the teapot by Robert Bly

Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell the Wolves I’m Home

“The other day, lying in bed, I felt my heart beating for the first time in a long while. I realized how little I live in my body, how much in my mind”

-Rodger kamenetz, from Terra infirma

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j. sullivan

The YouTube comment most dear to me

Toni Morrison on grief

Mary Oliver, "A Voice from I Don’t Know Where", Felicity

i just pointed out in my judaism class that it’s interesting to me that when asked God’s name, God did respond with the ineffable name (the tetragrammaton) but put a much greater emphasis on who they are the God OF (I’m the God of Abraham, the God of Moses, etc.).

and my teacher said she feels a kinship with that because she remembers the joy that came with the first time she was called “(son’s name)’s mom”, and how beautiful it feels be named for who you love. and i almost burst into tears

Ada Limón, from "Shelter: A Love Letter to Trees," published in June 2022

kinder than man, athea davis

gatitosentimental

Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Ian Felice (@ian.felice):

Jane and Doe, gouache on paper, 15” by 17”, 2023

having to come to terms with the fact that love is not an everlasting performance in which you attempt to retain the attention of your significant other but rather a release of control and putting faith into them and trusting them to choose to stay with you no matter what you have to offer

sorry I wasn’t in the mood to be a person today, sorry I forgot to keep a conversation, sorry my soul needs ironing. give me a moment, a day or a so. it’ll be good. I’ll brush my hair and change my clothes. I’ll laugh a lot. I’ll say important things. it’ll be good.