Aristaeus
(he/they) but honestly who fucking knows working hard to stay out of a reading slump chronic five star reviewer trying to read more queer books p.s. big fan of bugs
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Hey y’all! I wanted to ask about comfort poems today because I have often used poems (reading, writing, reciting, etc) as sort of a self soothing technique when I’m feeling overwhelmed and I was wondering if any of yall did the same! If yes, what are some of your comfort poems or poems you just keep coming back to.
Mine are:
To Know The Dark - Wendell Berry The Two-Headed Calf - Laura Gilpin From Blossoms - Li-Young Lee How I Go Into The Woods - Mary Oliver The Bird and The Machine - Loren Eiseley (though full transparency that one’s an essay) Warning - Jenny Joseph One Art - Elizabeth Bishop
Bonus Question: What makes something a comfort poem for you? Memories it’s linked to? Words themselves? Repetition?
So normally I would post this with a silly drink however I am posting this somewhat high from the amount of cold medicine I have ingested SOOOOOO post a fun fact (about yourself, a type of bug, your favorite pokemon, from that movie you’ve watched a dozen times, etc) and I’ll follow you (if I don’t already😉🙂↕️)
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Aristaeus commented...
There was a study done a couple years ago that found that bumblebees will play with toys just for fun. They fully separated the toys out from the food source and everything but as soon as all the bees needs were met they went to play. There’s a video it’s really adorable!
Article: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/bumblebee-balls-play-study-1.6639406