Feb 19, 2018
AWAKE // nori sickels
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AWAKE // nori sickels
but—you can make life / out of nightfall, keeping your mouth soft / palms open
S. Mardon, “a deep sea creature makes predictions in the form of a haiku,” nuclear kids
bad phone poetry pt.1 via @lidlesaun
have any great source of poetry about wlw?
i’ve got a wlw poetry tag but i’ll link you to a few of my fave authors / poems. i think an important thing to remember is that if you know they’re a wlw poet, then even if they don’t use pronouns in the poem, it’s likely a poem about wlw.
lydia havens, “girl is the warmest colour,” “my angel, flung out of space”
agooduniverse, “holy girls”
maddie c., “atlas hands, wandering hearts”
a. davida jane, “luck is a funny thing”
h. yenna kim, “my lover’s in love w/ sylvia plath”
darshana suresh, “for girls who like girls”
s. mardon, “end of the world // with you”
trista mateer, “untitled”
natalie wee, “natural”
r.i.d., “the invisibles”
m.c.p., “girls meets girl”
annelyse gelman, “love poem”
mary oliver, “wild geese”
carol ann duffy, “miles away”
june jordan, “one minus one”
becky birtha, “poem for flight”
edna st. vincent millay, “witch wife”
audre lorde, “movement song”
cherríe moraga, “loving in the war years”
minnie bruce pratt, “we say we love each other”
ada limón, “day of song, day of silence”
extracts of sappho, translated by anne carson
I was wondering if you knew any poetry about angels or to do with like the fall of heaven, etc. I am sure it exists I just cannot seem to stumble onto it?
Yeah, I have a heap!
inelegancies, “untitled”
Venetta O, “Tekel” & “Fallen Angel”
Aisha X, “Fallen Postcards” & “Letters to God”
M.C.P., “on finding god at the end of the world” & “the angels are choking on their halos”
A.G., “texts between modern prophets” & “modern angels have fallen”
agooduniverse, “Venerations & Other Painful Mythologies About Love” & “PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA”
notbecauseofvictories writes some amazing poetry & flash fiction about angels
+ biblical poetry tag