This poetry either sucks or I'm just an idiot

[@ryanrenn4815]

helck yeah bro magic sweater

[@astrangermagi]

YOU CAN WEAR MY SWEATSHIRT

[@skylinesandturnstiles9595]

Oh hey it's a bl..eart.. aspect wow

[@rainy1835]

we gather

[@iloveumorethananything]

HOMESTUCK ICON?

[@kellykittyantlers9140]

Please do more poetry reviews :)

[@astralphene]

She was poetry, but he was Jared, 19

[@allisonquinn8280]

Ekru and he didn't, Fucking know, How to read 😫

[@binklebonkle1005]

Ur comment is very funny :))))

[@FabulousFrostine]

LMAOOOOO

[@andreaeleoeme2364]

Captain America: I understood that reference

[@leaf111]

and he never fucking learned how to read

[@gracelament]

He was a softboi She was not like other girls Together They lived out indie movie cliches

[@noone7304]

Godness😂😂😂😂😂 so trueee

[@Taifune81]

I read this as "indian movie cliches" and thought "hm, out of place but makes sense when I think about it" Edit: the more I think about it the more I realize Indian film Heros and Heroines are not nearly as brash as those in indie films. They are more cookie cutter really

[@vyoletsiren]

I read this in the “sk8er boy” song tune Just typed this before he made the avril laviegne (whatever) comment in the video Maybe that’s what you meant We’ll never know Goodbye now

[@uncodedconnections4715]

and they met at wholefoods, where she was buying c e l e r y and he was buying r o s é

[@disagio9517]

no joke i like this one better than atticus'

[@gwynethh9524]

the first poem is literally just "I'm not like other girls" distilled into like ten lines of bad poetry I love this

[@pascalepotgieter644]

Literally thought the same thing

[@WolfJulia2001]

RIGHT LMAO

[@shyfroglet]

“Is this deep or are you just saying something weird” is actually a really fundamental question about all poetry

[@SirrSerpent]

Bro that’s *DEEP...*

[@olivia_vermast]

😂😂

[@Astyanaz]

It's not a question if you're reading John Donne or Shakespeare.

[@Astyanaz]

It's not a question of you're reading John Donne or Shakespeare.

[@lucario719]

but like, there are ways to do either of those well.

[@danaalsawari102]

He was A skater boy She said See you later boy He wasn’t good enough for her.

[@olivia_vermast]

Dana A ah, I see you’re a person of culture as well👌

[@Starkiller2395]

Dana A 👏👏👏😪

[@caeridlock3930]

Now he's A super star Slammin' On his guitar Does your Pretty face See What he's Worth?

[@madisongracedeluise]

Dana A 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😫😔

[@akviliux]

Damn.. thats deep

[@qualifiedarmchaircritic]

This book is like that edgy guy at every party who says shit like "I'm not a racist but we are all racing towards death at varying speeds"

[@yer910]

AHAGAGHAHAHA

[@isaacisis5876]

no why is that so accurate

[@MagisterialVoyager]

LMAOOO.

[@emdove]

I actually love that, somehow 🤣

[@yahyabinilyas9917]

that's actually hilarious lmao 😂

[@awesomespyder]

Atticus writes poems that are like "she was a river, but i wasn't willing to drown" and I'm always like bro what

[@eduardaarrais]

Except your poem is actually good

[@celinakay4367]

Lol but that line was good.

[@VentraleStar]

People saying that line was good are way too use to song lyrics that sound clever. Read freaking Henry Vaughan's The world and see the difference.

[@celinakay4367]

@@VentraleStar lol relax. Nobody said it was a revolutionary line, it just wasn't terrible. It was good in the sense that the line actually makes sense, because the things being talked about correlate, making it understandable, unlike the poetry being read in this video.

[@JJ-zm3ne]

Celina Kay right!

[@aliciafinch]

This sounds like a book filled with Noah Centineo tweets.

[@miatownsend6088]

Alicia T this is it. This is the comment

[@iloveyou-pm4tj]

Maybe Atticus is Noah's pen name? 🤔

[@aquinohagonada8210]

😮😮

[@HM-ml1ru]

If Noah centineo wrote a poetry book, this would be it.

[@alyssaj8779]

Don't give him ideas

[@cassiemukete5480]

@spider catcher his blond tho LOL

[@vouriequatte]

SBSKDJSFBDJ nooo this is so funny😭

[@allisonelizabeth6596]

@@cassiemukete5480 what if it's dyed

[@gsiya4023]

Perfectly put I don't even know how like -

[@eclectedd]

"that's not love, that's coke addiction" what lana del rey song is this

[@violetnautilus4100]

Lol maybe heroin?

