Your writing has the natural rawness and sweet obscenity of Beat poetry accompanied by a subtle, naked beauty embedded in its stanzas.
I like that you suggested taking a break from reading to write. I often struggle with the fact that I spend more time writing than reading, thus falling behind on challenging myself to read more. But either way, it’s literature right?
I like to collect quotes, lines & phrases from my favorite writers in a journal. I study them on occasion and note their influence on my own writing.
I love love loveeee your poem!! And also Kai's. I think I find my voice most easily when I sit in silence for a really long time before writing.. like you said, throw the phone out the window.. it helps a lot
oh this cracked me open.
From a confessional baddie like yourself 🥹 THANK YOU
I love the lines
“I want the reader that wants me—
I’ve said drunkenly to men
Before heading home. In the dark
I pretended they knew a version of me.”
Your writing has the natural rawness and sweet obscenity of Beat poetry accompanied by a subtle, naked beauty embedded in its stanzas.
I like that you suggested taking a break from reading to write. I often struggle with the fact that I spend more time writing than reading, thus falling behind on challenging myself to read more. But either way, it’s literature right?
I like to collect quotes, lines & phrases from my favorite writers in a journal. I study them on occasion and note their influence on my own writing.
Thank you Haley. And yes yes yes, your work is literature!
I love that you collect quotes. I used to do that more and you are inspiring me to get back to it ❤️
I love love loveeee your poem!! And also Kai's. I think I find my voice most easily when I sit in silence for a really long time before writing.. like you said, throw the phone out the window.. it helps a lot
Exactly! Sitting in that silence can be fun and sexy and sometimes it’s hard and scary.