Hi everyone,
Welcome to 365 Days of Poetry & Honesty ! It's nearly midnight & I’m tired but I didn't want to go to bed without sending out the newsletter so here I am all :) Though not much to say, only that I hope that this coming week is kind to you!
Monday
In Another Country by James Baldwin, there's this line where he writes that it's “only love which could accomplish the miracle of making a life bearable" & it resonated with me a lot i think sometimes there are moments where life feels unbearable and i’m exhausted by the silence and i think it's why i write so obsessively about love, it's my armour.
Tuesday
take me apart. i want to make you complicit
Wednesday
hot & steamy !
Thursday
TRIGGER WARNING : i’m thinking about abortions and how essential it is to have the choice to become a parent. & and the pain of it all.
Friday
i am what wounds me // & unsteady walking through the world // like i am not a soft thing & worthy of grace // i pray for forgiveness // & to let go of what wounds me // i am not myself, not yet.
Saturday
i want to … hold my lips to the red & molten feather // i am NOT a disease // i am simply hungry for the fire of fresh eyes // a new body to fall into
though really i wrote disease for a reason so the poem still stands! i want to respect my subconscious
Sunday
3 different poets 4 you today !
1! i say run … stay alive - 2! hidden mouths of stone and light and water - 3! she is all air, all gentle waters
Thank you for reading this week’s newsletter ❤️
With love,
Phoenix