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

[Elle]

Likely another poem from her upcoming book:

[Beautiful Loser]

Hmmmm... I’m still not sure what I think about her poetry. But I’ve never really been interested in poetry in my life so maybe I don’t get it.

[YUNGATA]

i'm the crying crustacean

 

@ all of us

[LanaFlowers]

https://i.imgur.com/opGhevk.gif

[PerwinkleDreams]

my blues, myself, my pain

My world, my people, all my love

Lana's new poem:

 

my lover, my laughter, my armour, my maker

 

 

Loll Wtfff I'm screaming at me making fun of Lana's writing style and her posting a poem with the same style a couple days after

[Peachycream]

It’s so lana and that’s what makes it an enjoyable read

[PerwinkleDreams]

It’s so lana and that’s what makes it an enjoyable read

It's alot better than the last two in my opinion

[LanaFlowers]

I really do wonder what she's on

[lernerderrey]

is her book release just her posting on insta?

[PerwinkleDreams]

I really do wonder what she's on

Ew no. Just journaling

[cherryblossoms]

I’m the crying crustacean

 

There are no words

[evilentity]

inside of my stomach the cosmos are baking

cosmos is baking

 

Cosmos is singular. Unless she means the drink or the magazine, the plural form is cosmoses or cosmoi.

 

hung like a mobile

Making this my new (ahem) member title.

 

water world

Yes, let's get the reader thinking about an epic bomb while reading our questionable opening foray into poetry.

 

tropic of cancer

Summer

blue

Forever

Lana clichés

 

southern equater

equator

 

A misspelling and an oxymoron.

 

Clearly had her head in the clouds in Mr. Campbell's English class.

 

i'm the crying crustacean

I think what Lana's trying to say is that she's peeing out of her face.

 

the darker the better

Racial profiling

[ivy]

Three haikus from her upcoming poetry book:

 

"Jasmine in the air

the burden of fame is real

never felt so clear" (x)

 

"You in the soft light

the 405 from Venice

a river of red" (x)

 

"Wondering if it's 

astronomical twilight 

or civic twilight" (x)

[bummersummer]

didn't she hire a copy editor for her book?? jeeeesus

[poetic jess]

What if “Quiet Waiter - Blue Forever” is......... Bartender ._.

[violets]

ok muchos problemas with her post, first off why only in LA? didn't ben say worldwide? why is she trolling... also a few months?? isn't the book coming before the album... oh god.

i seriously don't think her and ben have discussed anything that's why they are both always saying different fucking shit

[Elle]

Update about her book -
“Hey!
So I’m like super excited about self publishing my first poetry book. And I just wanted to say any mom-and-pop SoCal/ San Fran book stores that are interested in having it just let me know and I’ll drive you out a couple boxes when I’m done binding it in a few months xx”

 

[LanaFlowers]

[Elle]

“The Land of 1000 Fires”

 

Look like the book is in testing print & she also noted she’ll be keeping in her spelling errors as well as including pictures she’s taken alongside the poems

[Beautiful Loser]

I’m liking the texture of the paper more than her poems (this last one felt a bit more like a letter than a poem though, I kind of liked it)