“Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass” hardcover Poetry Book Pre-Release Thread

[Nobody]

is this the same person talking to themself or 

[maxthehitman]

 

[Make me your Dream Life]

Um. ok so

Can I just say, I really don't wanna have to pdf this thing. Idk what's goin on, and forsure I'd love to read it, but if she doesn't release for a while, I wouldn't mind. I'm thinking how would she get these to buyers safely 

[smaelinyourbloodlana]

What the fuck

Edited March 25, 2020 by PARADIXO

[PARADIXO]

  On 3/24/2020 at 9:19 PM, Nobody said:

is this the same person talking to themself or 

 

[Serene Queen]

What’s going on...?

[genghis khan]

  On 6/5/2019 at 4:56 AM, RormanNockwell said:

K, seeing as nobody else wants to play ... 

 

I actually think part of this poem might be alluding to a suicide attempt:

 

Don't take all your secrets alone to your watery grave

 

Leave me in peace I cry

late at night on a slow boat bound for Catalina for no reason

 

Tiny beads of sweat dot my forehead

could be mistaken for dew drops if this were photo season.

 

Maybe she had plans to throw herself off the boat? "Beads of sweat" ... wanting to kill herself but it's still scary when you're actually about to do it? Anxious? Hysterical (and sweating as a result)? 

 

I'm dark and twisted, though, so ... 

 

The "committing treason" line could also allude to a suicide attempt 

  On 2/11/2020 at 7:55 AM, Deadly Cruel Girl said:

Has Taylor Swift always posted poetry on her page? Or is this something new? Just wondering if she's copying Lana again. 

 

 

y'all come on its not like lana invented poetry 

[lustforlife]

Oh no... here we go again

 

Perhaps she’s in conversation with Lana Del Rey, who’s also questioning feminism in her upcoming poetry book, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

 

Stephanie Frerich, executive editor at the book’s publisher, Simon & Schuster for Variety

 

https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/halsey-poetry-collection-release-date.html

[heroindealer]

  On 6/25/2020 at 8:54 PM, lustforlife said:

Oh no... here we go again

 

Perhaps she’s in conversation with Lana Del Rey, who’s also questioning feminism in her upcoming poetry book, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

 

Stephanie Frerich, executive editor at the book’s publisher, Simon & Schuster for Variety

 

https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/halsey-poetry-collection-release-date.html

it feels like she’s been talking about the probably still non existent  poetry books for ages now

it’s funny how it’s literally the only thing she mentions in the interviews, on instagram and shit yet it was never actually released and we still don’t have a proper release date because she never sticks to it

[Thunder Revenant]

  On 6/25/2020 at 9:38 PM, heroinmelodies said:

it feels like she’s been talking about the probably still non existent  poetry books for ages now

it’s funny how it’s literally the only thing she mentions in the interviews, on instagram and shit yet it was never actually released and we still don’t have a proper release date because she never sticks to it

Yosemite flashbacks

[Rorman Nockwell]

  On 6/25/2020 at 8:54 PM, lustforlife said:

Oh no... here we go again

 

Perhaps she’s in conversation with Lana Del Rey, who’s also questioning feminism in her upcoming poetry book, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

 

Stephanie Frerich, executive editor at the book’s publisher, Simon & Schuster for Variety

 

https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/halsey-poetry-collection-release-date.html

 

[ArtDecoDelRey]

is VBBOTG being about feminism real??? if so.....

 

then again, we've heard like at least 10 poems from her insta and none of them seem like they're about feminism

[Rorman Nockwell]

  On 6/26/2020 at 1:30 AM, ArtDecoDelRey said:

is VBBOTG being about feminism real??? if so.....

 

then again, we've heard like at least 10 poems from her insta and none of them seem like they're about feminism

I mean, the publisher would know, so she's either changed them, or it's a huge arse book.

 

I'm scared

[Nobody]

It was the Vulture writer who said that not the publisher.

 

  Quote

“Poetry infuses everything Halsey does — from music to painting and performing — so it’s hardly a surprise she’s so gifted with verse,” said Stephanie Frerich, executive editor at the book’s publisher, Simon & Schuster. “We were immediately captivated by her poems the way millions are by her music.” Described as “more hand-grenades than confessions,” the poems also aim to “dismantle conventional notions of what it means to be a feminist in search of power.” Perhaps she’s in conversation with Lana Del Rey, who’s also questioning feminism in her upcoming poetry book, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass. 

[irvnex]

Exactly I think people are getting confused, it was the Vulture writer who said it, not the publisher's editor, they were probably wrong and they were referring to Behind the iron gates, she said she was gonna be sharing her views mostly in the second book.

[Rorman Nockwell]

  On 6/26/2020 at 2:06 AM, irvnex said:

Exactly I think people are getting confused, it was the Vulture writer who said it, not the publisher's editor, they were probably wrong and they were referring to Behind the iron gates, she said she was gonna be sharing her views mostly in the second book.

Ohhhh right

 

Okay that's somewhat reassuring

[Serene Queen]

AHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

So I guess it’s gonna be physical too, huh

[pulldrone]

is coming ladies

[Downtown Baby Doll]

IT'S finally COMING

[gatadelrey]

I’m so excited for this. It’s truly a dream come true. I can’t fucking wait.