Poesia - Ashe Vernon

Poesia é uma daquelas coisas coisas muito pessoais, que não existe um modelo certo que agrade todo mundo, e confesso que tenho dificuldade em encontrar poesias que seja do estilo que eu goste, mas é tão incrível quando acontece! Então decidi fazer posts pra mostrar pro mundo esses autores /o/ (haha)

Bom, vou começar explicando que acho muito mais fácil escrever, qualquer coisa, em inglês, e poesia não é uma exceção.

Ashe Vernon é uma estudante universitária de 21 anos que mora no Texas, tem um livro publicado e um mar de poesias incríveis cheias daquela sinceridade que a gente nem sabia que a gente não consegue externar. Conheci ela recentemente no tumblr e adoro toda e qualquer coisa que ela posta.








Algumas das minhas poesias favoritas dela:

"i think the funniest thing is that

i never actually told you i was in love with you

and yet i still talk about you like an open wound.

i wonder

if you would even see yourself

in these poems if you read them.

i wonder if you’d invent another boy who

loved me better or

loved me worse and

attribute all this leftover heartache to him."

— LONELY POET CRACKS JOKES

"you and i aren’t ever

going to work out, and i know that.

it’s why i don’t call the number 

i still have in my contacts 

(even if i sometimes text it. i’m not quite 

strong enough to cut you out, yet.)

i haven’t talked to you in weeks, but this morning,

i caught myself imagining your voice 

on the other end of the phone. i imagined fixing 

all the sideways scaffolding in my chest that

only felt like clutter, after you finally left.

i imagined moving in with the boy you are, instead

of the one i wanted you to be.

when we were dating, i told my parents that

you were the only person i could ever see myself

settling down with.

and i wish i didn’t still believe that."

— LONELY POET WRITES TO THE ONLY BOY SHE EVER (ACTUALLY) LOVED

"my love for you was so quiet. it hung back,

in the white noise of my heartbeats; it climbed

in the guest bedroom window;

it stepped up behind me and

tapped me on the shoulder, so gentle.

my love for you was nothing like you were–

bright and brash and bigger than any room

you ever stepped into. we fell into kissing,

a little clumsy, a little cocksure,

and it was nothing like fireworks.

kissing you was like coming home after

leaving the door unlocked, and finding

everything exactly where i left it.

kissing you was like never leaving home at all.

my love was so gentle, so soft, so open-armed,

that it didn’t ache–not even a little–

that we never finished what we started.

so you didn’t love me back

and i didn’t mind it.

because i carried a love like swing sets in sunlight,

and you rocked my whole world

just by being a part of it."

— JUST FRIENDS

"I cannot be your strong northern wind and

I cannot stop the darkness when it finds you.

But I will hold your weary hands

and sit with you through the storm.

I am no wiseman; 

I have no sagely words of advice.

But I will curl up beside you

and ache with you.

I will soak up your tears in the hem of my shirt.

I will be there, behind you, to help you keep balance

until your legs are strong enough

that you can stand all on your own.

I cannot fight your demons,

but I can kiss them

when you are too afraid to.

I can love you

when you think you don’t deserve it.

I can open my door

when you start to feel

like every way is closed to you.

I can kiss you goodnight.

I can kiss you.

I can kiss you."

- THIS IS FOR YOU

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http://www.amazon.com/Belly-Beast-Ashe-Vernon/dp/0692300546