poetry

i am not a poet by any means. i don't think i'm great with words, i like to draw and write down lyrics i like because i can't come up with words of my own. i like magnet poetry (and similar things), though, because somehow the constraints of it make it super easy. coming up with words on my own seems impossible, but arranging provided words into a sentence feels easy. not that i'm making, like, great poems or anything, it's just fun :-)

i love this virtual magnet poetry website (and used it to make some of the poems on here)!! however i find it a lot more easy/satisfying/fun to make magnet poetry irl. i think for me its about the tactile experience, like it feels very instinctual and natural to look at physical objects and arrange them. as much as i love the online world, the tactile experience of creating physical media (collage, zines, paintings, etc) is so different and generally preferable to me. but i think both have their places!

anyway here's a selection of magnet poetry i've made. not organized in any particular way. also you may notice a lot of similar / repeated things because i often make different permutations of the same poem as i work on it and end up liking multiple of them :-) i think they're different enough to all be interesting. you can also see the poems written out if you hover; i've tried my best to translate the formatting!

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