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[donotgogentlyy]

however many times you roll that dice,

i’ll still come up with snake eyes.

i see it staring back–

beady, relentlessly

taunting me, mocking how

 i thought it would turn out different.

no, the card table isn’t slanted.

the die aren’t shaven or puckered

in some unfair way. it isn’t

just chance

 that you keep screwing up, either.

you just keep rolling that die

the 

same

damn

way

and never changing your behavior.

you have no effort. no drive.

no motivation to better yourself

for us.

i just keep getting snake eyes

and you don’t care.

– playing games

[donotgogentlyy]

afterthought

i feel like wilted roses–

dry as death valley from thirst, petals curled at the edges.

too much heat, too much time spent

showing my color

until it faded.

he feels like storm clouds–

weightless, charged with electricity,

gunmetal grey but all fluff.

the rain he harbors would take away 

the ache,

no more dehydration if he just

let go,

shared a drop of his magic.

but there are better roses and better lands

to share himself with.

i come second now

that my color has faded.

[adrgualdsghdfg]

[ragewrites]

to wonder lianna schreiber, august 5th, 2020

[eloquencenet]

Hello everyone! We’re excited to say that after a brief hiatus, we’re revamping The Eloquence Network, starting with an event on the theme of nature!

This event is open to everyone, both members and non-members. For guidelines, we’re suggesting that you aim for around 200 words of prose or 12 lines of poetry, but that’s just a suggestion!

Here are some prompts to help you out with ideas:

forests

watching the sunset

flower meadows

animals

feeling peaceful

Be sure to tag #eloquencenet in the first five tags of your post and mention us in the description (for example: @eloquencenet event: nature) so we can reblog your work.

Happy writing!

[eloquencenet]

hello loves! it’s been a little longer than expected, but we’ve come up with our summer 2020 member selections! we’d like to thank a everyone who applied. all the wonderful apps made it so hard to choose.

without further ado:

-  @imperiallefty

- @dpwrites-blog

- @rupikaurs

- @aledlast

- @wltcherlambert

- @smalltalktorture

- @ruerianne

- @hazedartisan

- @calliopaes

- @leah-yasmin-writes

- @rorytalbot

we will have messages going around in a few hours! thank you again to all who applied!

~The Eloquencenet Team

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@eloquencenet event: lgbt+ pride

[eloquencenet]

Hello lovelies! Today is June 1st, which marks the beginning of LGBT+ Pride Month!

This event will last until the end of June and is open to members and nonmembers alike.

The rules are simple: just write something about the LGBT+ community. This can be a personal experience or something for a friend. 

Considering recent events, please consider uplifting Black LGBT+ voices and continue to show your solidarity with the BLM movement during this time.

Happy Pride Month and happy writing!

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UNTIL THE SIRENS SOUND - m. p. g.

inspired by sleeping at last’s song, “earth”

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POETRY TAGLIST (ask to be added/removed): @endymions​ @ninazeniks​ @doraelins​

[amirtamino]

[eloquencenet]

Hello lovelies! It’s been a while since we’ve seen fresh faces in our net, so we are opening member applications again! 

The Eloquence Network is an inclusive writing network; we welcome writers from all walks of life and all levels of skill. Our network aims to celebrate writing in all its forms — whether that’s prose, poetry, original work, or fanfiction.

We can help smaller, newer blogs gain attention by promoting their content on the net blog, and introduce people to a welcoming, caring community of writers that are willing to help with writer’s block, novel writing, and more.

To apply:

follow the net blog (@eloquencenet)

reblog this post (likes count as bookmarks)

follow Em, Quinn, and Victoria

fill out this typeform

Applications close on June 8th. We’re excited to see your applications!

With love The Eloquence Net team

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 -  bond girl // e.k.l.

commission me on ko-fi?

[adrgualdsghdfg]

[eduardmanet-deactivated20210521]

  -  bones at the feast // e.k.l.

commission me on ko-fi?

[saturnstrung]

in a time to think

alone.

only my thoughts and i.

only these

present

stupid

lovely

strange

distant

entertaining

wild

loud

destructive

lethal

thoughts filling up my room.

cold feet and empty days.

alone.

[chickadeeburns]

For the @eloquencenet Valentine’s Day exchange!

@missorgana, Happy Valentine’s Day! However love appears in your life, I hope you are able to recognize and relax into it!

[theinfinitedivides]

there is something sacred about these things when you come to me and it is a  quiet thing, all sliver of light and shadow, all soft with longing. it is sacred when you sit by me and i cannot hear myself  breathe, only you. always you. it is sacred when  i reach for you and it is like reaching for the sun. something that is there and yet it is not. if i touch you i will get burned. it will be a holy burning, like incense. it will be a burning, but not with fire. it will be a burning but i do not think i will mind as much when it is you smiling at me from that far away. i do not think i will mind if you let me hold your hand and it is only  the two of us, burning, side by side into nothingness. if i wake in the morning and there is a letter from you on the table by my bed. i do not have to open it to know who it is from. i do not have to open it to hold you in the palm of my hand. to know you even as i  would wish to be known.

there is something about your laugh that makes me yours, and i am better for it (or, a platonic love letter)  ( @eloquencenet valentine’s exchange for @chickadeeburns )