Misunderstand Everything

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Flags and Such

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Concrete Dreams My Life Is My Own

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This one is called In Three Parts which is admittedly a bit of a stretch

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This one is called Young Adult Fiction. Drive responsibly, kids

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Escalator, art gallery

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Coldbright

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For the Poetically Inclined...

Tagged by the irreplaceable @allnightsong2 for a new tag game. Which goes like this...

A poem that tends to pop into your head?- The Orange by Wendy Cope, i carry your heart, e.e. cummings

One line from a song-

I see you suddenly alive And nearly smiling Stop and hold my breath And watch the way we used to be

Nightwindows by the weakerthans

One line from a movie- "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." Silence of The Lambs

A word you avoid for fear of its overuse?- Honestly, N/A

One word that describes me (metaphorically) No explanation.- Moody

Tagging @adamantseal

@poetrex @edamessiah @st-bullshit and anyone who wants to! No pressure 💜

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A poem that tends to pop into your head?

'Morning Poem', by Mary Oliver (who else?)

2. One line from a song

'Standing naked in front of that hotel bathroom mirror, in her dysphoria's reflection she still saw her mother's son' - 'Paralytic States', Against Me!

3. One line from a movie

'Nostalgia! That's why you're here. You're a tourist in your own youth.' - Sickboy, Trainspotting 2

4. A word you avoid for fear of its overuse?

Struggling to think of one particularly but I avoid direct reference to sex and genitals cause it feels weird to write. Bad habit, though. I also avoid people's names but that's a stylistic choice.

5. One word that describes me (metaphorically) No explanation.-

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Thanks for the tag! :) Tagging @misunderstandeverything

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1. A poem that tends to pop into your head

It’s Not Like Nikola Tesla Knew All of Those People Were Going To Die by Hanif Abdurriqib

2. One line from a song

‘And the fall's getting cold, you try to catch salt air in an envelope

So you can send it home, sit by the bay alone, sun on your skin’

from Oldest Daughter by The Wonder Years

3. One line from a movie

“No hay banda, and yet we hear a band”

from Mullholand Drive (a quote I actually named a poem after a while back)

4. A word you about for fear of its overuse

I’m generally quite straightforward with my use of language but Love and Death are both very big concepts to fit into words in such common use so I tend to write around them when it makes sense

5. One word that describes me (metaphorically) No explanation

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I’m not tagging anyone but if any followers want to post one @ me so I can read it!

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Fix The Fisher King

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lrb is SO FUN

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I felt I had to put a few lines from my old poems into this

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nightsounds

hi I’m still here I’m still writing about traffic

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I’ve not written anything in a while but felt like posting something so here’s a poem from my Phoenix Street chapbook I wrote a couple of years ago now

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Echo, Location

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I’ve been sick and without any meaningful human contact this past week so I had to pull this poem back from some genuinely bizarre places but anyway it’s here and it’s called Traffic Sounds

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Sorts

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The Day Your Eyes Are Returned To You

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This one is called If I Ever Write Another Poem About Bob Dylan Then God Help Me and it’s uh about Bob Dylan

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A new-ish version of an oldie