Hi Stringbean! The opening poem/definition for this thread is stunning - I literally cannot wait to see where you take this, and I think the idea of using obscure words and inspiration for poems is such a neat theme. The way you combine physical and geographic imagery in Lethologica is really effective; I think my favourite lines are "instead of running rivers / down the gullies in my throat" and "there is more truth here / in this obscurity / than there ever was / in this dry mouth of mine". like !!!! that is such a perfect way to tie the whole poem back to both the theme of the thread and the title of the poem. *chef's kiss*.
When you're faced with something you don't understand, I think the most natural thing but also least interesting thing you can be is afraid.
Thanks so much, @Seirre !! School and stuff decided to get kind of crazy right at the beginning of the month, but I'm really hoping to have another poem up very soon!
she/her/they acethetic and paronoid *waves leafy fronds*
"Do not try to be pretty. You weren't meant to be pretty; you were meant to burn down the earth and graffiti the sky. Don't let anyone ever simplify you to just 'pretty'" — Suzanne Rivard
