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Hello everyone,

I know it's been a long time, but I'm entering a new space with my writing, and I wanted to be sure to share that with all of you. While this space has been full of heartache and pain to look back on, I know that sharing the things I did and talking with you all truly saved my life all those years. I will always be grateful to you all, and to deviantart, for giving me a place where I could let the pain out. 

With that being said, I'm excited to have a new, positive space in which to share my writing. I'm launching my Patreon this weekend, and I am very thrilled and very scared, but I think it's going to be a great journey. If you don't know what patreon is: It's a platform where fans or 'patrons' can pay creators for their work. You pledge any $ amount of money, monthly, and in return you receive specific rewards from me, in the form of handwritten poems, hand-crafted zines, updates on my work/life, tips and tricks I've learned, and other exciting content. 

I've wanted to give back in some way to all of the people who have been here with me through my writing journey. I've wanted something to push me to write and revise on a steady schedule, and something to push me to share my work with the world. This is going to be a lot of work, but I know it's worth it. 

I really can't convey how excited I am about this. 
I hope you can all join me in this endeavor. <3 

www.patreon.com/elizabethdebun…
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A week ago, I donated bone marrow for a stranger. He is my age, and has likely been suffering for years. It's crazy that two years ago, and for brief flashes since then, I contemplated ending my own life, and now I've saved someone else's. It's been an incredible, albeit painful, experience. 

I've written some of the best poetry I've ever written this past year, and its thanks to a mood-leveling medication (which I've since weaned off), a beautiful group of supportive people and openness with them, and the challenge to think critically but benevolently about myself and what I want out of life. I graduated college, and while its been a difficult few months learning to live fully on my own and be an adult, I feel like I've found some of the true me. I'm trying to keep unearthing her.

I'm thinking seriously about deactivating this account. In many ways, it's been a painful place to revisit over the years, and I've only kept it as a reservoir for old poems, to remind myself of how far I've come, and to stay in contact with a few individuals (although not really, and I'm sorry for that). This was a place to dwell in my pain, and to trigger myself, for a long time, and it feels dangerous, painful, but mostly I just don't want it to exist anymore. I don't want it tied to me. I don't want this to come up anytime I google myself, or anyone else. I've out grown this version of myself; I'm tired of coming here sick, or coming here in triumphant wellness. I want to be me.

Nothing is for sure. There is a lot of nostalgia here. 
For anyone who wants to be in contact with me, in an actually consistent basis, I'm open to a private message and to exchange emails or numbers for a select few. If I don't choose to share my info, please don't take it personally. 

Dear ones, be well. 
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I'm in my bed in my dad's house. It is snowing outside. I'm trying to write a poem. Any poem. 

I don't feel safe with myself right now.
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Beginnings

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There's a lot going on in my life right now, and I'm honestly just trying to keep myself caught up with it all. But I decided to write some of it down here, just so you know that there's good changes going on, and also to explain the disappearance of some of my work.

I applied to be a poetry reader/editor for a fellow poet's literary magazine: persephonesdaughters.wordpress…
I'll hear back by mid May, and either way I hope to contribute poetry to her beautiful zine. Y'all should check it out once submissions open.

I'm a 10 page research paper (and 4 finals) away from completing my sophomore year of college. It's scary, but amazing at the same time. There was a time last year when I didn't know if I would make it to the end of freshman year. And here I am.

I've been submitting both old and new poetry to literary magazines and reviews this month (4 more went out yesterday night), so I'm hoping that it goes well. As mentioned above, you may notice some of my better pieces disappearing from my gallery. They're still here, in my scraps. I couldn't stand the thought of deleting them, even though I have copies saved elsewhere and magazines don't want them to be available anywhere else. I doubt they'll find them here, or care.

My poem "Landlocked" was accepted to Parenthetical Magazine last week. It will be published in their online and (limited) print May issue. Link here: www.wordsonpagespress.com/pare…

My poetry book is currently on hold, since I've been so busy lately and I've submitted a lot of my work elsewhere. We'll see what happens with that. I was offered a place to publish my poetry (possibly) by an old friend and previous advisor, who just started his own publishing company. We'll see how that pans out. 


I hope y'all are doing well. I've been so happy, yet so stressed, at times. I had one minor slip, but it's all fine now. Better even.
I don't want to say that boyfriend brings out the happiness in me, but I would say that he makes it easier for me to bring out the happiness myself. :) I hope positive change are in store for all of us, my lovelies. Thank you for all of you that believed in me when I couldn't. 
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Any people down to proof-read my poetry book "manuscript." I decided on April 1st to get down and just write the damn thing that day, and got pretty much all of it put together by the end of the day. Hence, it is a little wonky. I'm working on fixing some formatting issues, but by the end of today or tomorrow I think it'll be ready for others' eyes. 

If anyone would be down to read over it - check for spelling/grammar (if it pleases you), lines that are confusing or should be omitted (and lines that you love love love!!!), poems that don't quite fit or don't feel finished, perhaps, or even just to read it and give me feedback on length/themes/if the order works for you. 

Maybe three people?? Preferably people whom I know fairly well?? I would literally be emailing you sections of my book, so I'm a little antsy, but I need constructive criticism. Y'all would all receive honorable mention for your services. :)
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