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World, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Black Poets, LGBTQIA+, Languages, English, Robin Coste Lewis

Summer by Robin Coste Lewis

By T.

1.51k

"I peeled / a banana. And cursed God—His arrogance, / His gall—to still expect our devotion / after creating love."

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adulthood, being human, body, existence, family, living, nature, poetry, readalittlepoetry, relationships, summer, time, transformation

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World, Li-Young Lee, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Languages, English, Asian American, Indonesia, China

From Blossoms by Li-Young Lee

By T.

19 December 2020

803

"O, to take what we love inside, / to carry within us an orchard, to eat / not only the skin, but the shade, / not only the sugar, but the days

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beauty, dust, fruits, gratitude, living, persistence, poetry, summer, tenderness

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

Sometimes by Mary Oliver

By T.

10 September 2014

5.89k

"Two or three times in my life I discovered love. / Each time it seemed to solve everything. / Each time it solved a great many things / but not everything."

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awe, death, grace, healing, holy, living, love, melancholy, nature, paying attention, poetry, questions, rain, readalittlepoetry, summer, water

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