I almost wish I had never met you – so I wouldn’t feel so empty.
Sylvia Plath, from a letter to Ann Davidow-Goodman c. January 1951
Etikett: poetry
“Men fear witches because they take their power from the earth without poisoning the soil.”
“Now here is my secret, very simply: you can only see things clearly with your heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
(via memoryarchaeologist)
When I shed my skin
for you, I left intact
my animal heartthe desire to crack bones between delicate teeth.
Jeannine Hall Gailey, “The Animal Heart: She Warns Him,” from She Returns to the Floating World (
My God, you’re so far away, suffering for no good reason, and hurting your heart.
Gabriela Mistral, from a letter to Doris Dana written c. April 1949
“You were a dream. Then a reality. Now a memory.”
— Iain Thomas, The City Rises and Falls
(via naturaekos)
My wanting seems like its own animal, and I am already an animal.
Larissa Pham, from “Abject Permanence,” published in Unruly Bodies
Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.
Jalaluddin Rumi
I sympathise with everybody, damn it, and see why they are the way they are.
Kurt Vonnegut, The Commandant’s Desk
I crave your touch
(via somewhatsomelikepoetry)
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