#chasingavenues

[acosmst]

In my dreams I walk back every single step I’ve taken to get here and remake each bad decision. I unlove some people, and unhurt others. The wilted flowers shrink back into buds and bloom again, in full spring now. Every memory I had made becomes just an after taste, stored away for nostalgia. The constant dull ache in my chest eases away and I’m free.

[beholdingslut]

speaking of cool birthdays, i was born on the day bukowski kicked the bucket

what a good day to be born

[amiihans]

all i knew about you is that you know jade but then i saw your tags on matthew daddario posts and knew i had to follow you because... s a m e.

ANOTHER ONE LOVES THE WHITE MEAT AS I DO !! REJOICIFY !!

[beholdingslut]

because you wanted Siken, imma suggest 'litany in which certain things are crossed out' again because it's my fave and i like to know which lines resonate with different people. c:

“love, for you / is larger than the usual romantic love. it’s like a religion. it’s / terrifying. no one will ever want to sleep with / you.”

[beholdingslut]

the type by sarah kay

“some men will want to hold you like the answer / you are not the answer / you are not the problem”

[langlee]

chasingavenues a réagi à votre billet “why.. do white ppl walk around barefoot everywhere?? that’s just nasty”

indian people do it at home, to keep the house clean

YEAH WE DO TOO BC THE HOUSE IS CLEAN whereas a college dorm hallway........ is Not

[heartmagician]

🌞

December by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz 

[hanokvillage-blog]

a list of lgbtq asian poets, both published and unpublished, plus a few of their poems I personally recommend. feel free to shoot me an ask with your own recs, or request more rec lists for asian creators

*the poets who have tumblrs have their blogs linked to their names*

Ally Ang | The Walk Home, Dictionary Fatimah Asghar | Mother, Ways I am Tired Janani Balasubramanian | A Love Story Khairani Barokka | Cease and Desist Tamiko Beyer | Sweet Branch Stitched to Bitter Tree, We Look More Like Each Other Than We Look Like Ourselves Amrita C. | untitled, Mor Yiwei Chai | Violets Kristin Chang | speak american Chen Chen | Song of the Night’s Gift Ching-In Chen | OLIVEWOOD CEMETERY (a haibun of Riverside, California) Jess X. Chen | Hunger Drives the Body Into Imagination, The Last Words of the Honeybees Justin Chin | A History of Geography Franny Choi | To the Man Who Shouted “I Like Pork Fried Rice” at Me on the Street, Beg Alex Dang | Broken Tongues, Michael Derrick Hudson Changes His Name to Ngoc Tran B.B.P. Hosmillo | The Habits of a Pessimist, Birthplace Nancy Huang | google translate “how to come out of the closet” Muriel Leung | Cry Wolf, All My Specters in a Box in Terrified Light Ansley Moon | Visions From a Brooklyn Window, Annabelle’s Cove Shinji Moon | What It Took to Understand, Baby Girl’s Got a Kiss Like Sparkle Sticks Hieu Minh Nguyen | Buffet Etiquette, Mercy Amir Rabiyah | Under the Knife Amal Rana | the taste of freedom, lessons in decolonization from mother nature Margaret Rhee | dear love Christopher Rose | Maganda Darshana Suresh | Happiness, Love with an uppercase L Chrysanthemum Tran | Discovery (for Jennifer Laude), Behold! A Spectacle Paul Tran | This Time, There Was No, Self-Immolation Alok Vaid-Menon | When Brown Looks in the Mirror and Comes Out White Ocean Vuong | On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Prayer for the Newly Damned Arati Warrier | Witch Hunt Natalie Wee | On the Queer Girl Fantasy Topaz Winters | Cherry Blossoms Shelley Wong | Epithalamium, Dear Frida Stefan | untitled, KNIVES & OTHER SHARP THINGS I’VE SWALLOWED Sung Yim | what good