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“Passion is the greatest gift a poet can have, and nobody is mildly obsessed.” - Tony Hoagland

From Cavafy's 'Ithaka', a poem that reminds me that delight is found in the journey more than in the goal, and always brings to mind my late uncle Franz, the only person who loved poetry in my family 🤍

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Alright tell me a movie that made you stare blankly at a wall for 20 minutes after it finished. One that you couldn’t stop thinking about and made you question everything.

can someone rec me a (well-researched, well-made) podcast that made you think and feel more deeply this past year

Today's Poetry Thread: SOLITUDE/LONELINESS This poem breaks me wide open. Feel free to add poems to the thread.

Hey! Here are some literary journals opening for submissions in February & some are open now or they’ll open soon & some will close soon. Genres, themes, & guidelines vary & dates are tentative. I think these are no-fee. There are more resources out there! Good luck! ❤️🌻✨🖊️

omg…….

People have been asking me about Bruiser: the sweetie who comes by my house but won’t let me near him. It’s been pretty cold so I got him a little heated cat house for the patio. He won’t use it. Of course. But.

Your favorite band invites you on stage to play the song of your choice...Which song do you choose? This is all for fun, let's keep it that way...😊🎶

I have a small table at the back of my classroom. My class knows that if they are having a problem, they can sit at that table for lunch & I will sit with them & just listen. This week 2 kids sat there on different days. One's mom lost her job. The other, her grandma had surgery.

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Driving around with the car seat warmer on high is a form of therapy…

“What do we do with suffering? As far as I can see, we have two choices—we either transform our suffering into something else, or we hold on to it, and eventually pass it on.” -Nick Cave theredhandfiles.com/utility-of-suf…

Vow • -Emily Jungmin Yoon 😴😴😴

The more I read, the more easily the words flow out. Which is why I take a book with me everywhere and visit the library more often than the grocery store. If you want to write well, you've got to fill up with good words! 📚📖 😃

Finally, a man who has read the current mood of women accurately

and the birds won’t stop singing. Sarah Green, from The Deletions

Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is. Saul Bellow, Herzog

Love this one… poetryfoundation.org/poems/48952/ho…