Poetry Riot Prompt (Week One Hundred Forty) 26 June - 2 July

poetryriot:

We haven’t done an image prompt in a while and I think it’s high time to reintroduce it with an image from one of my favourite writers as well as a fantastic photographer, @aliveinsideink.

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This piece is titled ‘The Abandoned’ and can be purchased on aliveinsideink‘s etsy shop along with many other of his wonderful pieces.

We are very grateful to @aliveinsideinkfor allowing us to use his artwork as a prompt. If you choose to incorporate the image itself in your post, please give proper credit to him or your piece will not be reblogged. Also, please do not use any other image in place of the one above as it would be discourteous to the artist.

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(via poetryriot)

"

i’m lonely and
i don’t know how to make
it sound like poetry
anymore.

it’s just that i used to fall into friendships.
it’s just that most days i want to fall into
my bed or
my grave
and these bones are too
fragile for show and tell
and i’m like muesli with worse mental health and i don’t want anyone to look at me except that i want everyone to look at me and i don’t know what to say i don’t know what to say i don’t know what to say to anyone anyway and last year my best friend
moved 413.4
miles away.

"
– L.H (via teenangstverse)

(via twcpoetry)

@jas_priya_

This is my Instagram! I logged on to tumblr and I had a couple of messages from lovely people, so I thought I should let you know that I’ve kinda abandoned Tumblr in favour of IG, sorry, but if you want to contact me or chat to me about poetry-related things this would be the best way, as it’s the only social media I’m publicly and regularly active on :)

I still write poetry but have stop posting it on Tumblr as it becomes public domain content and I cannot publish it. I will check Tumblr every now and then but I’m on Instagram every day and I get notifications on my phone so it’s the best way to reach me! Poetry love xx

Me @ WoC poetry night looking angry and disgusted af πŸ‘ŒπŸΎ #womenofcolour #empowered #poetry #spokenword #sopoetic #strongindependentwoman (at University of Exeter)

Me @ WoC poetry night looking angry and disgusted af 👌🏾 #womenofcolour #empowered #poetry #spokenword #sopoetic #strongindependentwoman (at University of Exeter)

Everybody’s partying and having fun and living life whilst I’m stuck in bed because the flu is making my bones feel weird and making me feel like I’m slowly dying #floral #flowerphotography #unrelatedcaption #pink #nature #naturelove #primavera...

Everybody’s partying and having fun and living life whilst I’m stuck in bed because the flu is making my bones feel weird and making me feel like I’m slowly dying #floral #flowerphotography #unrelatedcaption #pink #nature #naturelove #primavera #hellafiltered

Spending some poetic time with my Magnetic Poetry Kit and the world’s softest blanket πŸ’œ #poetrylove #purplelove #poetry #purple #magneticpoetry

Spending some poetic time with my Magnetic Poetry Kit and the world’s softest blanket 💜 #poetrylove #purplelove #poetry #purple #magneticpoetry

One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to start a book club with myself! I didn’t read enough last year, and I realised that my only regret if I died tomorrow would be just that. First two books just arrived in the post. Book no.1: Reasons to Stay Alive...

One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to start a book club with myself! I didn’t read enough last year, and I realised that my only regret if I died tomorrow would be just that. First two books just arrived in the post. Book no.1: Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig. I’ve read the first chapter and in addition this is probably the most well-recommended book I know. #reasonstostayalive #matthaig #bookclub #newyearsresolution #bookstagram #nonfiction #literature

Italian revision sesh with my NEW Sharpie clear view highlighters 😍 #bestchristmaspresentever #stationeryaddict #sharpie #highlighters #clearview #studying #revisionsucks #stationery (at Exeter, Devon)

Italian revision sesh with my NEW Sharpie clear view highlighters 😍 #bestchristmaspresentever #stationeryaddict #sharpie #highlighters #clearview #studying #revisionsucks #stationery (at Exeter, Devon)

There are no words other than “wow”. #salmanrushdie #twoyearseightmonthsandtwentyeightnights #bookstagram #books #bookshelf #literature #mustread

There are no words other than “wow”. #salmanrushdie #twoyearseightmonthsandtwentyeightnights #bookstagram #books #bookshelf #literature #mustread

NYE is definitely the time to #treatyourself because tomorrow you’re gonna have to start on those resolutions to lose all that Christmas weight (i.e. eat tons of snacks and drink loads of booze - vodka shots burn your throat AND calories right?) πŸŽ‰πŸΎπŸ»βœ¨...

NYE is definitely the time to #treatyourself because tomorrow you’re gonna have to start on those resolutions to lose all that Christmas weight (i.e. eat tons of snacks and drink loads of booze - vodka shots burn your throat AND calories right?) 🎉🍾🍻✨ #treatyoself #motivation #inspiration #haveagoodday #letspartay #happynewyearseve

Dust of Snow by Robert Frost. #robertfrost #dustofsnow #poetry #favouritepoem #literature #winterpoem

Dust of Snow by Robert Frost. #robertfrost #dustofsnow #poetry #favouritepoem #literature #winterpoem

There’s no question why Carol Ann Duffy is poet laureate. #lovepoems #carolannduffy #poetry #bookstagram #bookshelf #books #literature #favouritebooks

There’s no question why Carol Ann Duffy is poet laureate. #lovepoems #carolannduffy #poetry #bookstagram #bookshelf #books #literature #favouritebooks

"

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

"
–

When you are old, W.B. Yeats

Rest in peace, Grandpa.