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[34] - Hilda Doolittle

gnossiennes wrote in theysaid Nov 12, 2013 13:27

We have seen how the most amiable ( Read more... )

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Things I Wish I'd Said // Ronnie K. Stephens

iatrogenicmyth wrote in theysaid Nov 11, 2013 22:31

I would pull Diana’s lips from the sky ( Read more... )

To My Favorite 17-Year-Old High School Girl | Billy Collins

noctalis_noctis wrote in theysaid Nov 07, 2013 20:44

Do you realize that if you had started

building the Parthenon on the day you were born

you would be all done in only two more years?

Of course, you would have needed lots of help,

so never mind, you’re fine just as you are.

You are loved for simply being yourself.

But did you know at your age Judy Garland

was pulling down $150,000 a picture,

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December Love // Randy Blasig

iatrogenicmyth wrote in theysaid Nov 03, 2013 07:59

When, as you will, you leave me in the dust ( Read more... )

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The Thousand Year Separation // Nate Pritts

iatrogenicmyth wrote in theysaid Oct 28, 2013 21:33

My room is emptying too quickly. I'm left with a wrinkled-up rug ( Read more... )

Sex without Love // Sharon Olds

iatrogenicmyth wrote in theysaid Oct 28, 2013 02:31

How do they do it, the ones who make love ( Read more... )

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If I Can't Love You // Richard Jackson

iatrogenicmyth wrote in theysaid Oct 22, 2013 23:13

If I can't love you, then I want to live on some blind sea ( Read more... )

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Matisse, Too// Alicia Ostriker and a request

rabbitfauxcoat wrote in theysaid Oct 21, 2013 19:09

Matisse, too, when the fingers ceased to work,
Worked larger and bolder, his primary colors celebrating
The weddings of innocence and glory, innocence and glory

Monet when the cataracts blanketed his eyes
Painted swirls of rage, and when his sight recovered
Painted water lilies, Picasso claimed

I do not seek, I find, and stuck to that story
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