am queer. i am nb & neurodivergent. my father said to me once: you will need to be exceptional to be just-as-good, and you will need to be beyond exceptional before they see you as just-a-person, and not your labels.

i am not beyond exceptional. i am a human person. i am skilled because i worked my ass off to be skilled.

i am currently reading a book that's so-bad-it's-good about a girl that falls in love with a vampire. i was 64% of the way through the book before she figures out tall-dark-fanged is not natural. i like books like these, i like letting myself relax while i just enjoy the read. but i do spend a lot of time wondering - would this have been published if it was about queer people? would this have gotten past the editors if the characters weren't white and sexy?

i want to write a movie about being a woman in a male space, and i want to start that movie with a 10 minute scene where the woman is lectured with the exact same whining that occurs in the youtube comments of even the trailers for those movies: "haven't we had enough diversity?" "we've had enough girl power movies" "sorry, this is just pandering. it's boring."

here's what's fucked up: it shouldn't matter, you're right. my identity shouldn't fold after my name like a battalion of stars: a cry of what i've gone through. what we all know i had to move past and through. i should just be a writer, plain and simple, without my work being shifted through with tweezers - i know everything i make, always, i am incredibly responsible for. beholden to. i don't like knowing that if i fuck up, i am also fucking up for every person like me. every person in a community i belong to.

once, back in undergrad, i wrote a short story about a girl who had been kicked by a horse. it was my first time writing about my experience with my ocd; i felt proud of it. the story was mostly about grief and slow recovery. the queerness of the main character was not important to the plot, my main character was just-queer. there wasn't even a romantic interest in it.

i remember one of my classmates being disappointed. "i just feel like you always write about girls who like girls, and i'm bored of it," he said. "you're a beautiful writer, but i'm like - oh, at some point, it's gonna be gay again." during the workshop, he folded his hands over my story and said, "and okay, i'm just going to say it. she's ocd, she's gay, she's depressed - it's a little much for me to believe is all happening to one person."

it is a little much to be that person (and more besides). i have therapy weekly, after all.

over and over, belonging to exception.

#spilled ink #poetry #prose #warm up #idk what this is #maybe more of a confession #btw the book is called crave it's OKAY #it's very straight #main character keeps being like totally okay with situations where dude is DEF #being a stalker villian #she's known him for a WEEK and shes like #'hes all that matters' #girlfriend ur parents only died a MONTH ago #there's a lot about timing in that book im like .... did this author ever have any #actually bad experiences #like main character being like ''i shouldn't cry over them it's pathetic'' a mONTH after her parents die #btw this isn't bc she's in denial/suffering/etc it's bad writing #the narrative is instead like #'' .... bc the author doesn't want to remember to discuss it'' #she forgets she has a sprained ankle a lot #tbh im THIS close to saying ''fuck good writing'' #and writing my OWN stupid supernatural school YA romance #and YES!!!!! IT WOULD INDEED BE GAY #''oh this school? we're all... different here....bc... of the witches??oh . i mean yeah but no actually we just really believe in a diverse

[princemick]

@f1blrcreatorsfest week 4: poetry + weird colour palettes + history letter tutorial ref

#I know its not poetry shhh #anyway wanted to try barbi's text thingy n def gonna use it again #f1 #lewis hamilton #kyle.gif #kyle.graphics #lewishamiltonedit #userbrawn #f1blrcreatorsfest23

[sfsolstice]

exurb1a, from "Climbing Gym" in Poems for the Lost Because I'm Lost Too

#lit #literature #typo #typography #fragments #light academia #dark academia #oops typo! #exurb1a #poetry #poem #quotes #aesthetic #yet ANOTHER piece of this poem that is just too lovely to not share rn #ive been leaning into this sort of sentiment when it comes to how to spend my time and energy over the past couple of months #radically life changing i def recommend adopting this mindset lmao #240304

[catilinas]

#there’s def more but the Poetry Event is about to start #NOT including aeneas killing turnus because it’s unclear how much of that was vergil’s invention #whereas romulus + lucius junius brutus were considered to be more Historical #that’s an oversimplification. but poetry event #beeps

[shaqthemc]

Motives and Thoughts 2006

#lauryn hill #def poetry #poetry #mos def #yasiin bey #lyricist

[nowandthane]

About a character/ship + prompts/metaphor/imagery, what about Thane (and his Siha) post ME3? (if you want, feel free to expand on A Second Chance's epilogue😉). Or may I interest you in my headcanon of Astarion getting flashbacks of his mortal life thanks to the sound of a violin (https://www.tumblr.com/sillyliterature/741057677852033024/so-back-at-the-surroundings-of-rosymorn-monastery?source=share) 🤔

Looking forward to reading what you'll write 👀😍

thanks for the ask! clickable link of Aurora's post here, which inspired this poem (and also provided the soundtrack). love this headcanon, i thought it very appropriately bittersweet to Astarion's character <3

it’s easier to survive hell if you forget— not heaven, which i never did find but the feel of strings under calloused fingers sugary scents spicing the air the bow gliding, graceful as any a dagger i’ve slashed the music it creates harmonising with their voices softly speaking i had forgotten them but oh, not you, my paradise never you

#i hope you like it! #i might do the thane one too if inspiration strikes in which case i will def tag you <3 #thank you for sending me prompts!! #bg3 #astarion #bg3 poems #my poems #poetry asks #asks #SillyLiterature

[arssomnii]

BG3 Tarot Poems

#some poems for the bg3 tarot deck im making #not sure if i will write a poem for all 78 cards #or just the #major arcana #but it’s fun to practice #and who knows #maybe i will even impress Raphael one day #def gonna add these poems to the tarot deck booklet thou #i am writing poems and i am gonna make it everyone else’s problem #bg3 #bg3 fanart #bg3 poems #poems #poetry #baldur's gate #baldurs gate fanart #tarotart #tarot deck #tarot #rhymes

[yeyinde]

what’s been on the reading list lev I’m personally interested in what you’ve been enjoying !!

