being human Tag

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World, Mary Oliver, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Languages, English

Starlings in Winter by Mary Oliver

By T.

114

"I want / to think again of dangerous and noble things

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awe, being human, birds, body, gratitude, grief, healing, identity, living, nature, poetry, readalittlepoetry, self, transformation, wind, winter

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World, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Languages, English, Jenny George

Sunflowers by Jenny George

By T.

233

"Having died / all the way back to the root, I grow again / into a version of the thing I love"

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becoming, being human, desire, existence, flowers, garden, growth, nature, poetry, readalittlepoetry, world

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World, Mary Oliver, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, LGBTQIA+, Languages, English

Clam by Mary Oliver

By T.

25 December 2022

420

"Each one is a small life, but sometimes long, if its / place in the universe is not found out."

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being human, grace, grief, healing, hunger, living, nature, poetry, readalittlepoetry, resilience, sea, self, storms, surviving, transformation, universe

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World, Joy Harjo, Poetry, United States of America, Native American, Collection, Read More Women, Languages, English

Praise the Rain by Joy Harjo

By T.

10 December 2022

451

"Praise crazy. Praise sad. / Praise the path on which we're led."

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awe, beauty, being broken, being found, being human, death, gratitude, grief, healing, holy, living, loss, nature, poetry, praise, rain, readalittlepoetry

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World, Marie Howe, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Languages, English

Hurry by Marie Howe

By T.

15 October 2022

546

"Where do I want her to hurry to? To her grave? / To mine?"

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anxiety, being human, existence, family, growing up, living, mortality, poetry, readalittlepoetry, relationships

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World, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Black Poets, LGBTQIA+, Languages, English, Cameron Awkward-Rich

Meditations in an Emergency by Cameron Awkward-Rich

By T.

804

"There’s a dream I have in which I love the world. I run from end to end like fingers through her hair."

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being human, being poc, city, dreams, grief, identity, loss, people, poetry, readalittlepoetry, wounds

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World, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Black Poets, Languages, English, Hanif Abdurraqib

If Life Is As Short As Our Ancestors Insist It Is, Why Isn’t Everything I Want Already At My Feet by Hanif Abdurraqib

By T.

28 September 2022

659

"I am a simple man. I want, mostly, / a year that will not kill me when it is over."

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being human, being poc, body, death, growing old, living, mortality, poetry, political, readalittlepoetry, small pleasures

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World, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Talin Tahajian

Performance After the End of the World by Talin Tahajian

By T.

23 September 2022

611

"I’ve never been good / at caring very much about language except / when it matters the most."

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being human, body, endings, language, moon, nature, paying attention, poetry, readalittlepoetry, sky, universe, water, world

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World, Rachel McKibbens, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Languages, English, Mexico, Chicano

untitled by Rachel McKibbens

By T.

16 September 2022

1.13k

"Last Love, I am all that is left. Forgive me. / I did not see you coming. Forgive me. // Last Love, every day without you was a life / I crawled out of. Amen."

Tags:

being human, body, family, grace, gratitude, grief, holy, love, poetry, readalittlepoetry, relationships, self, surviving

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World, Naomi Shihab Nye, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Languages, English

The Attic and Its Nails by Naomi Shihab Nye

By T.

14 September 2022

607

"It’s hard up there. You dig in a box for whatever the moment requires: sweater, wreath, the other half of the walky-talky, and find twelve things you forgot about

Tags:

adulthood, being human, growing old, growing up, house, identity, living, memory, poetry, readalittlepoetry

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