endings Tag

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World, A.R. Ammons, Poetry, United States of America, Languages, English

Mission by A.R. Ammons

By T.

934

"as if anything here belonged to you / as if anything here were your concern"

Tags:

questions, poetry, anxiety, mortality, living, readalittlepoetry, letting go, wisdom, wind, universe, truth, time, change, endings, despair, existence, being human

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World, Kaveh Akbar, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Languages, English, Iran, Iranian American

Orchids Are Sprouting From the Floorboards by Kaveh Akbar

By T.

7 December 2022

1.07k

"The cat mews orchids from his mouth. / His whiskers are also orchids. / The grass is sprouting orchids. / It is becoming mostly orchids."

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readalittlepoetry, poetry, loss, wounds, sorrow, endings, death, flowers, grief

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

Performance After the End of the World by Talin Tahajian

By T.

23 September 2022

1.09k

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

Tags:

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

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World, Yanyi, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Languages, English, Asian American

Aubade by Yanyi

By T.

5 September 2022

1.23k

"I woke up with so much love for you / It doesn’t matter where I am"

Tags:

yearning, poetry, readalittlepoetry, mornings, love, endings, intimacy

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World, Aracelis Girmay, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Black Poets, Languages, English

I Am Not Ready To Die Yet by Aracelis Girmay

By T.

2.87k

"I want to live longer. / I want to love you longer, say it again, / I want to love you longer / & sing that song / again."

Tags:

poetry, mortality, love, sea, windows, trees, tenderness, sky, living, endings, dreams, death, language, birds, intimacy

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World, Derek Walcott, Poetry, Collection, Black Poets, Languages, English, Saint Lucia

Endings by Derek Walcott

By T.

902

"even love’s lightning flash / has no thunderous end, // it dies with the sound / of flowers fading like the flesh"

Tags:

poetry, nature, silence, mortality, endings, death, journeys, body

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