[@scarletstarlet8085]

Florida Kilos

[@uhh9919]

“fun fact about me im an idiot” already liked the video

[@safahasan486]

uh h lol same also love the she-ra profile pic

[@uhh9919]

Safa Hasan hell yeah, catradora rights

[@morganjones2744]

I did the Same thing.

[@AstridAnex]

uh h saaamee hahah

[@alondravidal8600]

She-ra fans unite!

[@livia1437]

Nobody: The light in the back: 🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴

[@shreyapathak9380]

This comment is more entertaining than Atticus's entire Instagram

[@Tinuvielthefair]

It's sending out an S.O.S.

[@nicolaberry9550]

I didn’t even realise until this comment, now I can’t stop staring.

[@k9delta304]

now i cant unsee it

[@Marcela20010]

HAHAHA NOW I CANT FOCUSSS

[@juliamasse9334]

these poems remind me of noah scented mayo’s “deep” tweets

[@melaniep4099]

Julia Kathleen When your business meeting turns into a spiritual meeting

[@Nali2013]

LMAO Noah scented mayo

[@shalinisathi6526]

* nay centimeter

[@voldemortthenoselessfreak2126]

I mistakenly read Noah's last name as semento (cement) at first. and now i used call it Noah Semento.

[@justineg1056]

noah scented mayo just gave me reason to live thank you

[@wwkcd7657]

"That makes me uncomfortable because when I was a kid, I thought Mexico was a continent" ive been having a depression heavy day but that made me laugh so hard and smile for the first time today

[@violetnautilus4100]

Stay strong! 💜💜💜

[@arirenaldi508]

Hope your brain is kind to you today, coming from someone with a bad anxiety day. 💙

[@c1nnamodoll]

for me it was that and "big boobs? what? .. chile anyways so--" beautiful poetry. truly.

[@Ravenpaw2000]

Me at the airport: Gotta hurry, can't miss my flight. Atticus: 🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪

[@mandiraexotic]

DutchLeprechaun underrated comment. 😂

[@justcallmeteacup4711]

😂😂😂

[@isabellalaylaa]

it’s like the author writes a sentence, hits return every few words, and calls it a poem

[@nataliea6020]

Did you mean Rupi Kaur

[@amberreid1059]

Yes. This is how like 90% of poetry released in 2018/2019 is written. Get with the times, Isabella. Sheesh. Just kidding, this style is actually terrible, I’m over it, and it’s sad that people are picking this stuff up when there’s actually good poetry out there-it’s just not advertised well or isn’t easily accessible. 🙄😭

[@debarra6]

You just described modern poetry.

[@Hungarycloud]

@@amberreid1059 Please give a recommendation! I've been trying to find something good but everything I can find is in this style

[@amberreid1059]

SamanthaPanther Oh! Yay! Okay; so, some favorites of mine recently have been Idiot Verse by Keaton Henson and Vintage Hughes by Langston Hughes. Would also would recommend Alphabet in the Park by Adelia Prado, I’ve heard good things about it as well and it’s next on my list! It’s hard enough to find poetry not in the current go-to style, and even harder to find poetry not in said style that still resonates with the individual. Poetry is such a personal thing-but I hope this helped!! Good luck!(:

[@AleTitan]

This book is still better than anything Onision has ever written

[@evies.1018]

That’s not a high hurdle to jump

[@fallinginfiction]

Ale Titan true

[@sydneyp7867]

Ale Titan my butt shits out dookie everyday that’s written better than anything onision has ever written

[@TRexRAWWR1]

TRUUEE Onisions books are soo bad

[@henryanderson6752]

Oh my gosh can we have him review Onision’s stuff.

[@Hannah-kl9wk]

As a creative writing student, this is at best a pretty shitty first draft and at worst the kind of shit I wrote in sixth grade and thought was fine literature

[@athomassen3980]

Even as a first draft like...... There are no ideas behind any of these poems that could be fleshed out? He's kind of just throwing platitudes out there, it's barely even distinguishable from InspoBot posts...

[@myglasseskeepslipping]

As a person with a creative writing bachelor’s degree, you’re absolutely right

[@Dunsiti]

As another creative writing student, I agree

[@fortunamajor7239]

@@peekachiuu1499 poetry can have effort and craft put into it and still be accessible to a wide audience lol

[@nyeknyek69]

I'm no creative writing student (tho I do love to write), I can tell this was shit as well XD

[@ivastevic2616]

Atticus' poems sound like what Edward would say to Bella in an alternate universe Twilight

[@safaagougili7560]

Your comment is hilarious omg😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ميم-ش6ع2م]

THE NEW BOOK

[@nyeknyek69]

"he was a bad boy" me: AH SHIET HERE WE GO AGAIN

[@meandmybobbygee1812]

She said "you look sad, boy"

[@MollyWat]

CAN I MAKE IT ANY MORE OBVIOUS

[@loubedana]

“that’s not love, atticus. that’s COKE ADDICTION” i am crying

[@mirakovacs6981]

i literally peed myself at that part,,,,, no joke

[@sora1498]

bUt DiD hE LiE?

