Nietzsche said: That which does not kill you only makes you stronger. This may well be true for those who have strong wills. But what he forgot to take into account are all the people who face an avalanche and then spend the rest of their days buried alive. More at http://17numa.wordpress.com/.
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For today’s post I point readers in the direction of Plume, Danny Lawless’s astonishing literary magazine. A recent issue features three poems by Nicole Cooley, all entitled “Trash” and all dealing with mothers and daughters and complicated loss. Here’s one: Trash I have no wanting, I text to myself. Which terrifies me. I circle the…
Gareth Morgan is a Melbourne poet whose collection When a Punk Becomes a Spunk was published last year and received an admiring and perceptive review in Overland magazine by Elese Dowden, absorbingly titled “The moral risk of taking things too seriously.” Morgan, an astute critic himself, has also published a chapbook of epistolary poems addressed to Eileen Myles, Dear Eileen,…
After many years on this earth I’m outraged that we are Still the type of nation where Spineless leaders cower at The feet of degenerates who Want to destroy other souls Just because of the color of their skin Or the origins of their families, That we still have so few voices in One of…
Raise your hand if you dance Raise your voice if you hurt Raise your children with respect there are no guarantees The post Do You Dance | Rozann Kraus appeared first on Best Poetry. Go to Source Author: Best Poetry Online
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_________________________________________________ Your Nights if we are going to be together we are going to need a system of rules a treaty an understanding you won’t colonize my body but you’ll come when…
