the worst thing in the world is doing things. the second worst thing in the world is not doing things. how has no one ever come up with a solution for this
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parent-child dynamics are soooo crazy. i love you i resent you i can't stand you i adore you i pity you. and still watching your hair get a little more grey every time i see you makes my stomach feel weird
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Octavio Paz, tr. by Eliot Weinberger, from “Letter of Testimony”, The Poems of Octavio Paz
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1. Young Stellar Object in LDN 1471 | 2. A small portion of NGC 2023. / By Judy Schmidt.
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i want to live on his tongue, build a home of gospel
Absolute Solitude: Selected Poems, Dulce María Loynaz, tr. by James O’Connor ( @feral-ballad ) | Farewell, Arthur Hacker | Death Wish, Josh Alex Baker | L’Amore, la Morte e Il Sogno, Roberto Ferri | The Torn-Up Road, Richard Siken | The Fall (detail), Alan Stephens Foster | The 17-Year-Old & the Gay Bar, Danez Smith | Scene of Deluge (detail), Joseph-Désiré Court
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A gigantic pomegranate in the Little and Lewis sculpture garden; flanking the sculpture is the glaucus foliage of honey bush (Meliathus major), bold leaves of a banana (Musa), bronze foliage and yellow flowers of Lysimachia ciliata ‘Purpurea’, and scarlet flowers of Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’. Photographs by Terry Moyemont
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On Friendship, Falling in Love and Falling Apart, pt. 2 (pt. 1, pt. 3, pt. 4)
Ode to Friendship, Noor Hindi
The Truth Has Three Sides, Sabrina Benaim
I've Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song), Fall Out Boy
Autumn, Patty Dickson Pieczka
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Nature Poem, Chen Chen
Planet of Love, Richard Siken
Ever Yours: The Essential Letters, Vincent Van Gogh
Just Like Heaven, The Cure
Speeches for Dr. Frankenstein, Margaret Atwood
The Dialogue of Desire and Guilt, J.D. McClatchy
Someplace Like Montana, Ada Limón
Cold Solace, Anna Belle Kaufman
Fleabag (2016-2019)
Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out, Richard Siken
Your Love Finds Its Way Back, Sierra DeMulder
The Diaries of Katherine Mansfield
Moments, Mary Oliver
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arca, lengua
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“Your closeness throbs in my throat.”
— János Pilinszky, The Face of Creation: Contemporary Hungarian Poetry
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