#bleed

special thanks to Martha Sharpe and everyone at Anansi; to Mandy Barber, for the use of her stunning visual art; to Karen Mac Cormack, for her advice during the early stages of this project; and to David Bromige (weaver of radhats), for his enthusiasm which encouraged me to develop this piece into a book-length poem. ↗

— Darren Wershler-Henry

#cycle-of-defeat #gram-parsons #metalhead #parasite #punishment

The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war. ↗

— Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

#less #more #peace #sweat #war

If it bleeds, we can kill it. ↗

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

#kill

I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#believe #bleed #characters #i #impossible

Dreams and Happiness are...drugs. And the pain that follows is not less than a sharp knife...or a sharp-nail. It bleeds without blood. You just feel it. With every sense you have got, on every single inch of earth, in every tiny part of the minute you live. It compels you to feed...yourself... ↗

— Ankur Kumar Shah

#blood #compels #dream #dreams #drugs

It's so trendy, almost bleeding to death. All the cool girls are doing it. ↗

— Francine Pascal

#cool #ed-fargo #fearless #funny #death

A girl got a nosebleed, so I gave her a tampon and warned her about the responsibilities of womanhood. “You’re going to get a lot of guys trying to stick things up there,” I said. Now she’s a mouth breather. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #menstrual-cycles #nosebleeds #womanhood #funny

His kiss was like no other! His kiss was enchanted and fairy-tale like. He applied pressure, but just enough to feel his tenderness and warmth. I could feel his heart beating wildly as he pressed his chest against my chest all the while his loving lips brushed up against mine with a care-filled affection. His tongue lightly licked the outer edges of my mouth, and then searched for my tongue. The pursuit allowed a marriage of both tongues to meet - inspiring a mingling tango of hot and heavy French kissing to manifest profusely. We kissed like two hot and horny teenagers, our mouths moving and craving each others lips, in animalistic desires! (Like this? Feel free to check it out on Amazon. FREE for the KDP Select) ↗

— Keira D. Skye

#blood #cut #ghost #ghosts #halloween

I'm counting to ten in my head." "Is it helping?" "No." "It doesn't help me with you either. I used to life weights to alleviate frustration, but someone blowtorched my weight bench. How did you do it, by the way?" "I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#ilona-andrews #kate #magic-bleeds #life

...they tended towards the simple pleasures in life: drinking, whoring and fighting, preferably all three at once. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#ilona-andrews #magic-bleeds #life