[@_--_--_--_--__]

He sounds like a guy who’s trying to “save” a girl who self harms, instead of like helping her get into therapy

[@joza_1850]

Wow that's actually true

[@7gacha428]

fAmIlY iS rElAtIvEs

[@coratheneutralmilkhotelfan2131]

@@7gacha428 oh god oh no oh shit

[@puppycat2397]

fr everytime he talked about scars my fight of flight kicked in like honestly i would much fucking rather some asshole said to me "ew u have cutting scars scars gross" than fuckinG "ooh bby girl ur a tapeSTRY of scaRs u r an aRTwork and the scars r the PAINtbrush they tell ur STorY theyre battle scars theyre b e a u t i f u l you should loVE them you should be PrOuD of them wow i am the most caring person alive 😩 " like sir... i do not know you.... and then they get upset when u wont have sex with them like babe im GAY

[@nalascott8796]

atticus is why we shouldnt advocate literacy for tiktok boys

[@karinaion1366]

what's his tiktok?

[@naturalearth8104]

Karina Ion heir of atticus us jus tiktok

[@karinaion1366]

glossy diaries thank you!

[@Hotdogfanatic]

glossy diaries that’s not his tiktok lol

[@pilot6563]

they need any help they can get though 😭

[@carolvictor2495]

no one: caleb: "i do get emotions sparked within me but not because of the quality of the poem but because it reminds me of hannah montana"

[@uwugriffith]

'You're a pidgeon-toed gypsy' needs to be added to the ADL list of slurs.

[@relevo86]

경민박 oh my god i thought he said “pigeon toad gypsy” and i was so confused - not that this makes a whole lot more sense

[@uwugriffith]

@@relevo86 OMG HAHaAhAa 🤣

[@leslie1302]

MsYogaGrrrl g*psy is a slur

[@disaceter1130]

I legit thought it was "chode" instead of "toed" holy shit

[@khuranapriyanka]

@@disaceter1130 im cryinggg pls bye

[@morgankelly5547]

Me, half way through NaNoWriMo: “I’m gonna finish this novel and send the entire finished manuscript to Caleb with a note that just says ‘Roast Me’ because at this point, that’s a higher honor than the NYT Best Sellers List”

[@elizizi]

Same, actually.

[@safahasan486]

These poems sound like something I would see on r/Imfourteenandthisisdeep

[@blushmuffin5259]

I didn't have to check that reddit to see. I remember being 14 and writing things like this, LOL!

[@TRexRAWWR1]

true

[@thepriceofsalt9003]

i'm currently 14 (15 later this year), taking literature in school, and my friend and i can write poetry that's more decent and thought-provoking than atticus' shower thoughts lmao. i'm not even into creative writing but i've been a bookworm for the longest time and i've read up on poetry, techniques, and the classics. poetry is good, and this book is definitely not it. it's like if the fifty shades of grey series/franchise was marketed as poetry with a whole new face. what has our world come to?

[@aarcanefocus7678]

when a poem starts with "you were the [thing] and i was the [thing]", its gonna be bad

[@vibesgaming6111]

Ok then read this ((Read my eyes)) -Thapkey *You rised up like the sun, and My soul opened up like a petal of sunflower. *You blossomed like a flower, and the aroma intoxicated me thus trapped my heart. *You flowed like a wind, and my heart flew with you like a grain of sand. *You glowed like the first rays of sunset, and I blushed like a red cloud of the evening. *You shone like a moon, and my restlessness rised up like a tide of ocean. *You slept in my unseen dreams, and I was sleepless on your imagination. *Read my eyes, and you will see naught but your own reflection.

[@elsagranquist9755]

he was a boy, she was a girl, can i make it anymore obvious?

[@allisonelizabeth6596]

@@vibesgaming6111 did you write that?

[@vibesgaming6111]

@@allisonelizabeth6596 yup

[@princephilip7438]

“That seems like Avril Lavigne lyrics from 2006” I’m dEAD

[@harrowl1643]

Prince Philip the accuracy I-

[@emilyschultz9928]

This poetry sounds like the girl from the "You" video Cody Ko and Noel Miller ripped to shreds.

