writer in the dark

and I would swear to you that I went a little bit insane

[luthienne]

“And everything must be a lie because I am not situated in my soul. I don’t complain politely. I’m fed up with poetry. I close the door.”

—

Blanca Varela, from The Blinding Star (tr. Sara Daniele Rivera & Lisa Allen Ortiz)

[Original: Y todo debe ser mentira porque no estoy en el sitio de mi alma. No me quejo de la buena manera. La poesía me harta. Cierro la puerta.]

[weltenwellen]

Czeslaw Milosz, New and Collected Poems: 1931-2001

[iced-coffee-chronicles]

can someone recommend some beginner normal behaviors for someone looking to become normal

[retroactivebakeries]

“I have performed the necessary butchery. Here is the bleeding corpse.”

— Henry James, after a request by the Times Literary Supplement to cut three lines from a 5,000 word article (via annadevries)

[metamorphesque]

― Louise Glück, October

[cherryfleischer-deactivated2026]

hmm its like I crave some type of eternal and brutal punishment but I'm not exactly sure for what

[sapphling]

the normative order will actually probably be okay without your constant impassioned defense of it

[carpethedamndiemdejavu]

- James Baldwin talking about Love

[rullinirubati-deactivated202203]

Unknown Photographer “Eros & Psyche”

[ihaveemotionalmotionsickness]

[emptiable]

HOT Mesopotamian singles in YOUR AREA !

[glamourweaver]

She’s from Paleolithic Austria, not Mesopotamia!

[wormsdyke]

HOT Paleolithic Austrian singles in YOUR AREA !

[mistysolitude]

my mom said we can hide in the woods, cast ancient spells, be embraced by moss and befriend eldritch creatures if it's ok with your mom

[thoodleoo]

finally, a feminist retelling of the res gestae divi augusti

[piassportjacke]

bei mir ist gerade die erinnerung wieder aufgetaucht, dass wir einen grundschullehrer names herrn hering hatten, der uns erzählt hat, dass er so heißt, weil sein opa ein hering war und dass er selbst sich bei vollmond in einen hering verwandelt. wildes zeug.

[papayajuan2019]

sometimes that sad feeling is due to low blood sugar, and sometimes it's from decades of history. not that complex

[scorpionlafemme]

[mournfulroses]

Ernest Hemingway, from his novel titled "A Farewell To Arms," originally publ. in 1929

[leafcrunch]

a woman alone will download pdfs. two women together will send links and articles. three or more women? that’s a library