Amanda Lovelace

in her new standalone poetry collection, flower crowns & fearsome things, bestselling & award-winning poetess amanda lovelace explores the complexity of femininity through alternating wildflower & wildfire poems. within these pages, you will find that each of us has the ability to be both soft & fierce at the same time. there is no need to choose one or the other.

Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

Emma Wolfe

she is not strong because she wields a sword. she's strong she wields a sword. get it right. 

-she never needed a weapon to be powerful.

to everyone who has a bad day & tries to take it out on me:

i pray your bitterness is replaced with sweetness.

i pray that your next day is a much kinder one.

i pray you go easier on yourself & those around you.

when i wear a mask, not only am i protecting the lives of myself & others,

nobody tells me to smile, to look less intimidating or prettier for them.

she would love nothing more than to leave a heart-shaped tattoo on a world filled with so much hatred-

to honor each & every woman who came before her.

-she can't help feeling like she's letting them down.

it would be a lie if i said i didn't wear this skirt with the hope that you would put your hand on my leg while you drive.

he's so misunderstood & she's so committed to being the first one to understand him.

-leather jackets & late-night conversations.

you don't have to do very much to make her happy.

just let her wear your t-shirt & read her fairy tales until she falls asleep.

when he placed his seeds on her tongue, she felt like she had to say "yes" because she was terrified of what would happen if she said "no.

they say you should always try to ask flowers for permission before you go & pluck them from the ground.

they may not breathe as we do, but they still deserve respect, don't they?

well, i am not a flower. i am a human being.

-you won't touch me again in this lifetime or any other.

when my heart shatters again, i know i can always count on my mother to show me how to repair it.

bless her selflessness. bless her compassion. bless her gentleness.

may i grow to be even half the woman she is.

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