ato-the-bean:

In my continued PSA about non-AO3 Pinto fics, I rediscovered a story that I read years ago and loved, and then lost.  Zach is a poet, and the original poetry in the story is actually really striking.

And then it reminded me of another story, in which Chris and Zach text each bits of poetry long distance.

Both are gorgeously written and evocative.  Only one is non-AO3, but I linked them here for you, because they are linked in my mind.  If you know of any other fics focused on poetry, please feel free to add them and reblog.  I love this trope.

Title:  The Retiring of Joyce Dramis
Author:  ewinfic
Summary:  Pintofest prompt by babykid528
– “Zach’s an excellent poet… secretly.  Only his mom and brother know
he’s the author.  As it turns out Zach is Chris’ favorite poet – Chris
actually wrote a big final paper at Berkeley all about Zach’s poetry.”

Title: This is Just to Say 
Author:  reginalds
Summary:  My favourite part of the canonical bromance between Chris Pine
and Zachary Quinto is that they’re both literary nerds. And that they
confine their displays of masculinity to the MASTERY OF THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE. And you guys, I am such a hopeless and devoted English major,
and I am just not strong enough to resist the lure of grown men who fly
spaceships and use words like “moribund” and “zeitgeist” in interview
situations. So this is a story of how boy wooed boy.

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Adding, one more that I’d forgotten was so poetry-laden.  The other suggestions were literary, but not necessarily poetic.

Title: Suave Sesquipedalian Bastard
Author:  blcwriter
Summary:  Chris is trapped in an inferno of words, and Zach Quinto is the devil stoking the fire.

I find it interesting that the last two use some of the same poems, and I’m wondering if Chris said in an interview once what his favorites were, or if there’s some other meta reason for that.

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And edited again, adding one more that I wrote after the original post.  It didn’t start out as a poetry fic, but it did end up using a poem… to porny ends. 

Title: ”What Spring Does”
Author: AtoTheBean
Summary:  Rabidchild67 asked, “So who’s writing the blindfolded, tied up pie fic
where zach makes him come by touching everything BUT his dick?”

I just reread The Retiring of Joyce Dramis again, and wanted to reblog my poetry fic compilation again because it’s SO GOOD and not on AO3, so a lot of people miss it.  Go read it now.  I’ll wait