Literally Jasmine

sharing my literary life

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my favorite poetry books (free PDF or epub)

the complete maya angelou

don't call us dead by danez smith

all the flowers kneeling by paul tran

time is a mother by ocean vuong

madness by sam sax

mayakovsky's revolver by matthew dickman

soft science by franny choi

thief in the interior by phillip b williams

ariel by sylvia plath

calling a wolf a wolf by kaveh akbar

together and by ourselves by alex dimitrov

not here by hieu minh nguyen

brute by emily skaja

post colonial love poem by natalie diaz

unaccompanied by javier zamora

prelude to bruise by saeed jones

howl & other poems by allen ginsberg

the big book of exit strategies by jamaal may

look by solmaz sharif

the crown ain't worth much by hanif abdurraqib

eyes bottle dark with a mouthful of flowers by jake skeets

finna by nate marshall

autopsy by donte collins

a place called no homeland by kai cheng thom

lunch poems by frank o'hara

lessons on expulsion by erika l sanchez

the new testament by jericho brown

said the manic to the muse by jeanann verlee

space struck by paige lewis

safe houses i have known by steve healey

the wound is a world by billy-ray belcourt

nature poem by tommy pico

owed by josua bennett

felon by reginald dwayne betts

come on all you ghosts by matthew zapruder

bluets by maggie nelson

life of the poetry by olivia gatwood

perennial by kelly forsythe

contradictions in the design by matthew olzmann

the big smoke by adrian matejka

peluda by melissa lozada-oliva

american sonnets for my past & future assassins by terrance hayes

king me by roger reeves

in a dream you saw a way to survive by clementine von radics

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But sir that’s my emotional support pile of unfolded laundry.

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Jane Austen novels: the new and improved titles.

[achelois-daughter]

the more i know of the world the more i am convinced that i shall never see a man whom i can really love

jane austen, sense and sensibility

[whitmanic]

You want everyone to be able to slot into a pride and prejudice au but no one can accurately fit into the niche that Mr Darcy and Elizabeth have cornered which is completely and uniquely deranged and sophisticated in a way no marvel character, nay, not even an over watch character, can dare compete with

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[submalevolentgrace]

miss piggy: you are sad and pathetic and small and far too green, both your status and wealth are an embarrassment, and your mother's voice is shrill and painful... un. like. moi! *hair swish*

kermit: *stunned open mouth silence*

miss piggy: yet every day since i first saw you at the dance all i have been able to think about is how you are suitable for nothing in life but to be my bride! you are below me in every possible way but you simply must let me marry you!

kermit, flailing uncontrollably: THIS IS YOUR IDEA OF A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL?!?!

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Oh my GOD 😂😂😂

[darknwilde]

academia but i’m at my 9-5 job

spending my lunch break speed reading

rotating through my collection of trousers, sweaters, and button ups

constantly brewing coffee

researching each task extensively in my spare time, just because i’m curious

bringing my own pen from home because it’s obviously the only right pen

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I was supposed to be buying a piano today 🥺

[literalnobody]

Nothing is funnier to me than Mr Darcy telling his best friend not to propose to the girl he loves bc 1. Her family are unsuitable and 2. She doesn't truly like him enough to marry... only to then himself propose to a woman who is 1. From the exact same family and 2. Has done nothing but roast him since they met

[bakwaaas]

with all due respect (none),

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— Mr Darcy proposing to Lizzie

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The art history version of “you’d look prettier if you smiled more”

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darcy swam in a lake so knightly could lie on the floor

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This is an attack on my beautiful panicky boi.

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you say this like it differentiates the two

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It should say “Darcy swam in a lake so Knightley could run all the way to Emma’s house from the village at like 4am just to watch her arrive home” 🤣🤣

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darcy swam in a lake so knightly could lie on the floor

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This is an attack on my beautiful panicky boi.

[dark-romantics]

Normality is a paved road;

It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow.

~ Vincent van Gogh

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REVIEW // The Sisters Grimm

Time for another review? Maybe? I think I’ve officially given up on this book.

The Sisters Grimm is a fantasy novel about four ‘sisters’ Grimm all born on the same day to different mothers. It follows the span of about a month, counting down until their 18th birthday when they will meet their father, Wilhelm Grimm, and must make a decision that will determine the fate of an age old war.

This book was truly awful. Awful enough that I couldn’t even get through a quarter of it before giving up. The writing switches between first and third person, and even has random sections in second person just to make things even more confusing. It also switches between characters at unexpected rates and gives almost no indication at all of what time period the book is really set in. The villain (?) (and love interest?) is bland and cliché, and spends more time oversharing about the fact that he’s evil than actually doing anything, evil or otherwise.

I honestly don’t understand how this book made it through even one round of editing, let alone the multiple rounds of editing that must have been required to get it published. Overall I’ve rated it two stars, mainly because I’ve never given a one star rating before and I feel weird doing it.

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Might be my best Jane Austen July meme yet, if I do say so myself.