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"She wants the light to penetrate her, breaking open the dull colds of her soul where nothing has warmed her for more summers than she can count."
Jeanette Winterson, Written on the body
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Nocturne Op. 2
A sad air's best for night as you mope about
the house, closing windows, checking doors.
Slow, cumulative strokes of the violin bow,
the most ruminative notes that can be coaxed
from the cello, nocturnes unlocked by black piano keys.
Strains that are trained directly on the heart
when its resistance sinks, like temperatures,
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Indentation
Every night as I toss and turn in bed my mind trails back to those moments and I replay them over and over again. I think about facial expressions, about that smile, about that laugh, about the childish exuberance of it all. It is a pity that I can do no more but think upon the wondrous closeness of that moment, and how happy I felt.
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hello december what have you done
Atmospheric tumult and too much rain. Nights of wakefulness, nights of deep sleep, mornings of fresh monsoon air and mornings of lethargy. My body clock has been thrown off completely, and night and day are but varying states of brightness. Varying states of lightness. Darkness is a subterfuge for everything you want and everything you know should ( Read more... ) -
Witch-wife
She is neither pink nor pale,
And she never will be all mine;
She learned her hands in a fairy-tale,
And her mouth on a valentine.
She has more hair than she needs;
In the sun `tis a woe to me!
And her voice is a string of coloured beads,
Or steps leading into the sea.
She loves me all that she can,
And her ways to my ways resign;
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I don't know
Right now the thing I tend to say the most is "I don't know". I don't know so many things and right now at this juncture there are many things that I should know. But I don't. There are many things that I need to find justifications for, many things I need to rationalize to myself, and many answers to find. This is a trying period for everyone, and ( Read more... ) -
On the slopes
If you use an iPhone and are in want of a good app, Poetry Daily yields wonderful gems like this one:
( craig raine )
