Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
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poetryI’ve been taught bloodstones can cure a snakebite,
can stop the bleeding — most people forgot this
when the war ended. The war ended
depending on which war you mean: those we started,
before those, millenia ago and onward,
those which started me, which I lost and won —
these ever-blooming wounds.
I was built by wage. So I wage love and worse—
always another campaign to march across
a desert night for the cannon flash of your pale skin
settling in a silver lagoon of smoke at your breast.
I dismount my dark horse, bend to you there, deliver you
the hard pull of all my thirsts—
I learned Drink in a country of drought.( Read more... )
From Postcolonial Love Poem - pg 1
can stop the bleeding — most people forgot this
when the war ended. The war ended
depending on which war you mean: those we started,
before those, millenia ago and onward,
those which started me, which I lost and won —
these ever-blooming wounds.
I was built by wage. So I wage love and worse—
always another campaign to march across
a desert night for the cannon flash of your pale skin
settling in a silver lagoon of smoke at your breast.
I dismount my dark horse, bend to you there, deliver you
the hard pull of all my thirsts—
I learned Drink in a country of drought.( Read more... )
From Postcolonial Love Poem - pg 1
New Vid: Deadpool & Wolverine "Something Good"
Apr. 21st, 2025 04:07 pmlilly_the_kid posting in viddingTitle: Something Good
Fandom: Deadpool & Wolverine, Deadpool movies
Music: Something Good by Herman's Hermits
Pairing: Deadpool/Wolverine
Summary: something tells me I'm into something good
Warnings: violence, blood
Here on AO3
Fandom: Deadpool & Wolverine, Deadpool movies
Music: Something Good by Herman's Hermits
Pairing: Deadpool/Wolverine
Summary: something tells me I'm into something good
Warnings: violence, blood
Here on AO3
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New Vid: Garak/Bashir Fan Video - Across the Universe
Apr. 19th, 2025 05:30 pmbrokenframe posting in viddingSonnet 7 by Terrance Hayes
Apr. 19th, 2025 11:08 amatlantablack posting in poetryI lock you in an American sonnet that is part prison,
Part panic closet, a little room in a house set aflame.
I lock you in a form that is part music box, part meat
Grinder to separate the song of the bird from the bone.
I lock your persona in a dream-inducing sleeper hold
While your better selves watch from the bleachers.
I make you both gym & crow here. As the crow
You undergo a beautiful catharsis trapped one night
In the shadows of the gym. As the gym, the feel of crow-
Shit dropping to your floors is not unlike the stars
Falling from the pep rally posters on your walls.
I make you a box of darkness with a bird in its heart.
Voltas of acoustics, instinct & metaphor. It is not enough
To love you. It is not enough to want you destroyed.
From American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin page 11
Part panic closet, a little room in a house set aflame.
I lock you in a form that is part music box, part meat
Grinder to separate the song of the bird from the bone.
I lock your persona in a dream-inducing sleeper hold
While your better selves watch from the bleachers.
I make you both gym & crow here. As the crow
You undergo a beautiful catharsis trapped one night
In the shadows of the gym. As the gym, the feel of crow-
Shit dropping to your floors is not unlike the stars
Falling from the pep rally posters on your walls.
I make you a box of darkness with a bird in its heart.
Voltas of acoustics, instinct & metaphor. It is not enough
To love you. It is not enough to want you destroyed.
From American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin page 11
Weekly chat reminder
Apr. 18th, 2025 10:53 pmsnycock posting in ts_bluejunglePlease join us for the weekly TS chat on Saturday, April 19th, at 7 pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/19:00 UTC. That could be as early as 12 pm if you’re on the west coast of North America, or 3 pm if you’re on the east coast, or 8 pm in the UK, or early Sunday morning in Australia or New Zealand.
We’re in the usual place: http://us25.chatzy.com/81935648447483. There’s nothing to download or install, just choose a name and a color and click on “join chat.”
Our topic this week: writing. We’re going to talk about writing process and techniques, and do some writing sprints into the bargain! Bring your recent projects or project planning process!
