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Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. -Sarah Williams (The Old Astronomer)

“In the midst of winter I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” -Albert Camus

Things I’ve learned about my poetry habits today: 1. I’ve shared the same poem/quote three times in three separate years, each time as if it was the first. 2. I once wrote a weird haiku about Michelle Obama and the Queen hugging?! (“I have no memory of this place.”) 3. There were a few other […]

It’s not that I dislike poetry, I just don’t tend to think of it as something I love. (Although an argument could be made that things like tumblr tags are a poetry of their own, and I certainly spend plenty of time reading those.) But there are certain poems I tend to think of, and […]

I have been off and on searching for a half-remembered tumblr post for a while now, and it turns out it was actually two posts that my brain had combined together! 1. The first was some art by Alister Lockhart and some totally spot-on tumblr comments over at Totally Panda Coffee. And heck, even if […]

Giving thanks for google today, since I re-found this post by searching: TUMBLR AIRPORT GATE LOVE COOKIES LANGUAGE “Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal” by Naomi Shihab Nye Who is picking you up? Let’s call him and tell him. We called her son and I spoke with him in English. I told him I would […]

In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. I realized, through it all, that… In the midst of winter, I found […]

Even after all this time The sun never says to the earth “You owe me” Look what happens with a love like that It lights the whole sky (I love this poem, commonly attributed to Hafiz, although this article gives a brief and interesting overview of the controversy surrounding that claim and of writer Daniel […]

Still one of my favorite poems to revisit, re-read, and enjoy again: Art is a facebook status about your winter break by b.e. fitzgerald I swear to every heaven ever imagined, if I hear one more dead-eyed hipster tell me that art is dead, I will personally summon Shakespeare from the grave so he can […]

And I liked it! Tumblr keeps changing how to do stuff, so it took me an embarrassingly long time to get links to this that I could expect to work, but here they are! The poem on the author’s tumblr! Art is a Facebook status about your winter break., by b.e. fitzgerald I saw it […]