Girlbossification of House of the Dragon
Women being in charge and powerful is trendy, and House of the Dragon is picking up on this aesthetic trend rather than actually creating female-centric stories.
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garden eyed girl
“You love her.” Michael accuses and the breath gets caught in his throat.
No, he wants to say, no I’m only a messenger I don’t—
But he is, oh he is.
Read More“A Dirge” by Christina Rossetti: Poetry Rec
BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Why were you born when the snow was falling?You should have come to the cuckoo’s calling,Or when grapes are green in the cluster,Or, at least, when lithe swallows musterFor their far off flyingFrom summer dying. Why did you die when the lambs were cropping?You should have died at the apples’ dropping,When the grasshopper […]
Read More“Anne Boleyn on the Day of Her Execution”: Poetry Rec
Spend some time considering Anne Boleyn.
Read MorePoetry Rec: “It is a Fearful Thing”
I hope this 9th century voice reminds you that you have the capacity to love and hope during dark times.
Read MoreOh Daughter, Die Softly
And she’s sorry. She’s so sorry she can’t protect it, that she failed to protect it, that she’s failing to help it, and that she wants to abandon it to die because she’s afraid of its teeth.
Read MorePoetry Rec:”The Witch Has Told You a Story”
Read this before bed. Dream of abundance.
Read MorePoetry Rec: “Dirge Without Music” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Listen, Edna St. Vincent Millay is my bisexual Aphrodite poetical muse.
Read MoreA Spooky Rossetti Poem for Halloween!
He leaned above me, thinking that I slept
And could not hear him; but I heard him say,
‘Poor child, poor child’: and as he turned away
Came a deep silence, and I knew he wept.
Poverty and Puberty: “Photograph of the Girl” by Sharon Olds (Poetry Rec)
She cannot be not beautiful, but she is
starving. Each day she grows thinner, and her bones
grow longer, porous.
pure acetylene 