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the concept but also this poem by Martha Zweig. makes me think of my mom and my sister and the special mundanity of childhood
Mar 2, 2024
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I’m not a mother and to be completely transparent I don’t really want to be one ever. Something struck me so deep in my poetry class last semester that probably pushed me farther into not wanting children, poetry about motherhood. It must be my knack for empathy and passion that connects me so hard to these poems, who knows. I really really love these poems. ‘Metaphors’ by Sylvia Plath and ‘the mother’ by Gwendolyn Brooks, to name a few. There was an especially hard hitting one about being a stay at home mother, but it’s escaping me in the moment. If I remember it I will come back to this. I have an inkling that fellow women in their 20s may relate to this, and if not I would recommend going down a rabbit hole. It’s existential but who doesn’t love that?
Jan 20, 2024
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•Blackberrying - Sylvia Plath
•Honorary Jew - John Repp
•How Delicious to Say It - Vievee Francis
•Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem - Matthew Olzman
•The Smiley Barista Remembers my Name- Wo Chan
•Three Mangoes, £1 - Kandace Siobham Walker
•The Orange - Wendy Cope
•Departure - Jennifer Huang
•I Invite My Parents to a Dinner Party - Chen Chen
•Green Eggs and Ham - Doctor Seuss
Feb 3, 2024
I return to this poem every 3 months or so, in the same way you put on an old favorite song that you woke up with stuck in your head and you’ve got to listen to it just to enjoy it all over again. I circle back to this poem always.
I think my favorite lines are:
why shouldn’t
something
I have always
known be the
very best there
is. I love
you from my
childhood,
Mar 3, 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