February 2012
9 posts
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Feb 21st
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teonanacatl →
Feb 21st
1 note
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“Tonight, in the infinitesimal light of the stars, The trees and the flowers...”
–  Sylvia Plath, from ‘I Am Vertical’.
Feb 18th
27 notes
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“The days grow and the stars cross over And my wild bed turns slowly among the...”
–  Muriel Rukeyser, from ‘Darkness Music’.
Feb 12th
330 notes
9 tags
Feb 12th
44 notes
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helena espvall  →
Feb 6th
7 tags
“The peace of the mother: under black firs The sleeping hands open by themselves...”
–  Georg Trakl, from ‘Birth’.
Feb 4th
Feb 4th
13 notes
7 tags
Feb 4th
10 notes
January 2012
20 posts
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the magic place →
Jan 29th
1 note
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“November — with uncanny witchery in its changed trees. With murky red sunsets...”
–  L.M. Montgomery, from ‘The Blue Castle’.
Jan 29th
2 notes
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Jan 27th
4 notes
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WatchWatch
I came from the hidden earth : a short film by Florian Gerbaud.
Jan 27th
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“I dreamt you naked in the creek Your skin all stars and crying gulls – Your...”
–  Bethany van Rijswijk, from ‘Water Hyacinths’.
Jan 16th
133 notes
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Jan 16th
119 notes
4 tags
Jan 16th
12 notes
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sylvia →
Jan 16th
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“Winter is for women— The woman, still at her knitting, At the cradle of...”
–  Sylvia Plath, from ‘Wintering’.
Jan 16th
27 notes
7 tags
Jan 8th
8 tags
Jan 8th
38 notes
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moon is sharp →
Jan 3rd
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“Fools, do you think the moon is caught lightly, With glitter and silk threads?...”
–  Lisel Mueller, from ‘Moon Fishing’.
Jan 3rd
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Jan 3rd
5 notes
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“Still wet with the birth-damp of spring, A litter of leaves and russet seedpods...”
–  ‘Spring Canticle’, Bethany van Rijswijk.
Jan 1st
54 notes
7 tags
Jan 1st
22 notes
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Jan 1st
20 notes
December 2011
20 posts
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“They sing and sing deeply. So to fall, face-down in the grass.”
–  Onė Baliukonė.
Dec 31st
22 notes
6 tags
“The fern in the rain breathes the silver message. Stay, lie low. Play your dark...”
–  Anne Coray.
Dec 31st
11 notes
4 tags
Dec 31st
26 notes
4 tags
Dec 31st
6 notes
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“Where are you my children? The lilies have grown, The clumps need dividing...”
–  Ina Kontvainytė.
Dec 31st
10 notes
7 tags
“We are involved with flower, leaf, and fruit. They speak not just the language...”
–  Rainer Maria Rilke, trans. Stephen Mitchell.
Dec 31st
19 notes
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Dec 31st
4 notes
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Dec 31st
28 notes
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“You cannot hear the weeping of the god Over the Pyrrhic rains – The ecstatic...”
–  ‘Amalthea’, Bethany van Rijswijk.
Dec 31st
9 notes
4 tags
Dec 26th
5 tags
Dec 26th
8 notes
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“Black lake, black boat, two black, cut-paper people. Where do the black trees...”
–  Sylvia Plath, ‘Crossing the Water’.
Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
38 notes
6 tags
Dec 11th
39 notes
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“I borrow the silts of an old tragedy. The truth is, one late October, at my...”
–  Sylvia Plath, ‘Electra on Azalea Path’.
Dec 11th
20 notes
3 tags
ListenGaia and the Shepherd II
Dec 5th
4 notes
6 tags
Dec 5th
43 notes
6 tags
Dec 5th
104 notes
4 tags
“The poet imitates the voices of birds.”
–  Zbigniew Herbert, trans. Alissa Valles.
Dec 5th
1 note
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the white goddess →
Dec 5th
2 notes
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“As a popular religious tradition it all but flickered out at the close of the...”
–  Robert Graves, The White Goddess.
Dec 5th
5 tags
Dec 5th
3 tags
Dec 5th
7 notes
November 2011
8 posts
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“We wandered through sedges, Through bracken and dogwood scrambles. From...”
–  ‘A Familiar Animal’, Bethany van Rijswijk.
Nov 28th
6 notes