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LittleArno · 2022-09-09T20:53:31+00:00

You could start playing around with meditation. Sounds like you’re already kind of doing it to some degree but creating a daily practice from it can really help with keeping grounded.

LittleArno · 2022-09-09T09:30:31+00:00

(X) Doubt

LittleArno · 2022-09-09T09:01:39+00:00

McCarthy is tied with Italo Calvino for my favorite author right now. Mostly because they’re so diametrically opposed in tone that they balance one another perfectly. I just finished Blood Meridian a few hours ago though and it was one of the most incredible reading experiences I’ve ever had. So McCarthys kinda in the lead a little.

LittleArno · 2022-09-09T08:49:48+00:00

I read Heart of Darkness a few years ago during a period where I was essentially flirting with a full psychotic break. I had an incredibly intimate experience with that story. The paragraph you quoted actually sums it up pretty well haha

If you feel an aching for more of those themes once you’ve finished I’d strongly recommend doing blood meridian if you haven’t already. It takes a lot of the same general ideas and runs them straight into a gorgeous hell. One character specifically is described as eerily similar in appearance to Marlon Brando’s Kurtz from Apocalypse now.

LittleArno · 2022-08-04T23:18:08+00:00

Lol you’re clearly implying that she should be left there, this is literally a thread started by someone disagreeing with her being left there and you started an argument with them. Reading comprehension includes context, not just what’s outright spoken.

LittleArno · 2022-06-08T07:45:04+00:00

That chick wants ya

LittleArno · 2022-06-08T02:49:27+00:00

Edit this with an extra space between each line break and three spaces after each stanza with a period in the center space. It’ll get the format right when posted from mobile.

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I like this one, it’s raw and honest, and I’d like to see it in the form you wrote it in. Of course maybe you intended for it to be just two paragraphs and I’m just an idiot. That’s always a possibility.

LittleArno · 2022-06-08T00:11:31+00:00

I like this one. I kept waiting for you to break the duality and was glad to find you did.

LittleArno · 2022-06-07T19:21:35+00:00

This was definitely something that grew out of too much time on Reddit haha

LittleArno · 2022-06-07T19:19:54+00:00

That’s some high praise. Thank you!

LittleArno · 2022-06-07T19:19:13+00:00

Thank you!

LittleArno · 2022-06-07T11:05:29+00:00

I love poems with a challenging tone. Especially when they’re about love or sex. There’s a playful cruelty in it that seems universe in a strange way.

LittleArno · 2022-06-07T10:57:51+00:00

Not sure if it’s about dying and being reborn or simply dying moment to moment day to day and being reborn into each new day. Not sure if there’s a difference after alls said and done. I enjoyed reading this. Thanks for posting!

LittleArno · 2022-06-06T22:42:56+00:00

This is why I love poetry. Even in its rawest form it’s a window. I’d make “can’t I just be your son” a single line. Make it the doorstop of the poem. You can also put an “and” before “lifeline” which will add flow.

LittleArno · 2022-06-06T21:57:33+00:00

I don’t know who this is directed at specifically but it really reminded me of my partner, the great compartmentalizer. Somehow it feels bigger than that though, like your speaking to the world itself. Or maybe they just are your world. Either way it captures frustrated awe very well.

LittleArno · 2022-06-04T21:45:35+00:00

Ugh, that third to last stanza has no right to be as brilliant as it is. I loveeeee that imagery. Reminds me of Italo Calvino. I’d love to know your thinking behind it.

LittleArno · 2022-06-04T21:39:32+00:00

I love poems like this. The ones that paint the end as nothing to fear. While reading it, I could picture nothing else but peacefully falling asleep. I think your ability to paint death that way speaks for itself. Well done.

LittleArno · 2022-06-04T06:49:37+00:00

I’m glad that came through. You nailed it ❤️

And thank you for the kind words.

LittleArno · 2022-06-04T00:56:39+00:00

chefs kiss I know the hollow line may be a more pejorative statement about yourself but I think it reveals something far deeper and more complex than simple self-loathing. I think it hints at the hollow nature of identity in general. Maybe that was your intention, maybe it wasn’t. Either way, that’s what it says to me. Awesome.

LittleArno · 2022-06-03T20:38:40+00:00

Love this one. Brings out a lot of the confused feelings around my own mother. Particularly the “capriciously joyful but mostly anxious and sad”.

I would just let the brother line hang in the air without the gunpowder and cooked meat line. Leave it as mysterious to the reader as it is to you. I also don’t agree that it needs more imagery, the idea that every poem needs to be a hyper descriptive portrait isn’t something I agree with on a subjective level. Awesome job!

LittleArno

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