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

I Was Told the Sunlight Was a Cure by Hanif Abdurraqib

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789

"on the days I want to be alive I tell myself I deserve a marching band / or at least a string section to announce my arrival

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dark, despair, existence, light, living, nature, poetry, readalittlepoetry, self, wounds

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World, J.R.R. Tolkien, Poetry, Collection, Languages, English, United Kingdom, British

All Woods Must Fail by J.R.R. Tolkien

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2 September 2022

905

"For though dark they stand, / all woods there be must end at last"

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dark, despair, hope, journeys, nature, poetry, readalittlepoetry

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World, Charles Wright, Poetry, United States of America

Clear Night by Charles Wright

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514

"I want to be bruised by God. / I want to be strung up in a strong light and singled out. / I want to be stretched, like music wrung from a dropped seed."

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bird, dark, holy, moon, music, poetry, questions, sky, wind

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World, Stanley Kunitz, Poetry, United States of America, Languages, English

The Round by Stanley Kunitz

By T.

31 December 2016

859

"this morning I saw light kiss / the silk of the roses / A curious gladness shook me"

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curiosity, dark, desk, flowers, hope, house, light, nature, paying attention, poetry, readalittlepoetry, tomorrow, windows, writing

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