The Worst Romantic Poet

"Mad, bad and dangerous to know"

[segamascott]

i recognize myself in you

[segamascott]

bit of a bitch

[segamascott]

[stuckinapril]

you seem avoidant for a girl who’s so hungry to experience the full breadth of human connection

[kosmogrl]

[allloversbetray]

Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson // Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn // Musica Humana by Ilya Kaminsky // Basic August by Eileen Myles // Imitations of Drowning by Anne Sexton // Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? by Raymond Carver // The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner // Atmospheric Embroidery by Meena Alexander // The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath // The Women by Kim Addonizio // 

[stargirl1l]

[sailermoon]

the beautiful cycle of being a daughter

[bananaheathen]

i love discovering new music. but there's actually nothing like rediscovering old music. like, hello me from 5, 10, 15 years ago. so good to see you. same heart, i see. god, i love you.

[havingapoemwithyou]

I Have A Postcard Mouth by Trista Mateer

[soracities]

e.e. cummings, from "the spring has been exquisite and the", in Etcetera: The Unpublished Poems (1983), from Complete Poems: 1904-1962 [ID’d]

[sailermoon]

huge shout out to this little kid for writing my favorite poem

[havingapoemwithyou]

August Night by James Schuyler

[metamorphesque]

musings on august        

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[persianmom]

august please be gentle and kind to me

[valtsv]

you are my friend and to some extent the altar upon which i mount my guilt

[valtsv]

you are my friend and to an increasing extent the saviour i worship

[valtsv]

you are my friend and i hope something ruins you before i do

[dhauwjwncjsiwnxn]

if i ever forget to reply to you

im so sorry

oh shit am i sorry

[boycritter]

august is like if being 17 was a month in the calendar year

[petaltexturedskies]

Anne Sexton, A Self-Portrait In Letters