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Name from this haiku by Emmanuel Lacaba titled "Poem":
"In puddles and rivers/ Pebbles hit bull’s-eyes/ Before targets are drawn"
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Name from this haiku by Emmanuel Lacaba titled "Poem":
"In puddles and rivers/ Pebbles hit bull’s-eyes/ Before targets are drawn"
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Roses, Late Summer by Mary Oliver
"If I had another life, I would want to spend it all on some unstinting happiness."
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"If I had another life, I would want to spend it all on some unstinting happiness."
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July 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Roses, Late Summer by Mary Oliver
"If I had another life, I would want to spend it all on some unstinting happiness."
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"If I had another life, I would want to spend it all on some unstinting happiness."
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How Our Bodies Did This Unfamiliar Thing by Malika Booker
"My fingers would crush my pay slips, fold fresh notes, slip each between my breast, burying my independence in the folds of my body."
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"My fingers would crush my pay slips, fold fresh notes, slip each between my breast, burying my independence in the folds of my body."
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July 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
How Our Bodies Did This Unfamiliar Thing by Malika Booker
"My fingers would crush my pay slips, fold fresh notes, slip each between my breast, burying my independence in the folds of my body."
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"My fingers would crush my pay slips, fold fresh notes, slip each between my breast, burying my independence in the folds of my body."
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Bowing to the Empress by Mary Oliver
"The world is that bright, your senses so sharply tuned by the notion of oblivion--those black wings beating at the light."
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"The world is that bright, your senses so sharply tuned by the notion of oblivion--those black wings beating at the light."
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March 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Bowing to the Empress by Mary Oliver
"The world is that bright, your senses so sharply tuned by the notion of oblivion--those black wings beating at the light."
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"The world is that bright, your senses so sharply tuned by the notion of oblivion--those black wings beating at the light."
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No Ruined Stone by Shara Mccallum
"the farther you journey from them the more distance will maw in you"
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"the farther you journey from them the more distance will maw in you"
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January 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
No Ruined Stone by Shara Mccallum
"the farther you journey from them the more distance will maw in you"
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"the farther you journey from them the more distance will maw in you"
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Wild Blessings by Lucille Clifton
“sometimes i hear a single music in us, one note dancing us through the singular moving world.”
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“sometimes i hear a single music in us, one note dancing us through the singular moving world.”
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January 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Wild Blessings by Lucille Clifton
“sometimes i hear a single music in us, one note dancing us through the singular moving world.”
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“sometimes i hear a single music in us, one note dancing us through the singular moving world.”
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Some Questions You Might Ask by Mary Oliver
"One question leads to another."
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"One question leads to another."
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February 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Some Questions You Might Ask by Mary Oliver
"One question leads to another."
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"One question leads to another."
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The Bleeding-heart by Mary Oliver
"Most things that are important, have you noticed, lack a certain neatness."
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"Most things that are important, have you noticed, lack a certain neatness."
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February 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Bleeding-heart by Mary Oliver
"Most things that are important, have you noticed, lack a certain neatness."
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"Most things that are important, have you noticed, lack a certain neatness."
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Ode to Repetition by Ellen Bass
"You could despair in the fixed town of your own life."
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"You could despair in the fixed town of your own life."
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February 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Ode to Repetition by Ellen Bass
"You could despair in the fixed town of your own life."
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"You could despair in the fixed town of your own life."
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Universal Truths by Shira Haus
"He got mean around fourteen, then sad."
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"He got mean around fourteen, then sad."
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January 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Universal Truths by Shira Haus
"He got mean around fourteen, then sad."
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"He got mean around fourteen, then sad."
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Sacred Objects by Ada Limón
"I pretend my sunglasses hide my whole body."
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"I pretend my sunglasses hide my whole body."
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January 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Sacred Objects by Ada Limón
"I pretend my sunglasses hide my whole body."
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"I pretend my sunglasses hide my whole body."
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Brujitas by Emma Trelles
"But the past is a haunting and the best you can hope from a ghost is a sorrow that won’t kill you."
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"But the past is a haunting and the best you can hope from a ghost is a sorrow that won’t kill you."
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January 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Brujitas by Emma Trelles
"But the past is a haunting and the best you can hope from a ghost is a sorrow that won’t kill you."
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"But the past is a haunting and the best you can hope from a ghost is a sorrow that won’t kill you."
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The World Has Need of You by Ellen Bass
"What if you felt the invisible tug between you and everything?"
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"What if you felt the invisible tug between you and everything?"
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January 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The World Has Need of You by Ellen Bass
"What if you felt the invisible tug between you and everything?"
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"What if you felt the invisible tug between you and everything?"
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