December 2011
“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the...”
– Søren Kierkegaard (via misswallflower)
“It’s a truism of transformation that if we want things to be different we have...”
– Dear Sugar #93: How the Real Work Is Done
“Because it is neither easy nor difficult,
because the outer dark is not...”
– Robert Hass, “Transparent Garments” (Praise, Ecco, 1974)
“I call to you across a monstrous river or chasm
to caution you, to prepare you....”
– Louise Glück, “The Sensual World” (The Seven Ages, Ecco, 2001)
“…
standing, he tore whole tongues
down to their colors.”
– Olivia Clare, from “Enoch’s Blocks” (Poetry, November 2011)
“Has the night not gotten recently darker,
as if to insinuate that we have...”
– J. Allyn Rosser, from “As If” (Poetry, November 2011)
“… we hoard epiphanies under the bed,
stuff them in jars and bury them in...”
– Joanie Mackowski, from “Epiphany” (Poetry, November 2011)
“… And stars
grow feet and walk across the years, into these dozing,...”
– Joanie Mackowski, from “Birdsong” (Poetry, November 2011)
“That’s not a diamond, it’s salt.
That’s not the sky but...”
– Dean Young, from “Handy Guide” (Poetry, November 2011)
I might get a tattoo—upsilamba on my wrist in my handwriting. What do you think?
Chloe Caldwell, "Please Continue the Story" →
One of the best essays I’ve read about writing, ever.
depressedmad asked: Have you ever read Paulo Coelho? If yes, what do you think?