Sea of Strangers

Charlie helped me read some Lang Leav this morning. I can‘t claim to be super well read when it comes to Instagram poetry, but I‘ve read enough of it now to feel like its practitioners stick to a limited set of themes. There‘s always a lot about love wounds and the dark periods they provoke, the search for inner strength, and Real Love‘s ability to be your identity—often side by side with pieces about how you shouldn‘t make love your identity.

xicanti These are obviously themes that resonate with a lot of readers, but I wish these poets would broaden their scope a bit, or tackle the ideas from different angles than the ones everyone seems to glom onto. Can any of y‘all recommend me some Instagram poetry about other stuff? Some by queer poets would be great, too; I think all the stuff I‘ve read is hardcore m/f-love focused. 2w

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2w

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nao

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- Rating: 3 ⭐ (A book in one day 🌧📖)
The book really touched my heart it was like the writer is aware of every love, pain and hope we have lived.
“𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆.”
It‘s a good sign that she is a great poet.

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ea.ae

Sea of Strangers | Lang Leav

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2021 || No. 4

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Weisubei

Sea of Strangers | Lang Leav

12 Colours of December - Light Blue (3)

#WinterGames2020 #TeamReadNosedReindeer

@StayCurious

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mikagatsby

Sea of Strangers | Lang Leav

No one can write my feelings accurately than Lang Leav.

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mikagatsby

Sea of Strangers | Lang Leav

Lang Leav knows my tar black soul inside out.

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DoonTheGoon

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File under: books I didn't know existed until I needed them most.

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oddandbookish

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This is such a wonderful collection! Her poetry is so beautiful and I loved the sea/ocean/water theme. I had so many favorites. Full review on my blog: oddandbookish.wordpress.com

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RealLifeReading

Sea of Strangers | Lang Leav

One of several “If You Like, You‘ll Love” shelves in the Amazon Bookstore at Santana Row

DreesReads OMG Santana Row! One of the places that proves, for me, that you can never really go home again. I still can‘t believe Town and Country (and the Valley Fair ball sign!) are gone. I get lost there now! (edited) 7y

RealLifeReading @AudreyMorris and in the past year Valley Fair has been undergoing HUGE renovation. It looks like they‘re building new multistorey parking lots and putting in even more extensions to the mall 7y

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