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I’m not a mother and to be completely transparent I don’t really want to be one ever. Something struck me so deep in my poetry class last semester that probably pushed me farther into not wanting children, poetry about motherhood. It must be my knack for empathy and passion that connects me so hard to these poems, who knows. I really really love these poems. ‘Metaphors’ by Sylvia Plath and ‘the mother’ by Gwendolyn Brooks, to name a few. There was an especially hard hitting one about being a stay at home mother, but it’s escaping me in the moment. If I remember it I will come back to this. I have an inkling that fellow women in their 20s may relate to this, and if not I would recommend going down a rabbit hole. It’s existential but who doesn’t love that?
Jan 20, 2024
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This is the greatest love of my life (and, in a sense, my career given my future MFA career, stay tuned), but you really should read more poetry in general. It's fantastic. okay yes "Instagram poetry" is en vogue hot garvage and frankly, makes me sick to my stomach, but poetry as an art form which contains and focuses experience, emotion, and attention, is one of the most profound things (ideally) we continue to produce. Poetry is, in a sense, something which moves towards a potentiality of art and writing in general in a current moment where it seems almost lacking.
What, then, can we do as poets or writers?
Feb 24, 2024
the concept but also this poem by Martha Zweig. makes me think of my mom and my sister and the special mundanity of childhood
Mar 2, 2024
I love this question! heres a few things I return to for inspiration.
Jim Jarmusch‘s Paterson to remember the small beauty in creating every day, for yourself if nothing else.
All of Mitski’s live performances, (and all her records tbh) to find the balance between raw vulnerability and studied theatrics.
Mary Oliver’s poems (especially wild geese) to remember the joy amidst pain.
Sylvia Plath’s poems (especially Lady Lazarus) to see how one’s own wallowing can become shared catharsis when turned into art (making work isn’t selfish even when its about ourselves).
Kelly Link’s short stories to find weirdness and playfulness (not everything has to have a moral or deeper meaning).
Mar 23, 2024
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Listen to Jockstrap. It’s made up of Georgia Ellery (also in Black Country New Road) and Taylor Skye, and they go sooo hard. Georgia is the voice and plays multiple instruments while Taylor is more on the production side. I went to their Pitchfork Aftershow in Chicago last year and I have never had so much fun at a concert. Taylor sits onstage and literally just deejays the whole time (which is not a jab at him, he is a genius). Georgia sings, plays instruments, and performs for her LIFE. It’s a must listen, must see, must know.
Here are some of my favorites of theirs;
- City Hell
- Glasglow
- Sexy 2
- 50/50 (Extended Mix)
- Hayley
LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN!!!
Jan 20, 2024
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Not a new crush.. but Babygirl reignited it..
Jan 27, 2025
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panera bread tomato soup. shamelessly in a bread bowl
Jan 21, 2024