A la claire fontaine
M'en allant promener;
J'ai trouvé l'eau si belle
Que je m'y suis baigné.
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime,
Jamais je ne t'oublierai.

I think about how there are certain people who come into your life and leave a mark...I'm talking about the ones who, for whatever reason, are as much a part of you as your own soul. Their place in your heart is tender; a bruise of longing, a pulse of unfinished business. Just hearing their names pushes and pulls at you in a hundred ways, and when ( Read more... )

This can be a quick one. Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes. Tag 15 friends, including me because I'm interested in seeing what books my friends choose ( Read more... )

In this way, I will always be there,
a rain falling into the sea, the abandoned light opening your eyes
despite the curtains of reason, the life you give each time
you turn to me, because the stumbling breaths we borrow
from each other are all we have to keep each other alive.
-Richard Jackson

The Poems I Like Best ( Read more... )

My chest of books divide amongst my friends.

-John Keats

I know this-

after the first rush
of enthusiasm

any idea
recedes and dims.

Rae Armantrout

Tag ( Read more... )

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