[@a.l.michael6240]

Yes!!! Yes.

[@jiannav5979]

“you were buying celery” “you were buying rosé”

[@lolgurl141]

OMG YES 😆😂

[@noone7304]

I was looking for this comment😭🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cunadeletra]

So true

[@TheSkyHazCloudz]

This just sounds like someone published Noah Centenio's twitter.

[@createdtogaze]

TheSkyHazCloudz I think u mean noah scented mayo

[@raiden-mei]

@@createdtogaze i think u mean noah scented mayo

[@shadypalmtree2989]

@@createdtogaze I think you mean Noah centimeter

[@maclaram11]

So accurate

[@greta1114]

Last time I was this early Mary Sue didn’t know Zephyr was her sister

[@melaniep4099]

greta IM WHEeZInG

[@syndeybinch]

AAAHHH HAHAH

[@str4wb3rry27]

AHAHAHHAH

[@jemilabubbles9384]

Please explain this reference I wanna laugh too

[@kelci9452]

Gir-uhl! lmao!

[@Parrot5884]

The only true poet is Gabbie Hanna. We all know that.

[@iloveyou-pm4tj]

"...mOnStEeeEr..."

[@user-sz8og4kd9h]

family is relatives

[@bluebellrising7210]

I feel like there’s a metaphor in there

[@Kirsten4260]

So what if I’m the *MÖŃSTÊRRRRR*

[@julsera]

😂

[@loveandcupcakes100]

*Broke:* Quoth the raven, nevermore. *Woke:* Quoth the raven, will someone help me open this jar of pickles?

[@harrowl1643]

Lazy C 😂

[@partypoison2096]

Damn 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@hhouseofballoons]

some of these poems deadass remind of "if i eated soap. i dont eat it because i did. no i didn't ❤️"

[@ShitakeMushrooms]

I think the best way to categorize this work is "fuccboi poetry."

[@sharonspears-mandeville2369]

Ha-"Fuccboi poetry". Hilarious. 😆

[@Arlothed1no]

This guy sounds like the person who would romanticize self harm.

[@alxththnkr5902]

A t a p e s t r y o f s c a r s...

[@davelewis8270]

Upvoting for flag

[@ernitm6692]

Masochist?

[@harrowl1643]

Ooooh it’s been done! He wrote something about a woman self harming finishing off with “just maybe, the cuts would let the light in” like my dood. 1) don’t romanticize shit and 2) don’t speak from a woman’s perspective!! He does the latter oftennn. He had another ‘poem’ like this: “the problem with loving crazy is that crazy starts to rub off”....my guy.

[@falloutchar8029]

Hey. Are you Ace? Causeeee yayayayay. *high five*

[@MrAlquimista666]

I feel like that one light in the background is trying to tell me something in Morse code

[@kinjalkadakia6933]

interstellar

[@gabbyheart1775]

It dose 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂

[@minhkhoitran8476]

It must be the guy from the basement

[@trooper744]

That is funny!

[@trooper744]

@@minhkhoitran8476 Amazing!

[@lydjoy3385]

This is my entire issue with Rupi Kaur. And anyone who has a similar writing style. I'm sure they're all lovely people, but their weird pseudo-deep writing is ANNOYING.

[@yahney-marie]

and as the comment fell into my life i knew there was a meaning. everything for a reason creating a world f a l l i n g around me. -rupi kaur :^l

[@feena9241]

YEEESSS, I checked out Milk&Honey in a library after seeing people rave about it online and I almost felt stupid for not getting it, I was even surprised by how little words it has. There are less words then in a childrens book

[@SpiritoftheForest]

T h i s lmao

[@natstewgirl]

It's like people forget poetry actually has to mean something.

[@adoroselatte]

@@natstewgirl yes agree :(

[@erinflanagan8377]

Legit sounds like a wattpad fanfic writer wanted to get "artsy"

[@layeokoh1630]

Heather's Red Scrunchie yes

[@sora1498]

funny thing is, i've read better poetry on wattpad than this-

[@laurensanchez5169]

Yesss

[@aaliyahfoster2705]

@@sora1498 Well Wattpad has actual writers on there who are trying to kickstart their author careers. You just need to filter through the abundance of fanfiction and romance trash by teens and people in their 20s who want their hormones settled. It's just that 99% of books published after 2015 are either insensitively raunchy, lacking in personality and depth, or chaotically and lazily written pieces of garbage.

[@synflwr]

Don’t do Wattpad like this. I’ve read good fanfictions.

