our tearful goodbyes at dawn.”
- Yuan Chen
our tearful goodbyes at dawn.”
- Yuan Chen
the sovereign nose of your arrogant face,
I want to eat the fleeting shade of your lashes,
...
and I pace around hungry, sniffing the twilight,
hunting for you, for your hot heart...”
#poemoftheday
the sovereign nose of your arrogant face,
I want to eat the fleeting shade of your lashes,
...
and I pace around hungry, sniffing the twilight,
hunting for you, for your hot heart...”
#poemoftheday
Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets.
Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day
I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.”
Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets.
Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day
I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.”
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet)
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet)
my mouth on you
and draw out whatever toxin…
—but I understand. There are limits
to love. Here is a flower
that needs no water.
It can grow anywhere,
nourished on nothing.
- Kim Addonizio
#poetry
my mouth on you
and draw out whatever toxin…
—but I understand. There are limits
to love. Here is a flower
that needs no water.
It can grow anywhere,
nourished on nothing.
- Kim Addonizio
#poetry
I want to love you longer, say it again,
I want to love you longer
& sing that song
again. & get pummeled by the sea
& come up breathing & hot sun
& those walks & those kids
& hard laugh, clap your hands.”
- Aracelis Girmay
#poetry
I want to love you longer, say it again,
I want to love you longer
& sing that song
again. & get pummeled by the sea
& come up breathing & hot sun
& those walks & those kids
& hard laugh, clap your hands.”
- Aracelis Girmay
#poetry
you & you love
me.”
you & you love
me.”
and you in it...”
and you in it...”
lifts his hair...”
lifts his hair...”
love the other half,
half the people
hate the other half.”
love the other half,
half the people
hate the other half.”
Enjoying the usual pleasures and boredoms...”
Enjoying the usual pleasures and boredoms...”
I think about, perhaps even mourn,
what I lost to find this."
I think about, perhaps even mourn,
what I lost to find this."
flush against the wall and every part of your body rubs against the bricks...”
flush against the wall and every part of your body rubs against the bricks...”
and seduced you
and left you bruised and ruined, you poor sad thing.
You want a better story. Who wouldn’t?
A forest, then. Beautiful trees. And a lady singing.
- Richard Siken
and seduced you
and left you bruised and ruined, you poor sad thing.
You want a better story. Who wouldn’t?
A forest, then. Beautiful trees. And a lady singing.
- Richard Siken
only once,
I would long for you
through worlds,
worlds.
- Izumi Shikibu
only once,
I would long for you
through worlds,
worlds.
- Izumi Shikibu
Will it hurt?
Your face is hurt
all the same.”
Will it hurt?
Your face is hurt
all the same.”
he does not know who i am
but he is waiting
every night when he lays he head
he wonders how much longer it will be
until i find him
until he finds me
he does not know who i am
but he is waiting
every night when he lays he head
he wonders how much longer it will be
until i find him
until he finds me
if not to serve me quietly
what is a soft man for
if not to rest his head on me softly
what is an obedient man for
if not to exist obediently
My heart and my house
do not have enough space
for all the good boys in the world
if not to serve me quietly
what is a soft man for
if not to rest his head on me softly
what is an obedient man for
if not to exist obediently
My heart and my house
do not have enough space
for all the good boys in the world
I want to be strung up in a strong light and singled out.
I want to be stretched, like music wrung from a dropped seed.
I want to be entered and picked clean.
- Charles Wright
#poetry
I want to be strung up in a strong light and singled out.
I want to be stretched, like music wrung from a dropped seed.
I want to be entered and picked clean.
- Charles Wright
#poetry