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Hi! It was so nice to receive your comment, I didn't know you were reading : D I just burnt out a bit, then dropped out of all online chatter to live a bit more IRL and recalibrate. Feel terrible about vanishing just like that but it's been good & I'll get back onto Neocities soon.
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Hey there! I just had a thought that you hadn't updated in a while and I miss seeing your posts in my feed. Hope all is well!
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nohappynonsense
2 years ago
who wants to learn how to get better at writing when fumbling around can induce so much a n x i e t y?
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pikemalarkey
2 years ago
Yeah, I guess you're right. It's more about the need to complete something rather than the content though, same as with any homework. Content I either like or not, share or trash.
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brennholz
2 years ago
That gazelle book is awesome! The illustrations are totally adorable, kudos to your mom. Interesting to know that these are loosely based on reality, cause it's pretty easy to see with some, but others... like, the watercress shipment thing- are you a nautical terrorist??? lol
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pikemalarkey
2 years ago
Thanks so much for the kind words! I think the shipment thing was just imagination running loose : D
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I liked Morning Shower a lot. 'teeth stuck in meat/mouths stuck as smiles' reminds me of something similar I've written ('a smile is just another way to bare your teeth'), similar thinking perhaps. Grim physicality! Wilfred Owen liked it too, although in a different context.
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brennholz
2 years ago
Thanks! Honestly, I had to look up who Wilfred Owen was. (Don't know shit!) Seems like grim physicality was the only way for him to poetically process the horrors of war. Meanwhile, I'm just complaining about my dreams... Anyway, I really like that line, 'a smile is just another way to bare your teeth'. I think it could be the official slogan for passive aggression lol
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pikemalarkey
2 years ago
Ah, I think Owen is just a UK thing (also reading him now so he's at the front of my mind). German poetry is beyond me, so I really appreciate having your bilingual & English poems.
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readingproject
2 years ago
Your reading list reminds me that I haven't updated my own 'ridiculous' reading list on my personal website for a while. Another thing for the 'To do' list, although I suspect the 'ridiculousity' of my list should be a matter of shame, embarrassment and despair! Anyway, it's interesting to look at someone else's list
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pikemalarkey
2 years ago
"Shame, embarrassment and despair" is exactly how it feels like to look at your reading list a few years down the line and find some obvious stinkers! It would be interesting to see your list too if you ever feel like sharing.
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readingproject
2 years ago
I have a fraction of my list shared on my reviewer profile on the website already. But as I said, it is long overdue to be updated, and even then, I could only include some of the books I have backlogged in the house to read. I'm a compulsive book buyer - have been all my life, but I'm trying to slow down now - so things are a bit out of control.
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wtfrick you cant call him that