[@junejean1038]

The dm he sent to Atticus made cackle, honestly. The fact that he literally politely said, "I love you," I'm SCREAMING

[@chrstina]

"when i was a kid, i thought that mexico was a continent" - caleb 2019

[@lillybeatrice1740]

Senior quote material

[@Peaceinloveandeath]

I thought Mexico was a state and California a country... until I was like 9 Yay american education!

[@benjaminwambeke9458]

I FORGOT HE SAID THAT AND THOUGHT THAT WAS ONE OF THE POEMS LMAO

[@ikramrafi6481]

I THOUGHT THAT AFRICA WAS A WHOLE BIG ASS COUNTRY I'm from Italy and people from Africa would say that they are from Africa instead of saying the name of the country. So I thought that it was a whole country and Morocco was not part of it because who was from Morocco would say that they were from Morocco. Yeah, complicated 😂

[@erica2003girl1]

“Love exist between a girl pretending she can’t open a jar of pickles and a boy pretending he doesn’t know she could” So love is....fake?😂

[@brimcalister8918]

What if the girl isn't pretending? Happens to me all the time, I can't open stuff for real :)

[@mslightbulb]

@@brimcalister8918 The real boss is a water bottle.

[@nichtswieeswar]

"we grow old chasing the truth we knew as children" isn't even bad. it's an interesting, intriguing concept, albeit one that has been explored in many different forms. the execution is just plain lazy. this is more similair to a tumblr post from 2014 than to an actual poem. it's just a sentence with no structure at all and kind of leaves the "work" to the reader, who has to wonder what meaning was even intented by the author with only a one-layered, simple sentence as a clue to what it could possibly mean.

[@jazz2048]

nichtswie.eswar @ milk and honey whoops

[@justcallmeteacup4711]

That's what drives me crazy about Instagram "poetry". They start off with a gorgeous sentence and I go hmm, I'm intrigued, go on. And then I realize that they do not, in fact, go on. They just end abruptly like those people who make a good point and then say, "But you're not ready for that conversation." 😑

[@estella.dsantos]

read my mind! that one that's like "don't spend your life convincing others you should be loved" or something like that is taken from a tumblr post verbatim and is on every single instagram quote page. it's not original at all, if you're going to write poetry at least add something of your own.

[@oliviaharris1245]

why do i imagine atticus finch from "to kill a mockingbird" writing contemporary poems?

[@Grumplebumple]

He's just a simple country poet lol

[@noname-ju1jq]

He was the deadest shot in Maycomb county 💁💁💁

[@chicorish_]

My first thought honestly, but Atticus would put more thought into his poems

[@reaganvoetberg5741]

I don't read poetry, but I'd read a poem by Atticus Finch.

[@xtonibx5770]

Atticus is too good for this lmaooo

[@honeylipgloss]

is this the guy version of milk and honey

[@heavenshaffer]

b b I honestly could not get through that book.

[@katerinamudrova7928]

​@@heavenshaffer There is so much better poetry out there, milk and honey is not bad though, but lets be frank, 90% of its popularity is just a marketing bubble ...

[@tati3861]

this is sooo much worse though. i didn't like milk and honey but this is a different animal.

[@FattishWonder]

don't disrespect Milk and Honey like that.

[@ANGELB0T]

b b exactly what I was thinking, Atticus is the Male equivalent of Rupi Kaur - genre : teen ‘deep’ ‘’’’poetry’’’’’

[@melaniep4099]

“The summer skinny dippers..” What?

[@julianna2333]

"your scars are not your shame - he said- they're your story, and I love stories." is something I would write as a 13-year-old in my Wattpad fanfic.

[@poojagiri5191]

Then why weren't you famous at that age of ur's ??

[@analisapena3086]

_scout’s dad out here writing bad poetry_

[@witchassbitch3]

AwesomeAna 😂 thank you for this

[@hibeautym]

Lol 😂

[@theasmrveteran8453]

hahahaha

[@ninaabenco6048]

Solid comment

[@scribblots602]

“That’s not love, that’s coke addiction.” - Caleb, 2019

[@paigepoelvoorde1075]

The real concern is that someone actually decided this was good enough to be published

[@Awezomezauce]

Paige Poelvoorde the real concern is that this dude has 1.3 million followers on Instagram

[@a.l.michael6240]

Ryn oh my god.

[@tamerofhorses2200]

The concern is that this guy made NYT bestseller, meaning he made tons of money off of this bullcrap.

