Ellis Nightingale

poet, author of floret, she/her

[ellisnightingale]

“Tomorrow might look different. You’ll have to wait and see. The world is never frozen still, it changes gradually. Then suddenly it’s all transformed, and you can see it too, and you wonder why you’d ever doubt grey skies would turn to blue.”

— Ellis Nightingale

[llovelymoonn]

on november

nina maclaughlin the paris review: "on the first of november, the ghosts arrive" \\ emily dickinson in a letter to elizabeth holland (early nov, 1865) (via @flowerytale) \\ anna akhmatova rosary \\ philip jenks colony collapse metaphor: "november" \\ robert frost the complete poems: "my november guest" \\ ellis nightingale (@ellisnightingale) \\ @honeytuesday \\ nina maclaughlin the paris review: "the dark feels different in november" \\ l.m. montgomery anne of green gables \\ maggie stiefvater the scorpio races (via @metamorphesque) \\ sylvia plath the unabridged journals of sylvia plath (via @louisegluck)

kofi

[blackberrywood]

oxygen by ellis nightingale

It's quiet here between the trees

and I can almost feel

the weight of all the centuries

begin to crack and peel.

I breathe and rebreathe oxygen,

what was and what will be.

And for a moment, as I walk,

it's just the earth and me

[ellisnightingale]

Please tell me how I can get your book of poems? Thank you

Of course! My debut collection ‘Floret’ is available for purchase on amazon.

[blackphooka]

Three Pounds of Stardusts ~ Ellis Nightingale

I'm aching and hoping and quietly dreaming like stars wait to fall. To shoot. To fly.

And all the while you're living, breathing, underneath a static sky.

I'd fall for you, I'd hurtle willingly, careen into the moonlit ground.

I'd pulverise my bones for you so that I might be the dust you found.

[ellisnightingale]

“Decembers are for dreaming of all the things to come. Just turn towards the eastern sky, that’s where the sun wakes from. You’re at the end but what lies next is all that you will be. So close your eyes and wait for dawn. The future’s yours, you’ll see.”

— Ellis Nightingale

[bilbobagginsbrainrotblog]

- Melancholia by Ellis Nightingale/Lord of the Rings dr. Peter Jackson

[ellisnightingale]

You know Ellis, you are a very lovely poet. I would like to pick one of your poems, but I really love each and every one. My opinion would be to write a book and include each one, leaving none of your work out.

Here is just one that is lovely to me~

“I know a place beyond that hill where we could stay a while, and shelter from the autumn chill, and sleep till we’re not tired. We’ll lay our hearts down close enough to keep each other warm, and share a dream of violet fields, and wake to see the dawn.”

That means so much, thank you for the feedback! Alas, there have been a few casualties in the editorial process but I just wanted to make sure I didn’t sacrifice anything that would be missed *too* terribly... You’ll see soon!

[ellisnightingale]

This sky is everlasting and I’m at least a quarter dead. Immortal to the mayfly but fleeting to rest of things without a heartbeat: the trees, the rocks, the sea. I wonder what this old earth thinks when it looks at me.

— Mayfly, Ellis Nightingale

[ellisnightingale]

Will you ever create a poetry book? I just admire your poetry so much. I hope you do!

That's the eventual plan.

[ellisnightingale]

Update: Followers, if I were to publish, which poems would you *absolutely* want to see in print? Let me know your favourites here.

[ellisnightingale]

“It’s quiet here between the trees and I can almost feel the weight of all the centuries begin to crack and peel. I breathe and rebreathe oxygen, what was and what will be, and for a moment as I walk it’s just the earth and me.”

— Oxygen, Ellis Nightingale

[ellisnightingale]

[ellisnightingale]

“I want the rain to fall again, the clouds to tear apart. I want a storm to kill the sun and stamp the birdsong out. I have no use for honeyed days when the air is thick and still. I want for all the days I’ll spend embraced in autumn’s chill.”

— Sunstroke, Ellis Nightingale

[ellisnightingale]

I love Ache so much. It made me cry, it perfectly describes what I'm feeling right now ♡

I’m so glad it could mean something for you. I also hope things feel a little better soon.

[ellisnightingale]

Tell a better story than the one you were once told. The words are yours, and yours alone, from now until you’re old. Tell a better story—tell it well and tell it true. The beginning was all written but the middle’s up to you.

— A better story, Ellis Nightingale

[ellisnightingale]

Hi, it ain't a question but I just wanted to let you know that your words are extremely beautiful 💛 it would make me extremely happy if you share your writings more often. Please please? Love love love love your way!!!!

Alright, I shall do so. Wednesday evenings from now on.

[ellisnightingale]

Hi lovely, I just wanted to say how much I fell in love with your Daisy Chain poem over a year ago. I adore the concept and it inspired me to do a poetry reading. It was a gift for my brother’s birthday and it wouldn’t have existed if not for you. Thank you so much, Ellis 💜

(If you’d care to listen, this is the link to it:)

https://youtu.be/QxCYuUOAWj4

This is lovely and a very thoughtful gift. I am so touched that my poem inspired it.