#ailey o'toole

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Poetry Twitter Erupts Over a Plagiarist in Their Midst

Ailey O’Toole was a young poet on the rise, until colleagues found she’d stolen their verse.

[rhythm-andbones-blog]

After | rhythmnbones

After by Ailey O'Toole There is loss and then there is how it lives in your body after // organs shoved out of place to make room for the grief // body cavities...

“Your nerves

are convulsing under the weight of such calamity //

You will forget where you are or // how to get to

where you are after“

By Ailey O’Toole @aileysworld

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Self Biography as Zoo Keeper | rhythmnbones

Self Biography As Zoo Keeper by Ailey O'Toole The men come to me with their hungry mouths, their open throats. I remember the lessons: arms extended away from y...

“I remember the lessons: arms

extended away from your heart, elbows elongated

and wrists taut, palms face up, fingers unfurled by

violence, full of sustenance for the zoo animals.“

By Ailey O’Toole @aileysworld

[piratedx]

Poetry Twitter Erupts Over a Plagiarist in Their Midst

Ailey O’Toole was a young poet on the rise, until colleagues found she’d stolen their verse.

Poetry Twitter Erupts Over a Plagiarist in Their Midst