[@souvenirsky]

Caleb: "Atticus seems like a pretty cool guy" Caleb, 10 seconds later: "so this poem right here is probably the stupidest poem in the whole book"

[@Natalie-Ervin]

pov: you go to one of his interviews and he spots you from the crowd. little do you know, you’re the beautiful girl who inspired him to begin writing poetry. after the interview there’s a book signing, when you step up to have your book signed he gasps. “security” he calls “pull this one aside, i need to have a chat with her” you’re confused and concerned but go along with it. then after he’s finished with the book signing he comes back behind the curtain and removes his mask. “you’re the one” he says then reads u more of his fake deep poetry. u fall in love. the end 😌🤚

[@herobean28]

Who do you think have you the heart for the transplant 😭😭😢😢😞😧😭😢

[@sunshineramirez7766]

A Harry Styles fanfiction turned into a writer AU

[@gsiya4023]

And the whole time I'll be wondering..... WHY TF AM I AT AN ATTICUS BOOK SIGNING EVENT LIKE TF?

[@lizipearlvlogs]

It was Caleb. He is the girl next door.

[@Chris-ln7tr]

i considered buying this book once at target, flipped open to a random page, read the annotations, and immediately put the book back down

[@karysuizel]

these all seem like they were pulled out of a “Thoughts from a Bathtub” video by Jenna Marbles

[@lrkeboesen4255]

Kary Suizel dude, at least those are funny af, this is just pure cringe

[@karysuizel]

Lærke Boesen shii, you right

[@hailey7368]

"what is armpit hair for...what is it for?" I think about that question a lot

[@zsuzsmoux6109]

Don't insult the most CULTURED video on KZbin like this.

[@AnonYmous-sd4pb]

This sounds like it was written by an AI.

[@sour_peckanmix]

An AI who like scanned all of Wattpad and condensed it into a book of very short poems

[@ediththepike]

Anon Ymous this hit

[@aftonmoye5809]

😂😂 it does!

[@siddubois4753]

😂

[@Rawan_unfiltered]

@@sour_peckanmix omg😂

[@clockworkharvester2663]

"My mother's breast must have been full of liquor; for I am an alcoholic." Why does this genuinely tickle some part of my brain. I feel like there's actually more real insight in this than the entirety of what you read. I'm not sure what it is, but it feels like it's there.

[@simple-sardines]

Sounds like French naturalism lmao

[@kdenueva]

to me if i try to look deeper into it i kinda see "i inherited my mother's faults" but thats probably giving atticus too much credit

[@Hungarycloud]

The thing about this one is that it can actually provoke thought and seems to have a deeper meaning than everything else in this collection.

[@sugassugar8036]

I kinda like this one -

[@JasminMiettunen]

saintreyz that one was Caleb, not atticus lmao

[@mckenziewood5066]

“maybe that’s the secret to poetry, you just gotta get HAMMERED.”

[@christino3852]

it’s kinda true though

[@freiabereinsam-]

Bukowski Style

[@mathewcruz2184]

I feel like “Atticus” is Noah Centineo‘ s pseudonym...

[@cecyconcdecoco3818]

Jajjajaaka

[@Mary-sulli]

If your man doesnt tell you that youre his pigeon-toed gypsie he doesn’t love you

[@10feralratsinacoat76]

Me: a special kind of girl who can open pickle jars You: a weak girl who has to ask for help

[@10feralratsinacoat76]

maayasaurus pry a spoon under the lid and break the vacuum seal and then it’s easy

[@livtupi]

Lol is this a helpful thread now? You should put it in warm/ hot water if it reaaally doesn't wanna open

[@Grumplebumple]

Sometimes the problem is a lack of traction. Make sure both the lid and your hands are dry and if that isn't enough put a kitchen towel over the lid to improve grip

[@10feralratsinacoat76]

Content Corrector then eat the glass

[@ilovezuko80]

maayasaurus It’s ALSO a better poem than anything in this video. You gotta tap That lid on the floor. Don’t be the girl That can’t open her own pickle jar.

[@kyra7428]

poetry [ˈpōətrē] NOUN literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature. Atticus' book is more like shower thoughts

[@casssidyy711]

“When I was a kid I thought Mexico was a continent” - more poetic than any poem in that entire book

[@marga8732]

Ikr, when Caleb talked about thinking Mexico was a continent as a kid, I remembered when I was a kid…and at the time; I was legit thinking of pulling a Ramona Quimby and was considering naming my first child (rather than a doll) after a car- lmao 😂😂🤣 …Still very poetic compared to the other poems in this awful book-

[@bonnielas6252]

this book was written by a sentient fedora

[@LuckyOrangeTabby08]

I'M D Y I N G

[@adrianvt]

the poetry seems v juvenile tbh! also some of his poems seem like they could just be fake deep tweets

[@Ash_W04]

The pickle thing was supposed to be a girl pretending she can't open a jar to make the boy feel strong/usefill and that's on the 1950s 😂😂

[@Emmieaudios]

The poet is trying too hard to sound “deep” which makes it come off idiotic and superficial.

