poetry – half-girl, half-robot

artfully-wayward:

Linda Pastan, from a poem titled, “Why Are Your Poems So Dark?”

Image ID: “Ask the moon.

Ask what it has witnessed.”

jmesbarnes:

jmesbarnes:

i wish life was like that carl sandburg poem about fog

1nsomnizac:

“i lik the bred”

so it would seem

has now become

iambic meme

use two per line

in sets of four

pause on the third–

iamb some more.

mahdic:

mahdic:

amir khusrow (1253–1325 CE)

lmao i’m so happy and surprised to see how this thing blew up. this style of poetry is actually an entire genre in hindavi literature. it is a type of folk poetry called kah mukarni, and it involves two playful female speakers seemingly speaking about their lovers and ending in a wordplay. they’re very earthy-sounding in their folk performances, and they are traditionally sung by women. here’s another one by khusrow that i like:

p.s. these are all from sunil sharma’s translations (which is prob as good as it gets in translation)