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Distract me.. put a number in my ask

1: Is there a boy/girl in your life? 2: Think of the last person who hurt you; do you forgive them? 3: What do you think of when you hear the word “meow?” 4: What’s something you really want right now? 5: Are you afraid of falling in love? 6: Do you like the beach? 7: Have you ever slept on a couch with someone else? 8: What’s the background on your cell? 9: Name the last four beds you were sat on? 10: Honestly, are things going the way you planned? 11: Who was the last person whose phone number you added to your contacts? 12: Which hurts the most, physical or emotional pain? 13: Would you rather visit a zoo or an art museum? 14: Are you tired? 15: How long have you known your 1st phone contact? 16: Would you ever consider getting back together with any of your exes? 17: If you knew you had the right person, would you marry them today? 18: How many bracelets do you have on your wrists right now? 19: Is there a certain quote you live by? 20: What’s on your mind? 21: Do you have any tattoos? 22: Next time you will kiss someone on the lips? 23: Who are you texting? 24: Have you ever had the feeling something bad was going to happen and you were right? 25: Do you have a friend of the opposite sex you can talk to? 26: Do you think anyone has feelings for you? 27: Has anyone ever told you you have pretty eyes? 28: Were you single on Valentines Day? 29: Has anyone upset you in the last week? 30: Have you ever cried over a text? 31: Where’s your last bruise located? 32: Last time you wanted to be away from somewhere really bad? 33: Who was the last person you were on the phone with? 34: Do you wear hats if your having a bad hair day? 35: Would you ever go bald if it was the style? 36: Do you make supper for your family? 37: Does your bedroom have a door? 38: Does anything on your body hurt? 39: Are goodbyes hard for you? 40: How is your hair? 41: Do you wish you were somewhere else right now? 42: Is there one person in your life that can always make you smile? 43: What was your last thought before you went to bed last night? 44: Have you ever tried your hardest and then gotten disappointed in the end? 45: How old will you be in 5 months? 46: Where is your Mum right now? 47: Have you held hands with somebody in the past three days? 48: How many people have you liked in the past three months? 49: Has anyone seen you in your underwear in the last 3 days? 50: Will you talk to the person you like tonight? 51: If your BF/GF was into drugs would you care? 52: Who was your last received call from? 53: Have you ever trusted someone too much? 54: Do you get along with girls? 55: Are you keeping a secret from someone who needs to know the truth? 56: Everybody has somebody that makes them happy, do you?

in the mood for love (2000)

“But I have infinite tenderness for you. I always will. All my life long.”

— Blue Is the Warmest Colour. Dir. Abdellatif Kechiche 

Fandometrics In Depth: Poetry Edition

This April marks the 21st annual National Poetry Month. Launched in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets (@poetsorg), it has become the largest literary celebration in the world. 

On Tumblr, #poetry is the most popular writing tag, with 10% more overall engagements than the next most popular writing tag, #prose. To top that off, #poetry was in the top 5% of all of the tags used on Tumblr in 2016.

From classic #haiku to transformative #visual poetry, #all caps poetry images and #spoken word videos, poetry on Tumblr has a variety of formats for you to tell your friend that you’ve eaten the plums out of their icebox.

Where the writers go

Since many people share curated works using the #poetry tag, a few other tags for mostly original work have popped up. The first is #poets on tumblr, which was the fourth largest community tag on Tumblr last year. Writers began using the tag to share their original work in the early 2010s and between 2013 and 2014, overall engagements (searches, original posts, reblogs and likes) grew 1366%. Over the next two years, that growth continued at an average of 214% per year. 

#Spilled Ink started in 2011 after a pair of friends wanted a create a tag for poets on Tumblr to find each other’s work. Since 2013, The tag has averaged 41% year over year growth and has expanded to also include prose and other writing. It’s now one of the largest writing communities on Tumblr. For some sense of scale, in 2016, there were 32% more posts tagged #spilled ink than #poets on tumblr.

Finally, #Excerpt From A Book I’ll Never Write started appearing three years ago for short snippets of poetry—pieces of work shared with no pressure to be complete or finished. In 2014, only a handful of original posts were made with the tag, but were reblogged extensively throughout the year. Between 2014 and 2016, overall engagements in the tag increased 10,407%.

Further reading

No matter what your favorite kind of poetry is, there are dozens of tags to find your next favorite writer on Tumblr. In addition to those mentioned above, there’s also:

#slam poetry, for those who see poetry as a competitive sport

#poetryriot, similar to #spilled ink, this community meets at @poetryriot

#scream poem, to shout your feelings via caps lock

#blackout poetry, creating new poems using book pages and a black marker, and

#micropoetry, think haiku is short? these poems can be as short as a few words.

There are also a number of amazing poetry blogs to follow:

Lang Leav (@langleav), a poet who began sharing her work on Tumblr and is now an international best-seller

Steve Roggenbuck (@livemylief), whose artistic videos and image macro poems break boundaries 

Button Poetry (@buttonpoetry), which focuses on performance poetry, and

Tyler Knott Gregson (@tylerknott) who shares daily haikus on love.

For more blogs, head on over to @staff and check out the roundup.

The Sower, 1888 by Vincent Van Gogh

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