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I Love Joji

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                       ╔═.✾. ══ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═╗ ❝  πšπšŽπšŠπš•πš’πšπš’ πš˜πš—πš•πš’ πš›πšŽπšŸπšŽπšŠπš•πšœ πš’πšπšœπšŽπš•πš πš πš‘πšŽπš— πš’πš πš’πšœ πš’πš•πš•πšžπš–πš’πš—πšŠπšπšŽπš πš‹πš’ 𝚊 πš›πšŠπš’ 𝚘𝚏 πš™πš˜πšŽπšπš›πš’.❞      - π™ΆπšŽπš˜πš›πšπšŽπšœ π™±πš›πšŠπššπšžπšŽπšœ  β•šβ• ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ══.✾. ═╝ Folks πŸ‘ When I think about poetry that has affected me in one way or another, I think of Joji’s music. His songwriting is incredibly heartbreaking, and it never fails to make me shed a tear. Truly, if I ever need to have tears on command, I just think of Glimpse of Us and here I am, sniffling and crying about the past lover I never had. It’s hard for me to choose a favorite out of all his music, but if I had to choose one right now for this blog post, it would be Run . This song is about a love that is deteriorating, and I especially enjoy how it encompasses the complexity of relationships since both o...

On Poetry

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                          ╔═.✾. ══ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═╗ ❝  π™Ώπš˜πšŽπšπš›πš’ πš’πšœ πšπš‘πšŽ πšŒπš•πšŽπšŠπš› πšŽπš‘πš™πš›πšŽπšœπšœπš’πš˜πš— 𝚘𝚏 πš–πš’πš‘πšŽπš πšπšŽπšŽπš•πš’πš—πšπšœ.❞      - πš†. 𝙷. π™°πšžπšπšŽπš—  β•šβ• ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ══.✾. ═╝ Folks πŸ‘ When I read the quote above, I was like ,β€œYES.”  I   feel like a lot of others would agree with this as well. Since when has poetry ever not been obscure?          I always believed that I disliked poetry. Ever since I tried for that one poetry competition in 9th grade and utterly failed… it’s safe to say that poetry had gotten on my bad side. And the reason for my dislike was how hard they were. All the figurative language coupled in with the beautiful dictionβ€”as I read those  seemingly English words to myself, I found myself thinking, what the heck am I reading?      ...