Archive for February 2009

This tattoo was submitted by Debs from São Paulo, Brazil, who says she “wanted something to illustrate the end of a relationship.”

broken-promises

Pay attention my love cause its over
At the tip of my tongue is the price you weren’t willing to pay
Still this is something akin to a breakdown
And your impression of a woman supposed to be easy to see
That there’d be torn up photos and lonely nights
Cursing crying and drawn out fights
Make up sex and a brand new start
Broken promises for broken hearts

- Excerpt from Broken Promises For Broken Hearts by She Wants Revenge

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Feb 10

Infinite Alphabet

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Alphabet Tattoo

This alphabet tattoo was submitted by Margaret, who says:

This tattoo is in my own handwriting. I used to be a librarian and I love the idea of the infinite potential of the alphabet. My tattoo contains the interconnectedness of all literary possibility, yet it was also very useful. I used it when I was putting books away, so I wouldn’t have to keep saying the hard part of the alphabet a billion times a day. Pure idiocy or genius, I haven’t decided which.

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  • Welcome to Contrariwise

    This is a website about literary tattoos. That is, tattoos based on books, poems, lyrics, and many other literary sources.

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