seven folded oceans

lifeinpoetry:

Like building a house, without ever seeing a house.
Trauma: a nervous trembling, the body’s

architect and its own demolition.

— Fisayo Adeyeye, from “Hoofbeats,” published in Vagabond City

(Source: vagabondcitylit.com, via lifeinpoetry)

lifeinpoetry:

I had her legs

I stole her tradeoff

The sea knew more

The land loved me better

— Becca Klaver, “Mermaid Tale,” published in Shock of the Femme

(Source: shockofthefemme.com, via lifeinpoetry)

tinyghosthands:

New poem that isn’t but definitely is inspired by Rihanna is in the new issue of Fugue!

(via tinyghosthands)

cinemasangel:

“You Don’t Know Anything.” And Other Writing Advice From Toni Morrison

(via pigmenting)

lifeinpoetry:

I already know/ what’s going to kill me/ is terribly /deep/ inside me./ I still need you. In my sleep/ I am/ on my way/ to some

viable/ mutation.\

— Ashley Porras, from “Untitled 72,” published in Muzzle

(Source: muzzlemagazine.com, via lifeinpoetry)