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Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:51 pm
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creaturefeature says...



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so excited to read your poetry this april, envy! i absolutely love the title and i can't wait to see how you explore it! :)
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
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I LOVE this title so much! This theme is going to ber awesome :D Cant wait!
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and is now EllieMae
  





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Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:19 pm
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Saw the title and was immediately intrigued! I've seen some of your poetry around the site, and can't wait to read more of it this NaPo! Best of luck~
she/her
  





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Mon Apr 01, 2024 8:52 pm
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envy says...



untitled

here i am incarnate &
here i am in carnations & here i am
walking my dog in the evening

we trudge to the field
near my house,
sit around in the flowers & grass &
pretend to be a piece of nature

theres a dead deer carcass
on side of the road,
lines of its back like a wishbone
under its skin splitting it in half

i need to learn to
exist outside of my own fear

i see deer at the field too,
so alive you can feel it radiating off of them
& glowing in halos

two sides, wishbone
i swallow awareness like arsenic
yet they are off somewhere in the flowers,
unseen & unbothered

i sleep in the field
dew on my neck, i forgot my pillow
all of the footprints you've ever left & the fear expecting ahead

  





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Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:44 pm
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ahhh your style is amazing, envy!! i love the wordplay with "incarnate / in carnations" and the sound of "awareness like arsenic", and the imagery of deer radiating life is very creative. i can't wait to read more of your poetry this napo! :D
mint, she/her


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Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:07 am
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So much tension and drama in your poetry envy - I was hanging on to every line. It's tense and spooky and anxiety-laden, without being gory or trite. Love the connection between the deer's back like a wishbone, and then how that image is brought in later again. Your poetry paints a picture all the way from start to finish. Love your style and looking forward to reading along this month!
you should know i am a time traveler &
there is no season as achingly temporary as now
but i have promised to return
  





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Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:53 pm
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envy says...



queenofherownparade

there is a part of me that is still clean snow,
flushed face with cold hands

she lays on her stomach
& watches tv, scrapes dirt from
under her fingernails

with a thumb in her mouth,
she prays over the felt necklace
she beaded on a sunday morning
last spring

she is a girl with outstretched arms
& love like a fountain pouring over

whether i collect my wounds or heal them,
there will always be space for
one of us to forgive
all of the footprints you've ever left & the fear expecting ahead

  





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Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:57 pm
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ok envy you are one of my favorite poets ever
she is a girl with outstretched arms
& love like a fountain pouring over

i love it so much and that imagery is ahhh jdiosajiod :3 10/10

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I really love this poem! It's like a warm hug of nostalgia, reminding me of those pure, carefree moments of childhood. (I miss those days- :,D) The imagery is so vivid, like the girl scraping dirt from under her nails, or praying over her handmade necklace.

Very well written, Envy! 100/100!! <3<3
•I romanticized you to the point where the knives you pressed into my skin began to look like cupid's arrrow.•
  





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that second poem of yours is so beautiful aaahhhh best thing i've read all day!!! you're going to go places with that talent of yours, please keep writing!
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avianwings47 says...



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Oh my gosh I’m obsessed with your poetry! I aspire to write as beautifully as you
hi
  





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envy says...



itwascoldwegotcold

i am saying 'she' sweeter because 'you'
is out of my vocabulary now

she, she, she

the way she leans against me
at the park
the way her tongue searches for mine
like my mouth is the only thing left
in this dimension

a rose quartz heart in between
our two hands &
her perfume on my neck

i utter three word mantras under my breath
& she grips my hand tighter
all of the footprints you've ever left & the fear expecting ahead

  





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envy says...



untitled

my sweet archive requires
death, wilted beauty

a home adorned with the weight
of dozens of corpses
& perfume on the tip of my tongue,
sticky mouthfuls of pollen

i am not afraid to die,
but i am afraid to leave
all of the footprints you've ever left & the fear expecting ahead

  





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Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:34 pm
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envy says...



octoberallover

she touches my arm
& i feel like i can carry more than
i would ever allow myself

i am used shoes &
she is beautiful
divine like the nape of her neck,
the bend of her ankle or
the curl of her hair

i am two steps too broken up
about a life i have never broken into

there is something
cowardly about becoming
brand new
all of the footprints you've ever left & the fear expecting ahead

  








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