interim lives

she/her, 30s europe, between east and west words+snaps

[petaltexturedskies]

May Sarton, The Poetry of May Sarton

[paper-wounds]

[Neverafter - Brennan Lee Mulligan]

[havingapoemwithyou]

I know what i love by Jericho Brown

[weltenwellen]

Marie Howe, from “Memorial”, What the Living Do

[emcyan]

Are they seriously rehashing these lazy Big Bad Reds-era stereotypes of Central/Eastern Europe as populated by uncouth neanderthals, and expecting us to find them funny? I love IWTV, and I looked the other way at the bad blood/everything is desaturated misery portrayal of Romania in S2E01 as a reflection of Louis' state of mind at the time (though points *could be* made), but this is happening in 2025, ffs.

[havingapoemwithyou]

Origin of the Marble Forest by Gregory Orr

[weltenwellen]

Wildness Before Something Sublime Leila Chatti

[weltenwellen]

Wildness Before Something Sublime Leila Chatti

[weltenwellen]

I Do Know Some Things Richard Siken

[lucidloving]

Fleabag (2016) // @symbiocene // Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts // Nikki Giovanni, Mirrors // cave painting // 肉包不吃肉, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun // thethingswesay.com // Brian Kershiznik // Neal A. Maxwell // Audre Lorde, "Equinox"

[apocryphics]

[weltenwellen]

Hanif Abdurraqib, The Crown Ain't Worth Much

[weltenwellen]

Danez Smith, “little prayer”

[stahsm]

“Cleaning the House” painting by Sally Welchman.

[feral-ballad]

Aaiún Nin, from Broken Halves of a Milky Sun: Poems; “Tell me of the first time you were poisoned”

[wovi]

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susan sontag

[weltenwellen]

Hanif Abdurraqib, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

[mournfulroses]

Wislawa Szymborska, from "Tortures," featured in Map: Collected and Last Poems