“I am someone who did not die when I should have died.”— Anne Carson, from Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
Rudy Francisco, “If I Was a Love Poet”
Performing at his book release party at Icehouse in Minneapolis. HELP SUPPORT BUTTON POETRY.
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(Disclaimer: These questions are very personal and may touch on sensitive subjects; you may want to look over them before reblogging. You can strike out or totally delete questions you don’t want to deal with.)
- Who hurt you the most?
- Who have you hurt the most?
- Who do you miss the most?
- Who do you want out of your life the most?
- Who had the biggest positive impact on you?
- Who had the biggest negative impact on you?
- Who do you wish you could be honest with?
- Who have you harbored (any kind of!) secret feelings towards?
- Who would the world be better off without?
- Who do you wish you’d treated differently?
- What was the worst day of your life?
- What’s your greatest fear?
- What’s your biggest insecurity?
- What’s your biggest regret?
- Describe your ideal world.
- Describe your personal hell.
- What’s a hopeless dream you’re still holding on to?
- What’s the most embarrassed you’ve ever been?
- What’s the angriest you’ve ever been?
- What’s the saddest you’ve ever been?
- What’s the most scared you’ve ever been?
- What’s the most hopeless you’ve ever felt?
- What’s the most frantic you’ve ever felt?
- What’s the bravest you’ve ever felt?
- What’s the best case scenario for your future?
- What’s the worst case scenario for you future?
- What’s the most physical pain you’ve ever felt?
- What’s the most emotional pain you’ve ever felt?
- Describe a time you felt like a hypocrite.
- Describe a time you felt like a traitor.
- Describe a time you felt like a hero.
- Describe a time you felt inhuman.
- Describe a time you felt like a failure.
- What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?
- What are you proudest of?
- What’s your relationship with your family like?
- What’s your relationship with religion like?
- Talk about someone you’ve lost.
- Talk about someone who abandoned you.
- Talk about a desire you have that scares you.
- What’s something you wish you were capable of?
- What’s something you’re afraid that you’re capable of?
- Describe the kind of life you wish you’d been born into.
- Describe your worst heartbreak.
- Describe your worst disappointment.
- Have you ever taken a fall for someone?
- Have you ever forced or let someone take a fall for you?
- Have you ever done serious physical harm to someone?
- Have you ever done serious emotional harm to someone?
- Have you ever self-harmed?
- Have you ever attempted suicide?
- Have you ever stolen something?
- Have you ever cheated on someone?
- Have you ever been cheated on?
- Have you ever taken revenge on someone?
- Have you ever seriously considered killing somone?
- Have you ever betrayed someone who trusted you?
- Have you ever experienced something supernatural or unexplainable?
PLEASE
Joey - Our Numbered Days - Neil Hilborn
This isn’t the whole poem, but it’s one of my favourites and I would highly recommend looking it up. I was lucky enough to pick up a copy of the book while I was in London (no shipping costs yeahhh)!!
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Just a 20 year old, trying to find my place in this world. Instagram; @xoxo_megan23
