November 2011
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POETRYEATER: G.C. Waldrep, "What is a Soprano" →
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I call to you as a prism to its oracle denies any prescriptive allure. What is a high sound when a sparrow takes it. When breath snatches. A latch catches. Dear diary. I am home now and affect a suitable disregard.
On a screen everyone is very particular. Does this explain.
It is this bird we want, not that one. This one not that one. Myth is the difference between birds.Is this...
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“In order to understand what is meant by the word ‘brain’ as it is used by...”
– J.Z. Young (from Philosophy and the Brain, 1987)
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“And what do you remember, finally, when everyone has gone home and the streets...”
– From ‘The Angel Esmeralda’ by Don DeLillo. (via bookoflead)
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“To hell, to hell with balance! I break glasses; I want to burn, even if I break...”
– Anaïs Nin (via abimopector)
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“Once, long ago, paintings were compared with mirrors. Van Gogh’s might be...”
– John Berger, And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief As Photos (via distantheartbeats)
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“for me, humanity had failed worse than I had
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I was sad for
them…as for...”
– Bukowski
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“A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be...”
– Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (via psychotherapy)
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Poetbabble: To be interested in poetry is not so... →
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To be interested in poetry is not so much to be interested in a thing like sodium or statuary. Poetry occurs between primaries, the page and the mind, the world and the word. More than a thing, it is transference of energy between poles. Poetry’s task, if it has one…IS to mitigate but to…
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Poetbabble: Another Poem About the Heart →
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When the floor drops out, as it has now, you cannot hear the squirrel on the wire outside your window, the wheels spinning on the road below. You want only pity and are presented with the unbelievable effrontery of a world that moves on. But wait: this is not the person you are. You’re the kind of…
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“You love the world, are sure, at least, that you have. But be truthful: you only...”
– Poetbabble:
From Another Poem About the Heart by Jenn Habel
(via beenthinking)
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Watchmikelernerphotography:
Here’s My ****Holy Shit Mike, This is Slightly Inappropriate**** of the Day
but damn, it’s pretty
Hot
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“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
– Anne Frank (via quote-book)
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“Feelings seem like made-up things,
though I know they’re not.
I don’t...”
– from Brenda Shaughnessy, “All Possible Pain” in this month’s Paris Review (via poetryeater)
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“I have a gym in my house. The thing is, though, I’m only trying to live longer...”
– Ricky Gervais in Esquire, January 2011. (via maaaaatthew) …. Totally. (via live-to-the-point-of-tears)
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“I don’t like ass kissers, flag wavers or team players. I like people who buck...”
– George Carlin (via abimopector)
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And when I press the keys it all gets reversed
The sound of loneliness makes me happier