love Tag

"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."

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

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

Aubade by Yanyi

By T.

5 September 2022

819

2 Comments

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

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

World, Eavan Boland, Poetry, Collection, Read More Women, Languages, English, Ireland, Irish

Once by Eavan Boland

By T.

31 August 2022

682

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"I do not want us to be immortal or unlucky. / To listen for our own death in the distance."

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poetry, moon, love, intimacy, growing old, being human, tenderness, relationships, the ordinary

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.

30 April 2021

1.49k

3 Comments

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

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

World, Kate Light, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Languages, English

There Comes the Strangest Moment by Kate Light

By T.

29 April 2021

638

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"Your heart’s in retrograde. You simply have no choice. / Things people told you turn out to be true."

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relationships, intimacy, poetry, love, body, desire

World, Eileen Myles, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, LGBTQIA+, Languages, English

At a Waterfall, Reykjavik by Eileen Myles

By T.

23 April 2021

524

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"I still feel like / the world / is a piece / of bread

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poetry, love, water, world

World, Camille T. Dungy, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Black Poets, Languages, English

After Opening The New York Times I Wonder How to Write a Poem about Love by Camille T. Dungy

By T.

14 April 2021

426

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"To love like God can love, sometimes. / Before the kettle boils to a whistle, quiet."

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language, loss, poetry, nature, love, being human

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