Ashe Vernon's Blog, page 16
April 9, 2017
natalieweepoetry:
Thank you so much to @latenightcornerstore...
Thank you so much to @latenightcornerstore for using my work to open their book, BOATMAN! I’m so honoured that the awesome Ashe Vernon immortalized my work there. Thank you so much
April 8, 2017
"When I was kid, my father said
Hell was a great feast.
He said the people at the table
had these..."
Hell was a great feast.
He said the people at the table
had these long arms with no elbows,
and they were trying to feed themselves
and they were starving.
He said Heaven was a great feast, too.
He said the people at the table
had these long arms with no elbows,
and they were feeding each other
and they were full.
I think this was supposed to be
a story about selfishness or about
how Hell is self-inflicted, but I think
it’s a story of short-sightedness. I think
it’s about how circumstances do not define us,
but we’ve got to look past our elbowless arms,
or we’re going to keep starving
our way through this.”
- A SHOT IN THE DARK, by Ashe Vernon (via latenightcornerstore)
April 7, 2017
"I don’t want to die, I just
want to unsubscribe
from my own magazine.
I want to turn down
the volume..."
want to unsubscribe
from my own magazine.
I want to turn down
the volume of the sun.”
- Ashe Vernon (via latenightcornerstore)
"I used up my brave when I was young–
confessed my feelings to boys who
opened their mouths and..."
confessed my feelings to boys who
opened their mouths and laughed
their paper hearts in
and out of existence.
I could call this body of mine
magic, but
really, it’s all
talk.
Legend.
Old wives tale.
You know, they say the full moon
brings out the wilderness
in everybody.
Maybe they
were just looking
for somebody to howl to.”
- WEREWOLVES IN SUBURBIA, by Ashe Vernon
April 5, 2017
"After an entire relationship spent
confusing love for suicide,
he breaks up with me and
for the..."
confusing love for suicide,
he breaks up with me and
for the first time in months
I do not want to die.”
- Ashe Vernon (via latenightcornerstore)
April 2, 2017
Do I have to experience love before I can write about it?
Hell no. I’ve been writing about love my whole damn life.
hey so i have a question and i really need advice/support, im going to be 16 and all my friends wear tampons, but i just cant seem to even hold one without feeling like im going to throw up, is that normal? Ive touched myself before and have no problem wit
Hey babe!! Wanna know a secret? I used to straight up CRY every time I tried to put in a tampon (which was almost never). When I was your age, tampons scared me so bad they could reduce me to a blubbering mess in the bathroom stall. You’re not weird. Tampons are weird. I use them now, but I was probably well into my 20s before I felt comfortable with them.
A couple tips in case you ever do ~need to use one:
1. Start with regulars, not super/super+. Even if you have a really heavy period. If you’re not comfortable with the idea of tampons, you’re gonna be extra not comfortable with a BIG tampon.
2. It takes a little while to get the angle and everything exactly right. If you’re using one with a plastic applicator, keep in mind that depending on your personal body and the ~length of your vaginal canal, you might not be ABLE to extend the plunger (?? there’s gotta be another word for that) all the way. When you feel significant resistance, /stop/. As long as the tampon is at least half way out of the applicator, you don’t have to worry about pulling it out when you pull the applicator out.
3. once the applicator’s out, go ahead and use your finger to shift the tampon into a more comfortable spot
4. If the tampon isn’t fully saturated before you try to pull it out, then getting it out is going to hurt/chafe and also lowkey feel like you’re fighting some kind of vacuum seal (you’re not, of course, but there’s so much RESISTANCE)
This is another reason to start with regular tampons–you don’t want it to be dry when you take it out.
Listen, I don’t know ANYONE who wasn’t totally FREAKED OUT when they first started using tampons. Some people take to it faster than others (I know plenty of adults who hate them even now), but nobody was like “WOW THIS IS EASY” the first time they used one. Deep breaths, don’t panic, and use a pad if you’re not ready to deal with them yet.
latenightcornerstore:
latenightcornerstore:
“These poems are...
“These poems are epics in their own right.” - Caitlyn SiehlWrong Side of a Fistfight is a book about the kind of softness that doesn’t come easy: the hard-won kindness, the impossible self-acceptance. It’s a book about healing from the things you thought you would never heal from, and coming out the other side whole–if not a little bruised.
“In these pages, we see the rough and tumble sweetness of heartbreak that can only be solved with gin. There is love and there is violence and molten despair … Feast. It will fill you.”
- Meggie Royer, editor in chief of
Persephone’s Daughters Literary Magazine-
March 28, 2017
latenightcornerstore:
latenightcornerstore:
“These poems are...
“These poems are epics in their own right.” - Caitlyn SiehlWrong Side of a Fistfight is a book about the kind of softness that doesn’t come easy: the hard-won kindness, the impossible self-acceptance. It’s a book about healing from the things you thought you would never heal from, and coming out the other side whole–if not a little bruised.
“In these pages, we see the rough and tumble sweetness of heartbreak that can only be solved with gin. There is love and there is violence and molten despair … Feast. It will fill you.”
- Meggie Royer, editor in chief of
Persephone’s Daughters Literary Magazine-
Due to some unforseen and unfortunate circumstances, we’re forced to cancel the El Paso and New...
Due to some unforseen and unfortunate circumstances, we’re forced to cancel the El Paso and New Mexico shows. I’m sorry for the late notice. The good news is, I’ll be headed through ABQ on my way back to Texas at the end of the tour and the ABQ slam scene has assured me that we’ll be able to schedule a gig or two for then.