Hiya!!! I'm reading some poems by Midang (Seo Jeong-ju), and my favourites are Haze, the Crane, Prayer I, and Prayer II. I've also been skimming through Norse Mythology by Gunnar Hylnsson. Not much else has been on the reading list, unfortunately. But I have been reading a tonne of fanfic.

I've linked some of the ones I've read this week under the cut if you want to check them out. I def recommend them! 🖤

Pi's Lullaby by T_pock - Hannigram. There's writing, and then there's writing. Also, imo, best characterisation of Hannibal and Will.

something (just like this) by OfMermaids - Izuku Midoriya x reader. Obsessed with this, truly. Their prose is gorgeous. Also, it was their Bakugou fic (and Blue Card) that actually endeared me to x Reader, and got me back into writing in the first place. TMYK.

Single Dad!Leon by @konigbabe - Leon Kennedy x Reader. Seriously peerless in terms of quality.

Animalic by @moondirti - Miguel O'Hara x Reader. It's honestly the best, but it's Dee so that's just a given.

Designer Dress by @halfmoth-halfman - Price x Canary. A must-read if you like Price. Or just good writing in general.

Late Night Texts and Nowhere by @undercoverpena - Javier Peña x Reader/Javier Peña x Luna. My comfort fic. One that I've been desperately needing between the hurricane, a new dog, and being sick.

Poisoned Apple by surveycorpsjean - SoapGhost goodness. Super smutty. But the banter? Top tier.

handsome stranger au by @alittleposhtoad - Price x Reader. It's just so cosy. It's a warm drink on a chilly November day. Very quickly becoming one of my all-time favourites for Price.

The Permanent Efficacy of Grace by hahaharley - Jacob Seed x Deputy. Obsessed with this fic. I can't even articulate how much I adore it.

Swallow by NoFootprintsInSand - John Seed x Deputy. Genuinely don't think I've read writing more beautiful or poetic in my life. Def an instant fave.

#a little bit of a fic rec but more so just some of my open fic tabs lmao #but i def recommend checking out Midang if you like poetry #some of them really capture the summer-fall cusp feeling #i do think a lot of the rhyming nuance is lost when it's translated #but even in a language it wasn't originally meant to be in its absolutely gorgeous

[adornself]

3/4/24

#def a rough draft but I haven’t posted anything in forever #not super pleased with this lol #spilled ink #poetry #spilled writing #twcpoetry #poetumblr #spilled poetry #rejects corner #writers corner #poets on tumblr #poetry prose #poetrypardy #poets community #writblr #vent poetry #trauma poetry #deadwatered #new poets society #unspokengrief #vent art #trauma

[ladysansalannister]

I broke his heart because he was nice.

#chardee #charlie x dee #charlie kelly #dee reynolds #it’s always sunny in philadelphia #iasip #iasipedit #tvedit #otp: def poetry #made by me

[sfsolstice]

S. F. Solstice, "Everything is", in Midsummer Magazine issue 3

#poetblr #poets on tumblr #poets of tumblr #female poets #poets corner #poets community #spilled poetry #spilled ink #original poem #poem #poetry #sfsolstice #i can finally share this one now that issue 3 is out !!! #i've been so antsy waiting for midsummer to publish issue 3 dghjk #please check it out !! :3 #i def cant wait to read everything in this issue <3 #tbh the bio i submitted is kinda cringe bc i wrote it in like january and wanted so bad to stick to a particular image lol #but eeeeee my first ever published poem im so happy >< !!

[eurydicees]

i get the appeal of being a hater for sure but personally i was built to be a lover and to love things and to see the beauty and worth in everything i choose to see beauty and worth in sometimes for no other reason than that i want to see beauty and worth in them. like i don’t want to hate things for fun! why are we all so mean to each other! you do you but personally im gonna choose to unapologetically love the things i love

#this does NOT mean the things i love are exempt from criticism #it means i am embracing childlike whimsy and adult adoration for things that i want to #no EVEN THOUGH and no IN DESPITE OF them being cringe or silly or boring or weird #hating things can def be good in moderation sure i guess #but isn’t it so much more fun to just love the things you love #instead of wasting your time hate watching stuff. #or telling yourself your interests are stupid because other people are hate watching them #like life is short and boring. #i’m not gonna waste time telling people who stupid i think their favorite media is. #*how #i’m gonna watch my favorite anime and i’m gonna read fics that were written with love and im gonna write poetry only i get to read #like. you can be a hater if u get joy from that. im gonna love enough for both of us