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We see what we want Yet rarely chase it out of Fear and long-standing despair Never taking those random Chances in life and love That tend to spring up As we battle our own Inner demons and failures Self-doubts abundant Staggering thoughts An angel on one shoulder And a devil on the other A perpetually…
Life Gets Like This | Paul Tristram
It is set upon no hill, there is no boundary wall or fence, a moat swims elsewhere and the treasury is treasure less apart from one casket which holds nothing but my heart. Asking for no visitors and seeking nothing, life gets like this. More at http://paultristram.blogspot.co.uk/. The post Life Gets Like This | Paul…
Sanctions | Izzy Noon
Step here Look here break a rule now and then find a boundary cross it when the time seems ripe. The post Sanctions | Izzy Noon appeared first on Best Poetry. Go to Source Author: Best Poetry Online
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Bob Gottlieb, a New Yorker who edited The New Yorker, died the other day, just a fortnight after he had turned 92. He made his name as a book editor, first at Simon & Schuster, then at Knopf, where he was editor-in-chief. He was also an author, a dance and book critic, a father, a…
Girl with a Munch Face | JD DeHart
She is the screamer who I imagine standing at the open mouth of a bridge, figure trying to leave the rest of the world and all she knows behind her, the sign post of familiarity dimming in the distance I imagine the smell of family life and common voices fading quickly She is the elongated…
WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: February 28, 2024
There are so many reasons to love Mary Gilliland’s latest book Ember Days, which will be published on March 1 by Codhill Press. Her title describes the light during both the summer and winter solstice, and her poems reverberate with that same golden brightness. Gilliland is a poet of witness and spirituality, grappling with climate…