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𝙒𝙀 𝙉𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍 𝘿𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙎𝙐𝙈𝙈𝙀𝙍, and yet, lady june blows prideful as the people beat the street — Dior J. Stephens @dolphinneptune @nightboatbooks verse.press/playlist/cruel…

not talking much today simply painting with my breathstrokes, summer lounging with creatures with english names. tumble butterfly, zipline ladybug; are we one and the same? branded with names from languages we did not speak — @dolphinneptune verse.press/playlist/cruel…

"not talking much today, simply calling my own bluff" Read more from Dior J. Stephens' 𝘊𝘙𝘜𝘌𝘓/𝘊𝘙𝘜𝘌𝘓 here: verse.press/playlist/cruel… @dolphinneptune @nightboatbooks

To document my failures with language is to reveal the act of non-writing as a field in itself — Ty Little @GhostProposal verse.press/playlist/body-…

Ty Little's Body Poem I is a visual poetry pamphlet from @GhostProposal Turn a page here: verse.press/playlist/body-…

Snowflakes fluttered, the color of Hockney. —Are you watching? They’re the water drops of the universe. It was a message from the real boy to the real boy. — Kim Hyun Translated by Suhyun J. Ahn + Archana Madhavan @chanamuu @seagullbooks verse.press/playlist/glory…

I was hungry. So I came out of my mouth. — Kim Hyun Translated by Suhyun J. Ahn + Archana Madhavan @chanamuu @seagullbooks verse.press/playlist/glory…

"Mister, I’m on my way to silence. Can you let me have a sip of words?" Read more from Kim Hyun's 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘦 (Translated from the Korean by Suhyun J. Ahn and Archana Madhavan @chanamuu): verse.press/playlist/glory… @seagullbooks

Of course, main reason didn’t think to tell anyone: shame. But also, if being honest—good to be honest—fantasy of violence. Something bad happening, disruption to usual order of life, threat of bodily harm, if not actual thing. — Elena Comay del Junco verse.press/playlist/secon…

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When looked up club he mentioned: not hard to tell from graphic design that would take effort to learn to like. (Hegel never actually says that, though. Cicero does say that good feelings make bad habits die hard (or (and?) is it vice versa?) — Elena Comay del Junco

"Unclear if just taste to be acquired, having head pushed down in six lanes of traffic: but hot idea and who cares if it’s not original if it’s hot." Read on from Elena Comay del Junco's Second Nature: verse.press/playlist/secon… @MO0ONIO1

we might fall out of a habit, like thinking, like obeying, too, through the use, the employment, of language. — Valerie Hsiung verse.press/playlist/to-lo… @HsiungValerie @EssayPress

My love! Seeing you here today just once has made me so happy it gives me a happiness enough to continue living in my own hell the little box So, a life must be phenomenologically hard work — Valerie Hsiung verse.press/playlist/to-lo… @HsiungValerie @EssayPress

People watching people watching people, this is the real experiment. The experiment of humanizing the most beautiful thing. Now that, they will say, once it is history, is just criminally beautiful. Read more from @HsiungValerie 's To Love an Artist: verse.press/playlist/to-lo…

take the arms, off each side, us,ing, them, to, p,addle,,,,,a,,,cross,,the,,,words,,,cross,,,the,,legs,,,cross,,,the ,,,body,a,cross,a,stroke,,a,,,cross,,,,,,dress – Nico Vela Page @WendysSubway verse.press/playlist/ameri…

from English to lengua to don’t ask where, what, my accent, less, betraying, my voice,s g,end,er’s, my pas,sing curling language to confusion on sour lips: where my body is from, that is – Nico Vela Page @WendysSubway verse.press/playlist/ameri…

"Disbinary finality. I’m not from here. Crossing over, yes, but settling anywhere — aquí or allá, there o where — is not my aim." Ream more from Nico Vela Page's new collection Americón: verse.press/playlist/ameri… @WendysSubway

Fuck cops and lobbyists, it’s not too sonorous to say?? The rest will follow these ribbons of youth until gone by noon — Jacob Kahn @roofbooks verse.press/playlist/mine-…

Everyone says I’m too negative to be loved but I say I deserve it more. I can list the names of birds and trees what else would a true love want?? — Jacob Kahn @roofbooks verse.press/playlist/mine-…