We're All Golden Sunflowers Inside

  1. Writing is prayer.

    — Franz Kafka (via amandaonwriting)

  2. Happy Talk Like Shakespeare Day!

    mentalflossr:

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    Here are 20 of the many words he added to your vocabulary.

  3. allthingslibrary: Roald Dahl’s bookish heroine is still an inspiration to the quiet girls. By Chelsey Philpot From The Slate Book Review

    allthingslibrary:

    Roald Dahl’s bookish heroine is still an inspiration to the quiet girls.

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    From The Slate Book Review

  4. NaPoWriMo 2013: Day 6

    I Almost Forgot: A NaPoWriMo Limerick

    It’s ten fifty-five at night,
    and something is not quite right.
    My paper is done.
    Of chores I have none.
    It’s this verse I’ve yet to write!

    -Annie Haden; 4.6.13

    In other news, school is absolutely ridiculous right now, what with 500 papers, readings, presentations, and projects to complete over the next three weeks.  I may not be able to finish NaPoWriMo, but am really hoping I’ll be able to squeeze in some time to write something each day, however terrible it may be.

  5. NaPoWriMo 2013: Day 4

    was there ever a time
    when suspended spiders didn’t sway
    in the breaths we all exhale
    in short bursts of fear
    that they will one day discover
    the power of the sreams
    lodged deep inside their jaws?

    -Annie Haden; 4.4.13

  6. NaPoWriMo 2013: Day 2

    “Lies”

    You dove into a honeyed sea
    all sticky sweet and smooth
    down the crook of your neck.

    Eyes closed;
       fingers crossed;
          take another breath
    as waves crash & echo:
    (It’sokayit’sokayit’sokay)

    -Annie Haden; 4.2.13

  7. NaPoWriMo 2013: Day 1

    And I am an unhappy stranger*
    among the ghosts in my bathroom mirror,
    an ambling minstrel meandering
    the screams of my neighbors’ delight.

    I drink my tea and I bite my nails,
    leave traces where they will lie,
    and scour the deserts monkishly
    along trails coarse and everwinding.

    Yet still I wake and yet still do I wander
    through crevasses between our two minds.
    You curled up gently beside me
    and I am an unhappy stranger.


    -Annie Haden; 4.1.13
    *First line taken from Kerouac’s poem “Mexican Loneliness”

  8. 16 Again

    I don’t like papers without the pens,
    I don’t like this fast without the cleanse,
    I don’t like that I’m missing all the trends
    upon which this love all depends.

    I don’t like this cup without the wine,
    I don’t like these deep and dark fault lines,
    I don’t like that I’ve made this stream so wide
    because of all the tears I’ve cried.

    I don’t like these words you will not read,
    I don’t like how quickly we both agreed,
    I don’t like sifting through all the debris
    between thoughts of you loving without me.


    -Annie; 3.28.13

  9. nypl: Today in History ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’ written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was published today in 1852. This novel depicts the reality of slavery. It is the second best-selling book of that century.  The cover shown in the photo is from the 1897 edition. (Image courtesy of NYPL Digital Library)

    nypl:

    Today in History

    ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’ written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was published today in 1852. This novel depicts the reality of slavery. It is the second best-selling book of that century. 

    The cover shown in the photo is from the 1897 edition. (Image courtesy of NYPL Digital Library)

  10. supersonicelectronic: Charlie Hoey. Charlie Hoey created a playable version of The Great Gatsby with 8-bit, Nintendo like graphics for all your nostalgia needs.

    supersonicelectronic:

    Charlie Hoey.

    Charlie Hoey created a playable version of The Great Gatsby with 8-bit, Nintendo like graphics for all your nostalgia needs.