universe Tag

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World, Linda Pastan, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Languages, English

I Am Learning to Abandon the World by Linda Pastan

By T.

16 February 2023

528

"And every night I give my body up / limb by limb, working upwards / across bone, towards the heart."

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being broken, body, death, grief, moon, mornings, nature, poetry, readalittlepoetry, snow, surrender, tenderness, trees, universe, wounds

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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

472

"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, 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

637

"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, Grace Schulman, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Languages, English

Because by Grace Schulman

By T.

265

"Because, in a wounded universe, the tufts / of grass still glisten, the first daffodil / shoots up through ice-melt

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gratitude, living, nature, poetry, praise, universe, world

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World, Diane Ackerman, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Languages, English

Addendum by Diane Ackerman

By T.

219

"I've got lots of sensibility and no common sense; / isn't it better to lie low while the universe bombards

Tags:

birds, grace, moon, nature, poetry, questions, sky, universe, water

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World, Denise Levertov, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Languages, English, United Kingdom

The Broken Sandal by Denise Levertov

By T.

277

"Where was I going? / Where was I going I can’t / go to now, unless hurting?"

Tags:

being lost, body, dreams, journeys, poetry, questions, self, universe, wounds

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