May 2013
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“This lost person I loved. Loved for a hundred years.
When I find her. Find her...”
– Bob Hicok, (Elegy with Lies) as seen in Verse Daily
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April 2013
9 posts
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Swallow your pride, before it swallows you.
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The Artist as He/She Moves
This is the life I have chosen, that of a poet, and so, a traveller by necessity, by a propensity in the blood, and there are two ways to look at this. (1) That I am always leaving someone or something I love. (2) That I am always going towards someone or something I love. For the survival of the artist it is imperative that when we begin to feel the first we do no let it settle. I can say I am...
March 2013
21 posts
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“I myself was the music I lacked.”
– Terrance Hayes
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“I’ve always been crazy but its kept me from going insane”
– Waylon Jennings
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“I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his...”
– Harper Lee (Ima go ahead and add a he/she onto that quote, though)
“We have no need for genius-genius is dead. We have need for strong hands, for...”
– Henry Miller
warsan is elsewhere.: my girl →
warsanshire:
The neighborhood boys have grown taller
than their absent fathers.
My girl use to be one of the boys,
throat a gun tossed in to a river
fist fight for a mouth
bag of ice for a father.
Then her body grew soft where she did not want it soft
grew full, grew heavy,…
“A gang rape happened in Ohio and no one heard about it. A gang rape happened in...”
– Anisha Ahuja, Why Does America Pretend it Doesn’t Hate Women? (Feminspire.com)
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“Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.”
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Art Vs. Artist
Do not confuse the artist for the art. When you say ‘I love you’, do not mean the art, do not even think of the art, pretend the most beautiful thing I have ever made is breakfast. Know that poetry is a part of me, but only a part. You would not say that you loved my third rib or right femur, and you would not say you loved me if the femur or the rib were all that you loved. If all you...
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Beez in the Trap
After months of listening, I have finally come to the understanding that Nicki Minaj has actually crafted a brilliant allegory of a disgruntled bee keeper.
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“Maybe the soul is a still place in the body,
The eye and not the eye,...”
– Larry Levis
February 2013
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“I know this isn’t much.
But I wanted to explain this life to you, even if
I...”
– Larry Levis, excerpt from ‘My Story In A Late Style Of Fire”
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The Small Things
So often we get caught up with whether or not we are reaching our big goals, winning those big victories and thus so much of our emotional well being can be compromised. Today I am focusing on little victories. For example, I have worn my retainer to sleep every night for over a year. I only eat bacon four times a week instead of three times a day. I have flossed as many or more times in...
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A Moment From The Shelter
Youth: How are you so happy all the time? Me: Whether you are going in or out, you gotta leave your shit at the door.
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January 2013
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“The last thing my father did for me
Was map a way: he died, & so
Made...”
– Larry Levis, (In The City of Light) 