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poetry you wrote or someone else's, doesn't matter. plunge into the intimacy baby. silly, dark, whatever
Jan 23, 2024
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it seeps into your lungs like warm cider, it seems to warm your insides entirely. always show those you love
the entirety of your compassion and kindness. they exist in the little words and the little objects. they exist within the creases of your palm, they reflect back into you
Feb 27, 2024
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conceptualized with friends after the secrets reading with rayne fisher-quann, pe moscowitz, terry nguyen, eliza mclamb, and others..
basically everyone brings a poem but no one knows whose is whose and then you shuffle them up so people read a poem with an unknown author. wildly successful. pairs well with wine and conversation.
Sep 19, 2024
Poetry is often short and so we just skim over it and are left underwhelmed. Sometimes we need to make ourselves hear and feel it more, I find that reading the poem out loud really helps with this! Also maybe try to find videos of poets reading their own poems. (I’ve attached a Mary Oliver reading, I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like Mary Oliver haha)
Also remember that “poetry” is such a huge and nebulous literary form and that you may well dislike a lot of it (I detest so much poetry that I find it a little embarrassing as a poet). Just because you don’t like a poem, or a hell of a lot of poems, doesn’t mean you don’t like poetry, you’ve just not found the poems you like. If you find one poem that you like, find more from that same poet. If you like a poet, look at who their fans like, or who the poet has cited as inspiration. You’re allowed to find lines you love but not like other lines in the same poem. It’s all worth it when you find one line that hits right through you. “you do not have to be good…you just have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves”.
Apr 1, 2024
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less attachment to identity markers and more-sensory driven living/being. staying conscious and in touch with our core essence and saying yes to life when the forces that be make it very easy to say no and cut ourselves off from others and the rest of the world. embodying this truth can ignite a sense of freedom and liberation that is a sexy balm...if you are into that kinda thing
Feb 10, 2024
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nothing short of a spiritual advisor. here he is illuminating a truth I believe we all feel to be true when down and out but often forget/neglect out of allegiance to self-pity or the traps of misery. this could almost read as a hallmark card quote, but it exists elsewhere...so by default, it is its own thing.
I do not mean to be sentimental about suffering— but people who cannot suffer can never grow up, can never discover who they are.
Feb 13, 2024
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what a woman...
poster child for humility and peace
Feb 6, 2024