Poetry Rec: “Mad Girl’s Love Song”
(I think I made you up inside my head.)
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“Snow on the Desert” by Agha shaid ali
The Desert Smells Like Rain: in it I read:
The syrup from which sacred wine is made
is extracted from the saguaros each
summer.
Poetry rec: “The Acts of Youth”
BY JOHN WIENERS And with great fear I inhabit the middle of the nightWhat wrecks of the mind await me, what drugsto dull the senses, what little I have left,what more can be taken away? The fear of travelling, of the future without hopeor buoy. I must get away from this place and seethat there is […]
Read More“A Dirge” by Christina Rossetti: Poetry Rec
BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Why were you born when the snow was falling?You should have come to the cuckoo’s calling,Or when grapes are green in the cluster,Or, at least, when lithe swallows musterFor their far off flyingFrom summer dying. Why did you die when the lambs were cropping?You should have died at the apples’ dropping,When the grasshopper […]
Read More“Anne Boleyn on the Day of Her Execution”: Poetry Rec
Spend some time considering Anne Boleyn.
Read More“Two-Headed Cow”: Poetry Rec
You don’t need to exploit your own uniqueness.
Read MorePoetry Rec: “It is a Fearful Thing”
I hope this 9th century voice reminds you that you have the capacity to love and hope during dark times.
Read MorePoetry Rec:”The Witch Has Told You a Story”
Read this before bed. Dream of abundance.
Read MorePoetry Rec:”At the End of the Day” by Shira Dentz
Reading this felt like biting a mango. Did you like it? How did it taste?
Read MorePoetry Rec: “Dirge Without Music” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Listen, Edna St. Vincent Millay is my bisexual Aphrodite poetical muse.
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