See you there!
Lullaby on Mount Moriah by Traci Brimhall
Apr. 18th, 2025 06:35 pmatlantablack posting in poetryThe lullaby I wrote on your throat about the stained
hilt of the knife in my hand begins — Whisper, or snow
will come and make its sadness famous in your mouth.
The why of you a radiant devilfish, the what of you
a fat little soul bluing at the edges.
The surest way to receive a free ram is to tie your son’s hands
behind his back. Offer me a metaphor, God said.
Abraham stretched Isaac out on a rock, Like this?
( Read more... )
From Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod pg. 6
hilt of the knife in my hand begins — Whisper, or snow
will come and make its sadness famous in your mouth.
The why of you a radiant devilfish, the what of you
a fat little soul bluing at the edges.
The surest way to receive a free ram is to tie your son’s hands
behind his back. Offer me a metaphor, God said.
Abraham stretched Isaac out on a rock, Like this?
( Read more... )
From Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod pg. 6
MDZS: Spin Us a Yarn
Apr. 18th, 2025 09:05 ammdzsxchange posting in flashexchanges🧶 Spin Us a Yarn 🧶
a MDZS Flash Exchange based on yarn color names!
Collection | Tagset | AutoApp Link
Participants will create gifts in a medium of their choice using a requested yarn colorway name as their inspiration and title. Minimums are 300 words of fic or podfic, a sketch on unlined paper/a clean background for art, or a reasonable gift equivalent for your medium of choice.
Schedule:
Sign-Ups & Noms Open: now!
Sign-Ups & Noms Close: April 23
Works Due: May 2
Works Revealed: May 3
Creators Revealed: May 10
All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC. See the exchange collection for full details!
a MDZS Flash Exchange based on yarn color names!
Collection | Tagset | AutoApp Link
Participants will create gifts in a medium of their choice using a requested yarn colorway name as their inspiration and title. Minimums are 300 words of fic or podfic, a sketch on unlined paper/a clean background for art, or a reasonable gift equivalent for your medium of choice.
Schedule:
Sign-Ups & Noms Open: now!
Sign-Ups & Noms Close: April 23
Works Due: May 2
Works Revealed: May 3
Creators Revealed: May 10
All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC. See the exchange collection for full details!
BABSCon
Apr. 18th, 2025 06:33 amfrith posting in ponyville_trotFor those of you in and around San Francisco California, the MLP convention BABSCon is on now for the last time and it's big. See https://www.babscon.com/ It's at the SFO Hyatt Regency in Burlingame, near the airport, at 1333 Bayshore Hwy. There should be bus transportation around there, it does not look like an industrial wasteland. If you can go, have fun!
Follow Friday 4-18-25
Apr. 18th, 2025 01:24 amysabetwordsmith posting in followfridayGot any Follow Friday-related posts to share this week? Comment here with the link(s).
Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".
A Series of Gentle Reminders by Rudy Francisco
Apr. 17th, 2025 10:07 pmatlantablack posting in poetryDelete the number,
trash the boxes
give the sweaters away.
Stop holding onto things
that do not fit you anymore.
Clutter has many faces.
Forgive them.
They didn’t apologize,
and you’re still mad,
but what I do know is this:
a closed fist
can punch through a wall,
but you can’t fix the hole
until you open your hands.
The past
is one of the few things
more stubborn than we are.
It will not change
and doesn’t care if
you have a better idea
of how the story
should’ve ended.
( Read more... )
from Excuse Me as I Kiss the Sky pg. 119-121
trash the boxes
give the sweaters away.
Stop holding onto things
that do not fit you anymore.
Clutter has many faces.
Forgive them.
They didn’t apologize,
and you’re still mad,
but what I do know is this:
a closed fist
can punch through a wall,
but you can’t fix the hole
until you open your hands.
The past
is one of the few things
more stubborn than we are.
It will not change
and doesn’t care if
you have a better idea
of how the story
should’ve ended.
( Read more... )
from Excuse Me as I Kiss the Sky pg. 119-121