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yves, sometimes poet

[yvesolade]

wow unfollowing now. admired your cool blog aesthetic, had no idea you were a poet :/

im going to pin this ask to the top of my blog

[yvesolade]

— Belovéd, Yves Olade (What Are Birds? Transpoetics Prize)

[yvesolade]

Did you intentionally use "taught as a bow" instead of "taut as a bow"?

nope! this is a typo which got fixed in the final version but not in my copy, but I'll see if I can update it

[yvesolade]

hello! i love your poem, beloved, but i’ve only heard parts of it.

what’s the full poem?

hello! I've finally gotten around to posting the full version (or at least one of them) on my blog! the other version can be found in the chapbook slaughterhouse, which is available for free here: https://payhip.com/yvesolade

[yvesolade]

do you still sell copies/ebooks of your published work? I’ve been trying to find Bloodsport for a bit cause I’d really like to read it

hello! ebooks of my two chapbooks can be found here (if you're still interested)! they're pay what you want so available for free if you'd like: payhip.com/yvesolade

im not in charge of distribution for dark when it gets dark, so it's mostly available on am*zon (sorry) but there are some other sellers floating around if you'd like a physical copy!

[yvesolade]

hi there! i often see a quote crediting you, it's: "i fell onto love like a sword," but i'm not familiar enough with your work (or with searching the internet, apparently) to know where it comes from. if it's not too much trouble, i was hoping you could help with pointing me towards the source? sorry to bother, but thanks in advance!

hello! that's from self-portrait as a hairpin turn: tumblr.com/yvesolade/176094969535/yvesolade-self-portrait-as-a-hairpin-turn-by

to be honest, it's a line that's better than the poem is good, but there are other parts of it I still like!

[yvesolade]

what was the first poem you published?

that would be antinous among the reeds, in the rising phoenix review: therisingphoenixreview.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/antinous-among-the-reeds-by-yves-olade/

[yvesolade]

hello! i was wondering is the revised version of Belovéd is up anywhere? i'd love to read it, especially since the quote that floats around tumblr n pinterest seems to be from that version~ while the original version printed in slaughterhouse is dear to my heart, i think the differences between versions would be so interesting n i'm very curious abt what you changed or added or moved around :>

hello, sorry I took so long to reply to this — I've now posted this version on my blog if you're still interested. thanks for asking!

[yvesolade]

hope ur havin a good time. i keep you in a little capsule in the back of my brain.

I'm all good!! alive and busy and tired and usually happy!! hope you're good also 🤎

[yvesolade]

— Belovéd, Yves Olade (What Are Birds? Transpoetics Prize)

[yvesolade]

also one of my students blew a kiss at me when leaving my class yday and another shook my hand . the minds of 19 year old boys continue to astound me

[yvesolade]

not to put to fine a point of things but I think there are maybe 5-6 people whose deaths would bring ram prices back down

[smoothoperatorleclerc]

rb to have an extra gay 2026

[strangeharpy]

Is prev knight-coded or liege-coded?

Knight

Liege

Jester/Nuance/Prev is Bald

Voting ended onJan 3

[strangeharpy]

You gotta reblog and put in the tags so prev knows what you picked! And so your followers can liege-/knight-code you, too!

[yvesolade]

not to be annoying about this but I have wanted a gender neutral title for ten years and every time I remember I now have it I'm like :)

[yvesolade]

just passed my viva !!!!! one hour . in and out . no corrections . that's dr yves olade to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[yvesolade]

I haaaate my not-boss jfc explain to me why I have to spend £24 on a two hour commute tomorrow because she wants us to join a zoom call from the same room . bestie I'm not sure you understand how the internet works