Everything starts small

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Hi :)

I've always felt intimidated by the idea of writing poems; they are mysterious and beautiful, so far and so close. I want to try writing them, though, so I made a new blog for them.

Is making a new blog necessary? No. Do I want to do it? Hell yeah.

Oh, and if you are here to stay, grab a cup of tea!

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- @imaginarythingys

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Composition Lesson Introduction. A name, a place, a story and a time stamp A statement to showcase the point That grows large until it stands on its own. The developing idea—a flourishing flora that stretch All around, the outline of a tree.

Body. Paragraph, paragraph, paragraph. A body of thoughts, a body of text,  A body of a notion materialized— Out of thin air Supported with a quote. And decorated With a transition, and a clause to end.

Body. Paragraph, paragraph, paragraph. Fill the pages with gems Sparkling ones only—selected with care  Each word, precious, precise, Discovered in a cavern Full of secrets, now written in lines.

Body. Paragraph, paragraph, paragraph. Sentences, the cutting lines Like the tail of a wishing star Spreading are the vines of thoughts Climbing cross the paper  From the tip of a pen, they grow.

Conclusion. A circle back to the start. A name, a place, a repeat of the forepart. Thoughts, words, sentences, from the tip of a pen. Lines on the face of a piece of paper— A statement to showcase the point That grows large until it stands on its own.

- NK 2025 May 27

Notes under cut

This is probably the final poem write for a course I’ve taken in university. This time it is for English composition class, and the poem is structured with how we were taught to structure a basic essay. Introduction, body paragraph x3, conclusion.

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Finding Grandma’s House 

Following the bone-white pebbles Down a winding flowery road— Walk pass a rosy garden And a willow that rains gold 

Trade the showy red cap  For a donkey’s skin Better blend in the shadows To hide from the wolf’s grin

The magic fish points to  A mineshaft where dwarves dig The castle’s pointy top shines Like a diamond-covered twig

One hand holds the basket The other a lively wreath A crown fit for a princess— Made of soft petals and leaves

The road leads to a clearing Finally, the journey’s done The Grandma’s door, ajar— A new story’s just begone

- NK 2025 May 16

Notes under cute

This is, again, a poem inspired by a course I’m taking. This is a course about studying fairy tales, and I tried to fit all stories we discussed in class. List below:

Little Red Cap/Little Red Riding Hood

Hansel and Gretel

Beauty and the Beast

Cinderella

Snow White

Donkey’s Skin

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British Lit in One Day

Sleeping like a dragon, a thief wakes me With a whisper, calling— Stealing me away from the sweetest dream Where on a hill, tall, stands a tree The beauty of an eternal summer beckons From my window  A fated storm rushes me into the world Opens up a map of a thousand dimensions Arm me with Naegling And a Green Girdle, protect me From a master of manipulation And a sorcerer dealing in devilish deeds The road takes me on and so Down the line 800 I roam. The smell of paper and ink roasts me Fuses with my soul for eternity  Puck trips me On the way out of Eden Breaking my focus— No flood to catch my fall A shepherd calls for his lover and my home calls me A new dream tempts me to bed with fairies singing. Carpe noctem, sieze the night, Because at night I may be dancing with the Fairy Queen

- NK 2025 May 16

Some notes under cut

This poem is heavily inspired by the two-semester British Literature course I'm taking at my uni. I tried to fit in as many references as possible, and I'm planning on showing/gifting this poem to my British Lit Professor. I've listed all the references below:

a thief waking up a dragon -> a plot in Beowulf

the sweetest dream/Where on a hill, tall, stands a tree -> the opening of Dream of the Rood

beauty of an eternal summer -> Sonnet 18 by Shakespeare

fated storm -> The storm in The Tempest by Shakespeare

Naegling -> the sword in Beowulf

Green Girdle -> from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

a master of manipulation -> Iago in Othello by Shakespeare

a sorcerer dealing in devilish deeds -> Doctor Fuastus in The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus by Marlowe

line 800 -> refers to the Dewey Decimal Classification for literature

Fuses with my soul for eternity -> inspired by The Ecstasy by John Donne

Puck -> the fairy Puck from A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare

out of Eden -> Paradise Lost by John Milton ("Eden" also refers to a library here, this stanza is about roaming in the library)

No flood to catch my fall -> a scene from The Miller's Tale from The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer

A shepherd calls for his lover -> The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Marlowe

fairies singing/the Fairy Queen -> from A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare

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A Sleepless Night Sky

Stars Blinking, like a secret Untold, and Beautiful, like a butterfly Wild, and Untouched, like a rainbow Brilliant, and Majestic, like the ocean Profound, and Inviting. A cup of warm tea I look up, and Dawn

- NK 2025 May 14