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✨Darlings and Lovelies, are we ready for Dungeon? Experience a dark, devilish night with our Poetry Whores...❣️😉
✨Darlings and Lovelies, here’s a morning treat by Elise Paschen: The Tree Agreement- The neighbor calls the Siberian Elm a “weed” tree, demands we hack it down, says the leaves overwhelm his property, the square backyard. He’s collar-and-tie. A weed tree? Branches screen buildings, subway tracks, his patch of yard. We disagree, claim back the sap, heartwood, wild bark. He declares the tree “hazardous.” We shelter under leaf-hoard, crossway for squirrels, branch house for sparrows, jays. The balcony soaks up the shade. Chatter-song drowns out cars below. Sun branches down. Leaves overwhelm. The tree will stay. We tell him “no.” Root deep through pavement, Elm.✨ ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️ #poetrybrothel #eventphotography #burlesque #houseofyes #HOY #performanceart #poetry #awp19 #poetrycommunity #poetryporn #burlesqueshow #documentaryphotography #sirlesque #boylesque #cabaret #thepoetrybrothel #poems #poetess #poetsofNY #poemeater #poemlover
✨A little Louise Gluck treat to get you warmed up for our Dungeon show on May 2nd: Circe’s Grief - In the end, I made myself Known to your wife as A god would, in her own house, in Ithaca, a voice Without a body: she Paused in her weaving, her head turning First to the right, then left Though it was hopeless of course To trace that sound to any Objective source: I doubt She will return to her loom With what she knows now. When You see her again, tell her This is how a god says goodbye: If I am in her head forever I am in your life forever. ❣️✨ ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️ #poetrybrothel #eventphotography #burlesque #houseofyes #HOY #performanceart #poetry #awp19 #poetrycommunity #poetryporn #burlesqueshow #documentaryphotography #sirlesque #boylesque #cabaret #thepoetrybrothel #poems #poetess #poetsofNY #poemeater #poemlover
Here’s just a little bit of the magic from our AWP show in Portland, captured through the eyes of the lovely @winonagrey . . . . P.S. @isaiahesquire we ❤️😵❤️your #legsfordays . . . #poetrybrothel #startheater #eventphotography #burlesque #performanceart #poetry #awp19 #poetrycommunity #poetryporn #burlesqueshow #documentaryphotography #sirlesque #boylesque #cabaret #thepoetrybrothel
✨Here’s a morning treat by Claude McKay before your day goes full swing: After the Winter Some day, when trees have shed their leaves And against the morning’s white The shivering birds beneath the eaves Have sheltered for the night, We’ll turn our faces southward, love, Toward the summer isle Where bamboos spire the shafted grove And wide-mouthed orchids smile. And we will seek the quiet hill Where towers the cotton tree, And leaps the laughing crystal rill, And works the droning bee. And we will build a cottage there Beside an open glade, With black-ribbed blue-bells blowing near, And ferns that never fade. ❣️✨
✨Darlings & Lovelies are you ready for our annual Dungeon show at @houseofyesnyc ? As always, a night with our Poetry Whores is an experience you won’t want to miss...❣️✨
✨Darlings & lovelies, here’s a morning treat by Tracy K. Smith before you start your day: An Old Story We were made to understand it would be Terrible. Every small want, every niggling urge, Every hate swollen to a kind of epic wind. Livid, the land, and ravaged, like a rageful Dream. The worst in us having taken over And broken the rest utterly down. A long age Passed. When at last we knew how little Would survive us—how little we had mended Or built that was not now lost—something Large and old awoke. And then our singing Brought on a different manner of weather. Then animals long believed gone crept down From trees. We took new stock of one another. We wept to be reminded of such color.
✨Darlings & Lovelies: a treat before noon by Kazim Ali: Rain With thick strokes of ink the sky fills with rain. Pretending to run for cover but secretly praying for more rain. Over the echo of the water, I hear a voice saying my name. No one in the city moves under the quick sightless rain. The pages of my notebook soak, then curl. I’ve written: “Yogis opened their mouths for hours to drink the rain.” The sky is a bowl of dark water, rinsing your face. The window trembles; liquid glass could shatter into rain. I am a dark bowl, waiting to be filled. If I open my mouth now, I could drown in the rain. I hurry home as though someone is there waiting for me. The night collapses into your skin. I am the rain.✨ ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️ ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️ ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️ ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️ #poetry #poets #poems #poetrybrothel #poetryporn #poetsofinsta #poetsofinstagram
✨Darlings & Lovelies, there’s still time to buy your ticket for @poetrysocietyny ‘s Spring Gala experience. This will be a night of drinking, bidding, poetry and dancing— who wouldn’t want to experience that? Check out our story to see more of the packages being offered and swipe to see more of our sponsors. ✨
✨Tickets are still available for @poetrysocietyny ‘s Spring Gala... will you be there? Swipe to see more of our esteemed sponsors and check out our story to find out what’s offered in lots 7 and 8! ✨
✨Darlings & Lovelies, @poetrysocietyny ‘s Spring Gala continues getting closer! Swipe right to see more of our lovely sponsors and check out our story to see lots 5 and 6. ✨
✨The Spring Gala is approaching. Don’t fret about how you’re going to ride— @ridewithvia will be offering 20% off your ride to and from @poetrysocietyny ‘s Spring Gala. Check out our story to see what’s included in package 3 and 4 and swipe to see some more of the Spring Gala sponsors. Have a wonderful day, darlings. ✨❣️
✨Our Spring Gala is days away. Our auction lots include experiences like workshops and consultation with poets and even a Catskills weekend getaway. Check out our story to see the other lots you can bid for. Swipe to see a few of our sponsors for @poetrysocietyny ‘s 2019 Spring Gala. ✨ #brooklynboulders #brooklynbrewery #fifisimports #SpringGala
✨Darlings & Lovelies— do you have your Spring Gala tickets yet? It’s forthcoming and will be a fabulous night you’ll love to experience. Get the early bird tickets while you can. ✨❣️
✨Portland Darlings & Portland Lovelies, are you ready for us? Make sure to get your AWP badge in order to get 50% off your Poetry Brothel ticket. Any questions? Feel free to DM us. ❣️
 
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