I'm thinking, I'm trying.

Shamsia, 23, English - 1st Year, Bangladesh, Hufflepuff, I like spicey food and Anime.  studying, because why not?

[shamsiaisthinking]

“The Guide „ – R. K. Narayan

[borderlineblitz]

i just need to get through this week

[shamsiaisthinking]

“The Guide„ – R.K. Narayan

[vympr]

i need this so bad

[butterflypeaflowertea]

i feel like you’re probably the best person to ask this; do you have any recommendations for someone trying to get into poetry? any specific poets or poems?

omg i absolutely do have recommendations! 💓 give me a hot min to compile a list and i’ll post it on here soon!

[butterflypeaflowertea]

this list contains some classics and mostly some poems i’ve just been into lately, in no particular order. sorry this is a bit all over the place, but i hope it’s an alright starting place and i hope you enjoy! 💓

wild geese by mary oliver (her work is the perfect place to start getting into poetry imo!)

the orange by wendy cope

poem for haruko by june jordan

the summer day by mary oliver

3 statements on poetry by e e cummings (this one is more of a mini-essay & not exactly a poem, but very much worth a read!)

sorrows by lucille clifton

the moon by emily dickinson

scheherazade by richard siken (he’s quite popular on this site; chances are you’ve seen some excerpts of his work here & there)

the glass essay by anne carson

the wasp graveyard by ella standage

nostos by louise gluck

thanks by w.s. merwin

dream variations by langston hughes

mad girl’s love song by sylvia plath

the thing is by ellen bass

essay on craft by ocean vuong

your shadow invents you every time light fails to pass through you by michael wasson

afternoon on a hill by edna st. vincent millay

yasmeen by safia elhillo

the sciences sing a lullabye by albert goldbarth

in lieu of a poem, i’d like to say by danez smith

skin-light by natalie diaz

the love song of j. alfred prufrock by t.s. eliot

the more loving one by w.h. auden

appalachian elegy by bell hooks

asami writes to korra for three years by natalie wee

river of milk by kaveh akbar

litany by rebecca lindenberg

[lilyemrys]

“no i will not elaborate” is such a fun line, but unfortunately i have adhd and am incapable of shutting up. yes i will elaborate

[lectorel]

Yes, I will elaborate and that is a threat.

[the2headedcalf-archive]

You know that Ada Limón poem where she’s like “i can’t help it i love the way men love”? my dad recently confessed to me that he became a shoemaker because they buried my grandma shoeless

oh.......................................

[urlocalchangeling]

Accident Report in the Tall, Tall Weeds - Ada Limón

[generic-dumb-bitch]

[nobrashfestivity]

Edward Hopper, Notebook Sketches and Studies

more

[stlowens]

Louise Glück, “Averno.”

[baransgf]

the anon button isn’t for hate, it’s for sending cute messages to your mutuals that you are too embarrassed to send in as yourself.

[soracities]

a mood: hope gangloff + women chilling

[mumintroll]

[fairycosmos]

in all seriousness it's very alienating knowing theres Something Wrong With You. like seeing your mental illness come through in your behaviour and thought processes and knowing it's irrational and unhealthy, knowing other people are reading you as weird or stupid, and not being able to do anything about it is such a lonely experience

[down-the-rabbith0le]

[confidentiallyconfusing]

John Koethe, “The Late Wisconsin Spring” | Kazuhiko Fukuoji | Jack’s Mannequin, “Dark Blue” | Antony Gormley, “Breathing Room” | Fairfield Porter, “A Painter Obsessed By Blue” | Daniel Danger, “we speak in ninth grade form, cord under the door. powers out, we wait out the storm and i am floored.” | Regina Spektor, “Blue Lips” | Federico Sciuca, “50/52 Last day on Earth” | King Krule, “Lonely Blue” | Anke Roder, “Starry Night”

[chaandajaan-moved]

Ramadan will probably be hard for alot of us this year, it's more than food, its about community and love and if you have to social distance and isolate it's lonley. So with it coming up soon I thought I'd give some tips with with that in mind.

Eat over zoom, whether it's with friends family, muslim or not.

Everyone has food they love to eat during ramadan, get your favoratie recipes of your parents, grandparent and learn how to make them if you don't know

Have you daily water intake in a bottle or container so you know you've drank enough water.

Daily journaling is both a practical way to keep track of spiritual goals and to work as an act of self care when your alone.

Block everything you need to block on social media in advance and ask people to tag things as needed.

Make sure to time any medications with when your not fasting!

Have a group chat for keeping up with health fasting habits, spiritual goals, and emotional support.

Group chats are also good for discussing recipe, grocery budget. Eating healthy is extra important when we're in a pandemic so we can avoid going to the doctors

If you have an ed or are recovering please avoid fasting, or have a doctor or mental health professionals help create a plan for you. it's not required of you to fast when you are risking you physical and mental health.

[flowerytale]

T. S. Eliot — Portrait of a Lady