Martina Canullo
@mmartina
Martina Canullo
want so bad P. S.
fucked up ballerinas like Winehouse
Poetic like P. S.
Pleistocene Megafauna
as for publishing he advised me
to paper my wall with rejection slips
his lips and the bones of his long fingers trembled
with the vehemence of his views about poetry
he said the great presence
that permitted everything and transmuted it
in poetry was passion
passion was genius and he praised movement and invention
to paper my wall with rejection slips
his lips and the bones of his long fingers trembled
with the vehemence of his views about poetry
he said the great presence
that permitted everything and transmuted it
in poetry was passion
passion was genius and he praised movement and invention
Poetic Outlaws • Remembering the Poet, John Berryman, on the Anniversary of His Tragic Death
Stop trying to please everyone. You think you want to send a pleasant email that doesn’t really offend anyone. But actually, just being likable does very little for you if it means you’re not actually getting the desired result. You want to be a bit polarizing, a bit risky, a bit dangerous. You want people to either be like hell no or hell yes.
Carly Valancy • How to reach out to people when you're tired and busy and distracted
He began publishing his works in 1940, at the age of 26, and never stopped.
Remembering the Poet, John Berryman, on the Anniversary of His Tragic Death
a pink bag
a black accent
blue and black (and green), pink and red
stars/stripes - flat colours
quirky touch/ a sparkle
pale yellow
dungarees
denim
lipstick and blush >
I will see myself in his shadow in the hallway, I will feel him kicking in the spaces I once thought empty. I will lose him in the swell. And I’ll say, God, please deliver me with softness, I am sick of being born. And He will offer me His milk.
C. (10) PAINS & DISLOCATIONS — THE LEMMING
I say to my men, I have always said to my men:
You make me feel safe.
Of course I say it. We all say it. I do not want to be the sole custodian of my body. I have failed before. I worry I will fail again. I am not the frontier; please do not make me be the frontier. But my problem is his problem now, because he fills the shoes that other men have... See more
You make me feel safe.
Of course I say it. We all say it. I do not want to be the sole custodian of my body. I have failed before. I worry I will fail again. I am not the frontier; please do not make me be the frontier. But my problem is his problem now, because he fills the shoes that other men have... See more