[@PaperbackPlanes]

"when i was a kid i thought Mexico was a continent" sweetie when i was a kid i thought that Brazil was the capital of Spain and no teacher could tell me otherwise you're in good company here

[@marga8732]

Haha, back when I was a kid it was the reverse, I thought Africa was a country…and I thought it would be a good idea to consider naming my future child after a car- 🚘😂

[@thetypewriter3526]

the whole book sounds like season 3 riverdale dialogue

[@kkelly8836]

This probably explains why that one girl never talked to me again after I got her this romantic book

[@rhondayutzy7612]

"I feel like a garden gnome. Everyone loves me But i have no purpose." Now that is the purest form of poetry. lol

[@AtlanticGiantPumpkin]

So Alina was a girl that was a huge fan of Atticus's poems to the point where she got a verse of his tattooed on her arm. Her friend messaged Atticus to see if she could get an early release of his audiobook before she passed, but he opted instead to read his book to her in person. By the time he got there, she was unconscious, but she could still hear, so he read his poems to her and read some poems she had written. She passed away shortly after. So I have no qualms with this dude. Props to him.

[@AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor]

Nice, but being a good person doesn't make you a good poet.

[@lilyruth6254]

isn’t gypsy...actually a slur

[@nikib4586]

it is

[@Kay-bl5xt]

it is

[@strawberryjam6235]

No

[@Kay-bl5xt]

@@strawberryjam6235 ofc junko would say that

[@strawberryjam6235]

@@Kay-bl5xt bro I genuinely didn't know

[@AlexaLaine]

"But that makes me uncomfortable because when I was a kid, I thought that Mexico was a continent."

[@WheelieToasted]

Try Edgar Allen Poe. He was just a sad boi.

[@lunatick9792]

But at least he's one of the best poets of all time. :

[@evies.1018]

He’s just a Poe boy from a Poe family.

[@ilovezuko80]

Enfys Best A criminally underliked comment to be sure.

[@leowright2251]

Definitely, his poetry is smooth and easy to comprehend so it's a good place to start on poetry- especially if you're also a sad boi lol

[@evies.1018]

@@ilovezuko80 Thank you!

[@SkwithOv]

"sounds like a slur" that's because it is.... it is a slur

[@spectre9340]

I forgot he said the word "gypsy" and honestly was confused as to how "pigeon-toed" was a slur 😂

[@Ash_W04]

Since when is gypsy a slur? I thought it's just free-spirited travellers. That's the definition after all. (Not saying it's not, I've just never heard of it as a slur before)

[@SkwithOv]

@@Ash_W04 No. It's an offensive slur for the Rromani people. The way you're using it is still a slur for a group of people, it's similar to the n word. Try bohemian or nomad or free spirit, g*psy is a slur

[@SkwithOv]

now.org/blog/the-g-word-isnt-for-you-how-gypsy-erases-romani-women/ The verb gyp (gypped) is part of this, it's related to the offensive stereotype that Rromani people are cons and steal money or sell things more expensive than they're worth

[@TomorrowWeLive]

@@SkwithOv no it's the standard term for travelling people, which includes many different groups beyond just Roma.

[@booklover0577]

Fun fact about me I'm an idiot is actually something that perfectly depicts me lol

[@noamdsi123]

Reminds me of a dumb poem I wrote when I was a teenager: "She was a blinding light, but he couldn't look away. So he wore sunglasses." Like that's legit this dude's level at this point 😂

[@DemonHunter-pc8uv]

CrazyArtWorm ok but that’s amazing

[@blankslate7491]

I thought your pfp was biggie cheese at first

[@lizipearlvlogs]

That would be a beautiful story. It's not technically a poem according to the constructs of what poetry is (much like the poems in this book), but it's a beautiful and interesting thought in poetic prose that I think would be wonderful if developed into a short story or a full poem.

[@agstinacueva1673]

Atticus is the banana taped to a wall of the literary world.

[@manvysings]

that analogy was breathtaking

[@bareenajamal7589]

I agree.

[@lynxlainn5496]

There is an artwork in Korea where a banana is taped to the wall and recently a student ate it😭

[@recreatio]

@@lynxlainn5496 my humor is so broken i laughed at this for 5 minutes nonstop for no reason 💀

[@clarissafairchild4886]

"Is that a poem or is that something you say when you're hammered drunk at three in the morning?" lmaooo

[@EllaIngram]

favourite line from this video: “that’s not love, that’s coke addiction” 😂 I should use that the next time I’m reading a really instalovey book or something lol

[@notshawnorsean]

“swimming pools were invented to kiss girls in the rain” *y’all realize how much pee winds up in swimming pools right*

[@onelovelylilidiot4959]

Kinky

[@yeeyeemfs7055]

@@onelovelylilidiot4959 You're username and profile pic made your comment even better 😂

[@riel8428]

Mmmmmm.... The flavor....... Oh my god, it's like... So real!!! Its ok good..

