Tag: literature
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Photo: Adobe StockPoetry corner: November
by Babet Berning Winter is coming, Every year again. Sweaters on, Dresses off. Winter is coming, Every year again. Days shorten, Sunlight decreases. Winter is coming, Every year again. Thunderclouds forming, The canals freezing over. Winter is coming, Every year again. Sleeping more, Sleeping late. Winter is coming, Every year again,…
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Image by Freepik // Photos by GoodreadsFive Books I Hate and Why
I take pride in almost always finishing a book. My thumb rule is to always read at least 150 pages before judging, because you never know when things will take a turn for the better (I’m looking at you The Secret History). Sadly, this also means that I have endured quite a few books that…
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Image by kjpargeter via FreepikFor he has sworn upon a crimson moon
Woken up, through a red veil over the sky, washed away with a swift motion of my hand. A ringing noise disturbed my slumber, and the stars were as close to me, as my breath extended. I got picked up by him, his face all red and white like a moonlight tint. His armor…
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Photo: AdobeStocksPoem corner: October
THE KETTLE – Evgeniia Kadyrova the kettle is boiling on the cooker and I’m sitting there the sound literally deafens me and I’m sitting the sound penetrates every cell of my tired body as I sit the whistling of the kettle is already a part of me as I sit …
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Rawpixel via FreepikShort story: Girlhood
I pull the arms of my sweater down to my fingers as the chill from people passing through the doors creeps up on me. The lingering smell of sweet chai tickles my nose as I look down at my empty cup. In front of me, around an ornamented, brown, and vintage table sit six old…
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Photo: wirestock on FreepikPumpkin Spiced Panic
Marcus shifted his weight from one foot to another as he checked his bank account in the corner outside the bookstore. God forbid someone should see him there, doing something as routine as checking his balance before buying books from the curriculum. He chided himself as he forced his legs to step out of the…
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Annotating books: what, why and how
You’re probably asking “Anjali, why the hell would you annotate fiction books like you’re reading for an exam?”. It’s because I’m insane, that’s why. Also, I hyper fixate on every book I read. But seriously, if you love books just as much as me, then annotating is a fun activity you can incorporate into your…
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Vector by upklyak via FreepikThe Most Beautiful Girl in the World
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Photo: GoodreadsBook Review: Good Omens
Numerous tales about the end of times – the apocalypse – have been told and retold since the very beginning of time. On the screen, on the page, in the news, on the stage, yes, it’s even in the Bible. Endless waves of fire, death and destruction thrusted upon the human race. Resistance is pointless,…
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Poem: New Seasons
New Seasons The heart opens heavily It’s like there is no muscle memory anymore Everything changed within The rain and the snow formed new seasons To live in, to live by But when you go back to them The heart opens heavily Covered in snow and being rained upon I saw myself as…
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Poem: [library science]
[library science] te scriu te citesc viața ta e o carte necunoscută ținută în lanțuri în sihăstrie o jumătate de sărut ca o dragoste incompletă aș fi vrut să îți scriu mai multe să mă placi mai mult dar, indiferent, rămân cu zâmbetul pe buze acelea pe care nu le vei mai atinge …
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Play Pretend
play pretend and then i’ll see you at christmas maybe one or two times in the summer on the drives to beaches our friends wanna go to and then we’ll have to pretend that we have definitely spoken for months that you know what i have been up to living so far away from…
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Poem: [reading / un-reading]
I read the poems written in the past years citesc poemele scrise în anii trecuți I reread them with a distorted attention le recitesc cu o atenție distorsionată I wish I had other words at hand aș fi vrut alte cuvinte pe care să le am la îndemână but, in truth, words are superfluous dar,…
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Book review/recommendation: The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Secret History
Leaves, in crimson red and fiery orange, are pouring down every street corner, as the autumn season comes upon us. What better to do in this cozy and cold weather, than pick up a book or two? And let me tell you, you will not want to put these down. The Picture of Dorian Gray…