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cannibal
i'm on the wrong side of sunrise.
five a.m. and i'm clutching at straws
and porcelain tiles,
convulsing at the bathroom sink.
i'm rabid -
a gray-matter froth on my lips,
a clawing at the inside of my skull.
i'm romanticising.
if i were truly tragic,
i might be worth something.
i wish i could be Hemingway,
and make my demons sing for me.
they haven't sung in years.
quiet specters,
bearing witness to my brain devouring itself.
i sleep in fits and starts,
dawn to noon -
i dream so rarely.
i feel
as though i should feel something.
i ride the waves.
i shove my way through a crowd of faceless ghosts.
they whisper to me -
they hiss that i have
Literature
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Literature
less
Your phone bills are smaller now,
with no long distance calls to make,
and your car insurance reduced to reflect lower mileage
and all those journeys not made, those roads not taken,
those lanes that you know like the back of your hand -
Left, right, straight ahead, right, right -
are no longer driven. You did not see the bluebells wake
and spring burst forth in the countryside,
did not see the snow on the fields, cold horses in their
quilted coats pawing, nibbling, pawing.
Christmas stamps still tucked in your wallet,
unused,
and fountain pens dried up next to watermarked
John Lewis writing paper
with no letters left to wr
Powerful Poetry
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Poetry + Rejection by the Numbers
So recently I was chatting with poetry friends about rejection, and when to give up on a poem. We were asking each other things like "when do you give up on submission?" Or "how many rejections does it take for you to know a poem just isn't good enough?" I don't know that there's a specific number. So my answer is somewhere between NEVAAAAAARRRRR! and "Usually I get sick of the poem and realize it's terrible before the number of rejections affects my willingness to send it out." Given, I'm a bit of an egomaniac, but I maintain that all artists need delusions of grandeur on some level in order to function.
So there's that. But I can give you
Journals and Tutorials
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50 Letter Challenge
1. Your parents:
2. Your sibling:
3. Your best friend:
4. Your crush:
5. Your ex-bf/love/crush:
6. Your oldest friend:
7. Someone from your childhood:
8. Someone you haven't talked to in years:
9. Someone you'll never forget:
10. Someone you've drifted away from:
11. The person who caused you the most pain:
12. Someone you wish could forgive you:
13. The one who broke your heart the hardest:
14. Someone you worry about:
15. Someone who inspires you:
16. Someone you hate to love:
17. Someone you admire:
18. The person you miss the most:
19. Someone you're jealous of:
20. Someone you love too much:
21. Someone close to you w
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Dresden
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