poetrysmackdown:

WELCOME TO ROUND 2 OF THE POETRY SMACKDOWN

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Hello again. First I just wanna say how excited I am at the response to this bracket. I was going to consider it a smashing success if like forty people voted, so needless to say it has outperformed my expectations, and I’ve really really enjoyed talking with folks and seeing everyone’s responses to these poems! That said, 14/16 of my votes were in the minority, so actually fuck you guys. 🩷

Anyways Round 2! Transcriptions are included this time in alt text—sincere apologies to everyone for whom Round 1 was inaccessible, and many thanks to @army-of-bee-assassins and @accessibleaesthetics for being so generous with their helpful advice and feedback. I’m still going back and forth about whether to include just alt text or to include the image descriptions in the body of the post as well, but I’ve reformatted it in my drafts like twice already so at this point I’m just hitting publish and opening it up for feedback.

I’ve also included links to readings by the author for all the poems where one was available, for anyone interested in getting a fresh perspective.

enjoy!
-amelia @poetriarchy

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ROUND 2: ENDS JULY 26th at 6pm EDT

1. “The Two-Headed Calf” by Laura Gilpin vs. “Poem” by Langston Hughes
2. “Miss you. Would like to grab that chilled tofu we love.” by Gabrielle Calvocoressi vs. “Hammond B3 Organ Cistern” by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
3. “someone will remember us” (Fragment 147 from Sappho trans. Anne Carson) vs. “The Quiet World” by Jeffrey McDaniel
4. “Come. And Be My Baby” by Maya Angelou vs. “Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver
5. “The Orange” by Wendy Cope vs. “Instructions on Not Giving Up” by Ada Limón
6. “To The Young Who Want to Die” by Gwendolyn Brooks vs. “Meditations in an Emergency” by Cameron Awkward-Rich
7. “I’m not a religious person but” by Chen Chen vs. “How to Be a Dog” by Andrew Kane
8. “I’m Going Back to Minnesota Where Sadness Makes Sense” by Danez Smith vs. “Having ‘Having a Coke With You’ With You” by Mark Leidner

inthefallofasparrow:

inthefallofasparrow:

Link to video:
Ace of Wands, Two of Wands, Three of Wands, Four of Wands,
Five of Wands, Six of Wands, Seven of Wands, Eight of Wands,
Nine of Wands, Ten of Wands, Page of Wands, Knight of Wands, Queen of Wands, King of Wands

Major Arcana, Cups, Pentacles, Swords,

inthefallofasparrow:

inthefallofasparrow:

Link to video:
Ace of Swords, Two of Swords, Three of Swords, Four of Swords, Five of Swords, Six of Swords, Seven of Swords, Eight of Swords, Nine of Swords, Ten of Swords, Page of Swords, Knight of Swords, Queen of Swords, King of Swords

Major Arcana, Cups, Pentacles, Wands

inthefallofasparrow:

inthefallofasparrow:

Link to video:
Ace of Pentacles, Two of Pentacles, Three of Pentacles,
Four of Pentacles, Five of Pentacles, Six of Pentacles,
Seven of Pentacles, Eight of Pentacles, Nine of Pentacles,
Ten of Pentacles, Page of Pentacles, Knight of Pentacles,
Queen of Pentacles, King of Pentacles

Major Arcana, Cups, Swords, Wands

inthefallofasparrow:

inthefallofasparrow:

Link to video:
Ace of Cups, Two of Cups, Three of Cups, Four of Cups, Five of Cups, Six of Cups, Seven of Cups, Eight of Cups, Nine of Cups, Ten of Cups, Page of Cups, Knight of Cups, Queen of Cups, King of Cups

Major Arcana, Pentacles, Swords, Wands

inthefallofasparrow:

inthefallofasparrow:

Link to video: 0. The Fool, I. The Magician, II. The High Priestess,
III. The Empress, IV. The Emperor, V. The Hierophant, VI. The Lovers, VII. The Chariot, VIII, Strength, IX. The Hermit, X. Wheel of Fortune, XI. Justice, XII. The Hanged Man, XIII. Death, XIV. Temperance,
XV. The Devil, XVI. The Tower, XVII. The Star, XVIII. The Moon,
XIX. The Sun, XX. Judgement, XXI. The World

Cups, Pentacles, Swords, Wands

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seadeepspaceontheside:

Thank you @spriteofmushrooms for commissioning me~!

Here is Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling! Babeh got his hair in his mouth

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snuskens:

quick doodle of Fingon in battle who’s probably about to be free of all pain

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wombywoo:

On the Helcaraxë

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