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Study of My Sister / Louise Gluck
We respect, here in America,
what is concrete, visible. We ask
What is it for? What does it lead to?
My sister
put her fork down. She felt, she said,
as though she should jump off a cliff.
A crime has been committed
against a human soul
as against the small child
who spends all day entertaining herself
with the colored blocks
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"In my own worst seasons I've come back from the colorless world of despair by forcing myself to look hard, for a long time, at a single glorious thing: a flame of red geranium outside my bedroom window. And then another: my daughter in a yellow dress. And another: the perfect outline of a full, dark sphere behind the crescent moon. Until I ( Read more... ) -
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Dear Creative Writing: I'm sorry I've neglected you. Will you take me back? -
First Memory
Long ago, I was wounded. I lived
to revenge myself
against my father, not
for what he was-
for what I was: from the beginning of time,
in childhood, I thought
that pain meant
I was not loved.
It meant I loved.
(Louise Glück)
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Surprise! Actually respecting your partner leads to better relationships
Feminism And Romance Go Hand In Hand
ScienceDaily (Oct. 16, 2007) - Contrary to popular opinion, feminism and romance are not incompatible and feminism may actually improve the quality of heterosexual relationships, according to Laurie Rudman and Julie Phelan, from Rutgers University in the US. Their study* also shows ( Read more... ) -
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“The ocean of suffering is immense, but if you turn around, you can see the land. The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don’t wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy. When one tree in the garden is sick, you have to care for it. But don’t overlook all the healthy trees. Even while you have pain in your ( Read more... ) -
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The Nails
by WS Merwin
I gave you sorrow to hang on your wall
Like a calendar in one color.
I wear a torn place on my sleeve.
It isn’t as simple as that.
Between no place of mine and no place of yours
You’d have thought I’d know the way by now
Just from thinking it over.
Oh I know
I’ve no excuse to be stuck here turning
Like a mirror on a string,
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Healthy Sexuality [possible rape triggers below]
It's time for another installment of the Meg Love and Sexuality Series. Tonight I want to write about healthy sexuality.
Watching the Superbowl commercials, and a few other things I've seen on TV lately have me thinking a lot about how male sexuality is constructed in this culture... which leads me to think about how sexuality in general is ( Read more... ) -
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Lately I feel so grateful for the wonderful people in my life... both longtime friends and new kindred spirits I'm getting to know. It's a good feeling. :-)