Marissa Reads It All

read with me :)

[havingapoemwithyou]

Imaginary Conversation by Linda Pastan

[seekingstars]

MATINS - Louise Glück

[maliusaidh]

[spirulin4]

avoidance has saved me from everything it's also killed me a hundred million times

[strawberry-crocodile]

the curse is lifted! you are no a beast no more! congratulations! but you'll never forget the way they looked at you, will you.

[weltenwellen]

Sandra Cisneros, from "Tea Dance, Provincetown, 1982", Woman Without Shame

[weltenwellen]

Sandra Cisneros, from "Tea Dance, Provincetown, 1982", Woman Without Shame

[sizzlingcandyjellyfishhhhhh]

they need to invent somewhere where I belong

[metamorphesque]

— Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

[miredball]

THAT’S SOMETHING

potrait of a lady on fire, céline siamma / ‘cupboard love’ in in the kitchen: essays on food and life, ella risbridger / the clean house and other plays, sarah ruhl

[feral-ballad]

Jihyun Yun, from Some Are Always Hungry; “Reversal”

[Text ID: “I so want to survive this. Please lead me whole into another season so I may dare begin again.”]

[marissareadsitall]

poetry is a trestle

spanning the distance between

what i feel

and what i say

like a locomotive

i rush full speed ahead

trusting your strength

to carry me over

sometimes we share a poem

because people are near

and they would notice me

noticing you

so i write X and you write O

and we both win

sometimes we share a poem

because i’m washing the dishes

and you’re looking at your news

or sometimes we make a poem

because it’s Sunday and you want

ice cream while i want cookies

but always we share a poem

because belief predates action

and i believe

the most beautiful poem

ever heard is your heart

racing

Nikki Giovanni, “poetry is a trestle”

[feral-ballad]

Jennifer S. Cheng, So We Must Meet Apart; “August 24, 2018”

[marissareadsitall]

idk about y’all but I literally would never want my actual childhood back nothing bad really happened but as a child u have no! control! over any part of your life. at the same time in my 20s I’m feeling more like a child than I’ve ever been

[beguines]

Carrie Fountain, from "Late Spring in the Mesilla Valley", Burn Lake

[marissareadsitall]

Once I was beautiful. Now I am myself,

Anne Sexton, “You, Doctor Martin”

[marissareadsitall]

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my first ever digital collage and I’m in love

[intimatum]

“My fear of being real, of being seen, paralyzes me into silence. I crave the touch and the connection, but I’m not always brave enough to open my hand and reach out. This is the great challenge: to be seen, accepted, and loved, I must first reveal, offer, and surrender.”

Anna White, Mended: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Leaps of Faith