[@frankievertigo6336]

Atticus writes what you put on edgy anime pictures when you're feeling deep at 14

[@NutritiousNutt]

“My mother’s breast must have been full of liquor For I’m an alcoholic” - Caleb Joseph

[@thatotherpatrick4871]

“This is just a poetry book with... poems in it.” WHO KNEW?!?

[@Grumplebumple]

And here I thought poetry books were full of shopping lists

[@aliced9599]

caleb reading poetry is me in every aspect of my life

[@selenek.3337]

It's the time of year to play everyone's favorite game! Is this book bad? Or am i just an idiot!? Spoiler alert: it's the book

[@zionmeier2531]

This girl in my class is known for being artsy and liking poetry and stuff, and we were doing hot seat in class and a kid asked her who her favorite poet was.... she said Atticus and proceeded to explain how he never showed his face and I burst out laughing in class and had to excuse myself because all I could think about was this video

[@lucasmckenzie8525]

Pov: You're the quirky, bookish type of girl walking into the library. Not to actually read anything, just to sniff the books and rave about that book smell to frightened employees. You sniff a book of poetry...you feel Atticus's sincere warmth. A hand taps your shoulder, preceding a deep, masculine voice. "Excuse me, miss..." The love is too strong! You shut your eyes, thrust round and kiss him on the lips. You open your eyes. The man was a police officer. "Miss, you have defied the restraining order, ignored staff warnings, made library visitors uncomfortable and tried to seduce an officer. You're under arrest." But you let him take you. It's nice to be wanted by someone. ❤ (liek if u cryyyeeeeeeeeeeed)

[@cristinabelardi9852]

“I do get emotion sparked within me when I read that, but not because of the quality of the poem but because it reminds me of Hannah Montana’s If This Was A Movie” I literally spit out my water I was not expecting that

[@igailartzi6758]

“When I was a kid I thought Mexico was a continent,” 😂😂🤣😭 When I was a kid, I thought Hungary was a fictional country. Why?? Idk.

[@herobean28]

iGailArtzi Me too! Specifically Hungary, and it’s all Danny Phantom’s fault bc of that one villain from Hungary and the joke was that he was ‘hungry’ so I always thought they made up Hungary for a joke.

[@igailartzi6758]

Sophia Sullins similar story to mine! I watched a show as a kid. There was this Hungarian character who owned a restaurant and he was constantly making horrible food so I was like, “oh, funny! he’s from “Hungry” and he makes terrible food.” ...🤦‍♀️ 🤦‍♀️

[@teabooksgirl854]

iGailArtzi when I was a kid I thought porcupines were mythical creatures for some reason 😂

[@boldanabrasevic3020]

When I was a kid I thought Argentina was in Europe... I'm from Europe.

[@justperpetuallybothered3474]

When I was a kid I believed in the fictional island continent Australia

[@zakyyakenny1960]

when you accidentally spend money on a late night tumblr post.

[@thecolourfulpill]

Browsing pinterest, you can't escape the poetry of this guy and every time I'm just like 'oh, ok'.

[@cleverlynamedaccount]

13:14 12 y/o me writing in my diary after a long day of other seventh graders bullying me for being scene

[@idkdude1118]

Lmaooo I can't-

[@Spidermanslefttoenail]

Is it just me or did ya'll get confused seeing Caleb Joseph pop up in notifications

[@sophiaarias9341]

Morgan Alexander Omg tell me why I don’t remember his old username. Please tell me what it is.

[@sam-bq7hl]

Sophia Arias Insane Reader

[@Spidermanslefttoenail]

@@sophiaarias9341 omg I literally stared at my phone for 2mins trying to remember his old username and then *THE INSANE READER* yelled into my head

[@lunatick9792]

HOW DID I NOT EVEN NOTICE?

[@spinno3238]

Yep

[@SplitMaw]

Caleb, you can be my girl next door. No hetero.

[@aj_814]

as a poet i have to say... this poetry is Not stirring big boobs, however... now THATS what i call good poetry

[@casev235]

retweet

[@gomes9817]

All his poems sound like something I'd tweet at 4am when I'm sleep deprived

[@mauxens]

"that's not love, that's coke addiction" somehow when you take it out of context this could totally be in one of those pages