The Tortured Poets Department. An anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time - one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure. This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and boarded up. There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once wounds have healed. And upon further reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self-inflicted. This writer is of the firm belief that our tears become holy in the form of ink on a page. Once we have spoken our saddest story, we can be free of it.
And then all that’s left behind is the tortured poetry.
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT is out now: https://t.co/PzuwWnatO7
“You kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath”
“I hosted parties and starved my body like I’d be saved by the perfect kiss”
“Living for the thrill of hitting you where it hurts, give me back my girlhood it was mine first”
the
burgundy
on
my
tshirt
when you splashed
your wine
into me
and
how
the
blood
rushed into
my cheeks
so
scarlet
it was
maroon
the mark
you saw
on
my
collarbone
the rust
that
grew between
telephones
the
lips
i used
to call
home
so
scarlet
it was
MAROON
so happy to see so much love for the remake of my favorite album of all time. speak now was always outcasted & overlooked, she’s finally getting the spotlight she deserves 🥹
It’s here. It’s yours, it’s mine, it’s ours. It’s an album I wrote alone about the whims, fantasies, heartaches, dramas and tragedies I lived out as a young woman between 18 and 20. I remember making tracklist after tracklist, obsessing over the right way to tell the story. I had to be ruthless with my choices, and I left behind some songs I am still unfailingly proud of now. Therefore, you have 6 From The Vault tracks! I recorded this album when I was 32 (and still growing up, now) and the memories it brought back filled me with nostalgia and appreciation. For life, for you, for the fact that I get to reclaim my work. Thank you a million times, for the memories that break our fall. 💥🐉🏰 Speak Now (MY VERSION!) is out now.
https://t.co/m3KNl71qrY
📷: Beth Garrabrant
WOW Atlanta just… wow. The band, dancers, and I can’t stop talking about how insanely magical it was playing for you guys the past 3 nights. You were always bouncing, dancing, screaming every lyric. And you created so many breathtaking moments for us, you know what I mean. Looove yooouuu. Hey Nashville you’re NEXT 💜
📷: @photorushin@gettyimages
@WonderlandHan my heart drops every time i hear her surprise song. she gave texas DBATC & Clean in the same night and i just don’t think i would’ve made it out of that show alive
my grandma is the purest human i’ve ever met. she legit commented on my step grandma’s post to my grandpa for his birthday. 0 ill intent, strictly to be polite