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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 3h

i dont think “short poetry” is bad and i do feel somewhat envious of some poets i know who condense so much more into so much fewer words than i do but this is not a reaction to that (my actual reaction is to simply work on my craft and try to catch up)

i just really like narrative poetry

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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 3h

this is why ashley has been hacking away at just this kind of lengthy work since the spring; one she likely will not finish for some time, but one that she hopes to eventually finish as part of her experimental schizo-religious text simply known as “the book of ashley”

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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 3h

i think it presents a challenge to the poet where one *must* engage with narrative poetry of old without simply repeating it, without simply telling a story that could just as easily be told through prose

a challenge to pack as much into 10,000 lines as many (good) poets can pack into 10

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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 3h

i think the general trend towards extreme density packed into as few words as possible, while certainly leading to much in the way of good poetry, is also leading towards instapoets and the rupi kaurs of the world

i think the freedom of expression allowed by narrative poetry would fit well today

ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 3h

i think the use of narrative poetry as a base form that then undergoes much of the same postmodern transformation that prose went through especially going into the internet age is potentially an untapped well of interesting use of language

think “house of leaves”, not “the odyssey”

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 9h

I think its genuinely a virtue to accept that you could be wrong about anything and kill the part of yourself that needs to always be seen as correct and smarter than others on any given topic

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 3d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 3h

i would love to love to love to LOVE TO

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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 3h

… i should really read house of leaves before i keep making references to it shouldnt i

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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 3h

i think the use of narrative poetry as a base form that then undergoes much of the same postmodern transformation that prose went through especially going into the internet age is potentially an untapped well of interesting use of language

think “house of leaves”, not “the odyssey”

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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 3h

ashley is going to reinvigorate narrative poetry

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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 3h

*exactly*

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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 3h

do we think perhaps the light of islam could have saved him

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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 3h

dante is at once entirely beholden to his religion and entirely at odds with it

he truly believes in that which he believes in, and he is held prisoner by it and by those on earth who used it for their own benefit against others

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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 3h

dante is not one of those authors i read dante because i find his verse enjoyable and i find him funny to laugh at some of the time

i think there are *some* insights within the commedia but i think anyone who has read even a little philosophy would have already had those insights

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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 3h

on some level i read many of the books that i read for the sake of learning from the authors even if i disagree with them because those disagreements get me to think about my own positions and often leads to them strengthening

but its also just pleasant

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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 3h

i like reading

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void 🦇🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @meakashihen.bsky.social · 5h

okay home now maybe i can be normal again before the night ends

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Luxe 🌸 @tartnouveau.bsky.social · 5d

freak of the week and quite possibly the whole year

[ #deltarune #krisdreemurr ]

kris dreemer from deltarune on a stark red background, leaned forward on their elbows, face resting on their hands, with one hand hung over the other holding their casual everyday kitchen knife, peeking at the viewer through their bangs

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💕 Jenna 💕 @thesleepysuccubus.bsky.social · 5h

More sword boob ⚔️🗡️
Just cuz I felt like sharing

#boob #sword #tits #bob #titblessesthesword #uwu

Another pic of my tits blessing a sword. A titty tithe if you will

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chep @ PRGE 809 @cheppoly.bsky.social · 5h

tsukumochi...

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dovoodles @dovoodles.bsky.social · 10h

bonus colored morgan....

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dovoodles @dovoodles.bsky.social · 10h

[ #ofthedevil ] I adore her.......

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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 5h

namely, they dont like the anglican church embracing women and homosexuals, they dont like the archbishop of wales being a lesbian, and they especially dont like the soon to be archbishop of canterbury being a woman

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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 5h

a significant conservative wing of the anglican church centered around the church of rwanda have broken communion with the archbishop of canterbury due to growing tensions centered around gender and sexual orientation related issues

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ashley “alessa” dreemurr-webwillow @defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social · 6h

OH I MISSED IT THE ANGLICAN SCHISM HAPPENED AHAHAHAHAHAHA

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GRMM @grmm.bsky.social · 2d

what do you even say to her

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