i need to freak out abt this with someone but none of my friends are insane enough. anyway the poet etel adnan gives off unprecedented levels of supernatural imo & im making it ur problem too now :) The Manifestations of the Voyage is my personal fave
“Matter having forsaken its laws,
we land in hell,
ascending to heaven.”
“within its black eyes
the fright of my adolescence
and the nocturnal walk on the hills:
which hill?
I mean the kingdom that a man carries
in his gut when
his love’s fulfilled.”
“The Prophet swam through waves
of clouds
a river of gold carried his
vessel”
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53852/from-the-manifestations-of-the-voyage
(clickable link)
ok im normally a bit lukewarm on poetry but LIIIKE...THE KINGDOM THAT A MAN CARRIED IN HIS GUT WHEN HIS LOVE’S FULFILLED. fellas do you ever just want to love someone
also. sent this one to the ol groupchat and got this very hinged and normal response:
WELL FELLAS?